Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart ( born July 6, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor and comedian. He began his career in 2000 when he won several competitions amateur comedy.
Life and work
Hart and his older brother Robert were brought up by her mother Nancy alone, his father Harry spent most of his childhood absent. After high school he went to New York to his community and to make college completion, which came about two years later. Then he went to Brockton, Massachusetts where he found work as a shoe salesman.
He began his career as a stand - up comedian with an appearance on an open stage at the Laff House, a club in Philadelphia, under the name Lil Kev. His career began hesitantly, as he often prematurely left the stage to boos. After these initial unsuccessful shows Hart began to try it in competitions throughout Massachusetts and his success was not long in coming. Hart took time to develop his own style. After early parodies of comedians such as Chris Tucker, he found his own rhythm by immersion in his insecurities and life experiences. Hart admits to be inspired by models from Philadelphia such as Bill Cosby, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle and strive to combine the best features of all of these men in his own works. His tours began in 2009 with his program "I'm a Grown Little Man ", followed by "Seriously Funny " in 2010, " Laugh At My Pain " in 2011 and most recently his television special titled "Let Me Explain " at the beginning of 2012. with " Laugh At My Pain ", he played a 15 million dollars. The tour is so been one of the most successful standup acts of the year. In addition, Hart has a new mobile app called " Little Jumpman " on the his Facebook page, his Twitter account and his Youtube channel to be made connected available.
Since 2001, Kevin Hart has starred in over 50 film and television productions.
Filmography (selection)
- 2002: Paper Soldiers
- 2005: In the Mix
- 2006: Scary Movie 4
- 2008: Superhero Movie
- 2008: Fool's Gold ( Fool's Gold)
- 2008: Meet Dave (Meet Dave )
- 2009: Not Easily Broken
- 2011-2012: Modern Family (TV series, 2 episodes )
- 2012: Exit Strategy
- 2012: Think like a man ( Think Like a Man)
- 2012: Five-Year Engagement ( The Five - Year Engagement )
- 2013: This is the end ( This Is the End)
- 2013: Two of the old school ( Grudge Match )
- 2014: Ride Along