Kevin Darnell Hart born July 6 1979 is an American standup comedian actor and producer Born and raised in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Hart began his career by winning several amateur comedy competitions at clubs throughout New England culminating in his first real break in 2001 when he was cast by Judd Apatow for a recurring role on the TV series Undeclared The series lasted only one season but he soon landed other roles in films such as Paper Soldiers 2002 Scary Movie 3 2003 Soul Plane 2004 In the Mix 2005 and Little Fockers 2010 Harts comedic reputation continued to grow with the release of his first standup album Im a Grown Little Man 2008 and 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 and Night School 2018 He also released 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 named Hart one of the 100 most influential people in the world on the annual Time 100 list He starred as himself in the lead role of Real Husbands of Hollywood In 2017 Hart launched the Laugh Out Loud Network a subscription video streaming service in partnership with Lionsgate