The Essential Kevin Hart On Streaming

Kevin Hart has been appearing in films and on television for over a decade. However, his journey into megastardom started in 2009, when his first stand up tour and special, I’m A Grown Little Man, sparked mega-buzz. Watch where it all “began.” [Watch Kevin Hart: I’m A Grown Little Man]

When you think of Kevin Hart, you probably don’t equate his brand of humor with that of the edgy alternative comedy troupe that populated Party Down. That said, the hilarious comic made a big impression on the cult classic’s first season. He plays a rapper hired for a Sweet Sixteen. [Watch Party Down]

Hart hit the road again less than a year after his first stand up tour and special. His new hour was called Seriously Funny and famous fans like LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal were in the audience for the film’s taping. Hart was officially a star. [Watch Kevin Hart: Seriously Funny]

So, a quick note about stand up: comics can spend years working on material just to fill a solid half-hour. One reason why Louis CK is spoken of with such hushed reverence is that a few years ago, he began throwing out all his material yearly and starting from scratch. Hart did three hour-long specials in three years — and was acting in movies during these years. That’s crazy. Anyway, Hart released a third hour-long special in theaters as a concert documentary in 2011. So, if you missed him live, you could see him at your local cineplex.  [Watch Kevin Hart: Laugh At My Pain]

In 2012, Kevin Hart became a bonafide movie star when he top-lined the hit comedy, Think Like A Man. The film follows four couples who discover that the woman has flipped the script on their romance by taking advice from Steve Harvey’s Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man. The dudes try to mess with this and hilarity ensued. Do you know what also happened? This film beat The Hunger Games at the box office.

[Watch Think Like A Man]

Owning the respective worlds of stand up comedy and movies wasn’t enough for Hart; he also wanted to conquer television. Hart created this satiric show that lampoons Bravo’s popular Real Housewives series. It’s a mockumentary starring Hart, Boris Kodjoe, Nelly, Duane Martin, J.B. Smoove, Nick Cannon, and Robin Thicke as fictionalized versions of themselves. It’s also incredibly funny. [Watch The Real Husbands of Hollywood]

Kevin Hart’s most recent stand up special was filmed before a live audience at Madison Square Garden. The title is a riff on an opening sketch where Hart is throwing a party, but all his friends are complaining that he’s changed. He decides to do this to explain himself. [Watch Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain]

When Hart hosted Saturday Night Live it was a sign that the comedian’s rapid ascent to superstardom had not gone unnoticed by Lorne Michaels. Hart opened the show with a monologue about a homeless man “palming” sandwiches in a Panera, and later appeared in sketches mocking The Steve Harvey Show and The Walking Dead. [Watch Saturday Night Live]

Many stage-trained actors dream of working with Robert De Niro and Kevin Hart has done just that. The comedian plays a ruthless fight promoter who tries to squeeze a few last dollars out of aging fighters played by De Niro and Sylvester Stallone. [Watch Grudge Match or stream it on HBO Go until Jan. 31]

Hart headlined his first major box office hit last year. Ride Along grossed $134,938,200 and spawned a sequel. Ride Along also proved that Ice Cube and Kevin Hart make a compelling comedy duo. [Watch Ride Along or stream it on HBO Go until Jan. 31]

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