Kevin Darnell Hart was born July 6, 1979 and he is an American comedian, actor and producer.
Kevin Hart Biography
He was born on July 6, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is the son of Henry Robert Witherspoon and Nancy Hart.
He was growing up with his single mother, Nancy, and his brother, Robert Hart. He is American by nationality and is of African American ethnicity.
In order of his educational background, he was graduating from high school in his hometown. Later, he was entering the Community College of Philadelphia. He then was moving to New York City. After that he was moving to Brockton, Massachusetts, and found work as a shoe salesman.
He has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after his black Mercedes nearly collided with a tanker truck on a Southern California freeway on April 14, 2013.
Later on August 5, 2013, he has been sentenced to three years in prison probation after he was pleading no contest to a count of driving under the influence of alcohol.
How Tall Is Kevin Hart
The actor is 1.63 meters or 5 feet 4 inches. He weighs 64 kg or 141 pounds. He has a muscular body and his body measures 44-15-35 inches and 112-38-89 cm. He has black colored eyes and short natural black hair.
Kevin Hart Net Worth
He, being a comedic actor, has a net worth of $120 million.
Kevin Hart Career
His first gig was at The Laff House in Philadelphia under the name Lil Kev, which did not go well. His career got off to a slow start, as he was booed offstage several times, once even having a piece of chicken thrown at him.
After those initial unsuccessful shows, he began entering comedy competitions throughout Massachusetts, and public reception of his performances eventually improved.
He was slow to develop a unique comic style. After an initial period of trying to imitate comedians like Chris Tucker, he found his own groove by delving into his insecurities and life experiences. “For what I do, it has to be an open book,” he has said. “But right now this is a book that is being written.”
His comedy tours began in 2009 with his act titled I’m a Grown Little Man , followed by Serively Funny in 2010, Laugh at My Pain in 2011, and Let Me Explain in 2013, the latter two of which were also released as features in movie theaters.
He was grossing over $15 million for “Laugh at My Pain”, making it one of the best-selling comedy tours of the year.
He also has a game available through iTunesthat it is called “Little Jumpman“. His Facebook page, Twitter account and YouTube channel are all connected and accessible through this app. Most of his fans abroad are also discovering him on YouTube.
On April 9, 2015, he was embarking on a comedy world tour titled What Now? Tour at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, which was concluding on August 7, 2016, at the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia.
On July 16, 2015, Universal Pictures announced that Kevin Hart: What Now? , a comedy film featuring a rendition of What Now? by Kevin Hart. Tour, will open theatrically in the United States on October 14, 2016.
The show was filmed live on August 30, 2015, in front of 53,000 people, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
In addition to acting, He was also hosting various ceremonies. He was the host of the 2011 BET Awards . He then was hosting the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards.
His old friend Judd Apatow, the director who gave him his first big screen break on the television series Undeclared , was the one who recommended him for the gig.
He was hoping this would project him more towards a secondary career as emcee, saying, “Hopefully, after MTV, of course we’re talking about Emmys, Oscars, whatever.”
He was hosting three episodes of Saturday Night Live .In 2015, he was hosting the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber. In 2016, he was co-hosting the 2016 MTV Movie Awards with Dwayne Johnson.
He was also hosting HQ Trivia and gave away $100,000 to 1 person with Scott Rogowsky on September 26, 2018 which had 699K players.
On December 4, 2018, he was announced as the host of the 91st Academy Awards, but resigned as host on December 6 in response to public criticism of several homophobic tweets from 2010 and 2011.
Hart characterized the protest as non-constructive, saying, “If you don’t believe that people change, grow as they get older, I don’t know what to tell you.” On December 7, he tweeted an apology to the LGBTQ community following criticism that he did not issue one the day before.
On January 3, 2019, Hart announced that he was going to reconsider his resignation as host, after openly lesbian comedian Ellen DeGeneres, who has hosted the Academy Awards multiple times, expressed her support for him to have him did and said that he called the Academy to ask if he could reverse his decision if he wanted to and, according to DeGeneres, the Academy said he could.
On January 8, after a backlash over what was perceived as an insincere apology, Kevin Hart announced that he would not be hosting the Academy Awards. The ceremony was held without a host that year.
On September 9, 2020, Muscular Dystrophy Association executives announced plans to relaunch their annual MDA telethon, move it to October 2020, and make him their new host, taking over the duties they had previously held between 1966 and 2010 comedian and former MDA National Chairman Jerry Lewis.
Titled The MDA Kevin Hart Kids Telethon , the new two-hour telethon will be viewed exclusively across participating social media platforms; the event was held on October 24, 2020 at 8 pm EDT.
Kevin Hart Movies
Hart began his career by winning several amateur comedy contests in New England clubs , culminating in his first real break in 2001 when he was cast by Judd Apatow in a recurring role on the television series Undeclared .
The series was lasting only one season, but he soon was landing other roles in movies like Paper Soldiers (2002), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Soul Plane (2004), In the Mix(2005) and Little Fockers (2010).
His comedic reputation was continuing to grow with the release of his first stand-up album I’m a Grown Little Man (2008) and his performances in the films Think Like a Man (2012), Grudge Match (2013), Ride Along (2014) and its sequel Ride Along 2 (2016), About Last Night (2014), Get Hard (2015), Central Intelligence (2016), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie ( 2017), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), Night School (2018), and Jumanji: The Next Level(2019).
He was also releasing four more comedy albums, Seriously Funny in 2010, Laugh at My Pain in 2011, Let Me Explain in 2013, and What Now? in 2016.
In 2015, Time magazine was naming him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in the annual Time 100 list . He was playing a fictional version of himself in the title role of Real Husbands of Hollywood .
In 2017, he was launching the Laugh Out Loud Network , a subscription video streaming service in partnership with Lionsgate.
- 2000 – Not declared
- 2003 – Scary Movie 3
- 2008 – Fool’s Gold
- 2010 – Death at a funeral
- 2012 – Think like a man
- 2012 – The five-year commitment
- 2013 – Grudge Match
- 2014 – Ride Along
- 2015 – The wedding bell
- 2016 – Core Intelligence
- 2016 – Ride Along 2
- 2017 – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
True Story Kevin Hart
True Story is an American dramalimited series created by Eric Newman for Netflix. The series premiered on November 24, 2021, and consists of seven episodes.
On December 9, 2020, it was announced that him and Wesley Snipes would star in the limited series True Story.
The series are created and executive produced by Eric Newman.The series is the television drama debut for him, who also is executive producing, along with show runner Charles Murray, director Stephen Williams, and Dave Becky.
Hartbeat Productions and Grand Electric are producing the series. Caroline Currier, Mike Stein, and Tiffany Brown are serving as co-producers.
Kevin Hart Private Life
Who wouldn’t want to marry the funniest person? Well, let’s see who got lucky. He has been married twice. He was married to Torrei Hart, who is also an actress.
They been togheter and they were married on May 22, 2003. The duo have two sons with the names Hendrix Hart and Heaven Hart.
Because of their differences, they filed for divorce in February 2010. Finally, in November 2011, the divorce has been made official.
The second wife of him is Eniko Parrish.
They was having their dream wedding on August 13, 2016. The couple recently have a child together. The name of the child is Kenzo Kash Hart.