Kevin Hart

One-time shoe salesman Kevin Hart got his comedic start in Philadelphia with racially inspired—but tasteful—material that quickly springboarded him to minor-Hollywood-figure status. Following turns in a few Judd Apatow productions, Comedy Central’s little-loved Kröd Mändoon And The Flaming Sword Of Fire, and the new Steve Harvey infomercial Think Like A Man, the polished performer remains most enjoyable on the stand-up stage, where he sells his high-energy (and legitimately hilarious) anecdotes with wild facial expressions and a range of comedic vocal inflections. Hart recently trotted out his A-material on his hometown and family matters on his 2011 DVD, Laugh At My Pain.

Updated 04/23/2012