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name: "Kevin Hart"
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# Kevin Hart

Actor. Born 6 July 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 July 1979, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Also known as:** Kevin Darnell Hart

## Fi1m on Kevin Hart

> Kevin Hart is funniest when his rapid delivery makes panic comic. We rate his timing, but repetitive vehicles wear it down, and his underused turn in *Borderlands* is a poor argument for setting the comedy aside.

Kevin Hart talks fast and makes anxiety physical, often opposite a co-star who looks rather harder to knock over. The anxious, out-of-his-depth character suits his timing: a reaction can be the joke without stopping the scene. We value that comic precision, though familiar reactions cannot do all the work of building a character.

Supporting comedy parts, including *The 40 Year-Old Virgin* (2005), gave way to leading roles with *Think Like a Man* (2012). The buddy films made useful casting sense: *Ride Along* (2014) paired him with Ice Cube, and *Central Intelligence* (2016) with Dwayne Johnson. The later shift towards more action-oriented work brought *Lift* (2024) and *Borderlands* (2024).

*Borderlands* gives him a more serious action role as Roland and does little with him. Eli Roth's film leaves his comic abilities largely unused. We were bored by the muddled shootouts, and frustrated that Hart had been given so little comedy to relieve them. Hart need not be funny in every part, but a departure from comedy needs a character worth playing. Roland belongs to an underwritten company whom the film never makes convincing as a group.

Cate Blanchett at least makes Lilith's readiness to fire a gun seem deliberate. Her commitment brings occasional energy to Roth's action, which makes the waste of Hart more noticeable. Jack Black, voicing Claptrap, is similarly short of chances to use his comic abilities. Keeping these performers together does not make their characters feel close, and Hart cannot supply the missing connections through energy alone.

The reservation about his comedy is repetition: rapid delivery and alarm are easy to recognise, and too often asked to carry another familiar vehicle. Hart's timing remains a reason to watch, provided the writing gives those reactions somewhere to go. We would start with *Ride Along*, where the pairing with Ice Cube makes proper use of his comic contrast. For another serious action role, we would want a character with more to him than Roland.

## Biography

Kevin Hart is an American stand-up comedian, actor and producer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began performing comedy in clubs in the late 1990s and gained an early television role in the Judd Apatow series Undeclared (2001).

His film credits include Scary Movie 3 (2003), Think Like a Man (2012), Ride Along (2014), Central Intelligence (2016), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) and Borderlands (2024), in which he played Roland. He has released several stand-up specials and albums, and in 2015 was named to Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people. In 2017 he launched the Laugh Out Loud Network streaming service.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Borderlands* (2024), Fi1m 32, as Roland — [page](https://film.one/film/borderlands.md)

## Also known for

- *Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle* (2017), Fridge
- *Jumanji: The Next Level* (2019), Franklin 'Mouse' Finbar
- *The Secret Life of Pets* (2016), Snowball (voice)
- *Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw* (2019), Air Marshal Dinkley (uncredited)
- *The 40 Year-Old Virgin* (2005), Smart Tech Customer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-40-year-old-virgin.md)
- *This Is the End* (2013), Kevin Hart
- *Central Intelligence* (2016), Calvin Joyner
- *Scary Movie 3* (2003), CJ

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