Craig Robinson (actor)

Craig Robinson
Robinson in February 2009
Birth name	Craig Phillip Robinson
Born	(1971-10-25) October 25, 1971 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Medium	Film, stand-up, television
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Saint Xavier University (MEd) Illinois State University (BA)
Years active	2001–present
Website	www.mrcraigrobinson.com

Craig Phillip Robinson (born October 25, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He played Darryl Philbin on The Office, and has appeared in the films Pineapple Express, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Hot Tub Time Machine, This Is the End and Sausage Party.

Early life

Robinson was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a music teacher mother and a corporate attorney father. He was raised on the South Side of Chicago, and was brought up Methodist. He attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. He received his undergraduate degree from Illinois State University in 1994, and his masters of education from Saint Xavier University. He was a music teacher at Horace Mann Elementary School in Chicago.

Career

Acting and comedy

Robinson began doing stand-up and taking classes in improv and acting at The Second City in Chicago. Beginning in 2005, he portrayed Darryl Philbin on the American version of The Office, and was promoted to a starring role in the fourth season. He has appeared on other television shows, including Arrested Development, Lucky, Friends, Halfway Home, and Reno 911!. He appeared in the music video for the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Hump de Bump". He also hosted the seventh season of Last Comic Standing. He voiced Cookie in Shrek Forever After and played Reg Mackworthy on the HBO hit series Eastbound & Down.

Robinson has starred alongside Seth Rogen in several films, including Pineapple Express, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, This Is the End, and Sausage Party.

In December 2015, Robinson appeared in several Wal-Mart commercials promoting their credit card while singing and playing the piano at the store.

Music

For a number of years, Robinson and comedian Jerry Minor had a comedy act where they performed as musical duo L. Witherspoon & Chucky, with Minor as smooth singing L. Witherspoon and Robinson as Chucky, the keyboard player and back-up singer. They performed the act on HBO's Sketch Pad, several stand-up shows on Comedy Central, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! He occasionally performs with his band, The Nasty Delicious, alongside his brother Chris Rob. They were featured as his band in an episode of The Office, and on the season finale of the seventh season of Last Comic Standing. He has also performed in character in multiple episodes of The Office, and was featured on the Hot Tub Time Machine soundtrack, singing "Jessie's Girl" and "Let's Get It Started." He was also in the film Miss March, playing the role of the hit rapper Phil, also known as Horsedick.MPEG. Robinson produced two songs from that same film.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	AppleJax and YoYo	YoYo	Short film
2005	Year of the Scapegoat	Pappy Labourgeneaux	Short film
2007	D-War	Bruce
2007	Daddy's Little Girls	Byron	Cameo
2007	Knocked Up	Club doorman
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Bobby Shad
2008	Pineapple Express	Matheson
2008	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Delaney
2008	Prop 8: The Musical	Preacher	Short film
2008	The Frequency of Claire	Q-pid
2009	Fanboys	Skywalker Ranch guard
2009	Miss March	Horsedick.MPEG
2009	Memphis Calling	Memphis	Short film
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Tuskegee Airman	Cameo
2009	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	DJ Request
2009	Post Grad	Funeral Director
2010	Father of Invention	Jerry
2010	Shrek Forever After	Cookie	Voice
2010	Hot Tub Time Machine	Nick Webber-Agnew
2013	Escape from Planet Earth	Doc	Voice
2013	Peeples	Wade	Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Comedy
2013	This Is the End	Craig Robinson	MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Moment (shared with Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen and The Backstreet Boys)
2013	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	George	Voice
2013	Rapture-Palooza	Anti-Christ	Also executive producer
2014	Get On Up	Maceo Parker
2015	Hot Tub Time Machine 2	Nick Webber
2016	Morris from America	Curtis Gentry	Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Special Jury Award for Individual Performance Nominated — Gotham Award for Best Actor Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
2016	Sausage Party	Mr. Grits	Voice
2017	Table 19	Jerry Kepp
2017	Tragedy Girls	Big Al
2017	Austin Found	Jebidiah
2017	Zeroville	Burglar	Completed
2017	Henchmen	Stew	Voice; post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Play'd: A Hip Hop Story	Cole	Television film
2003	Lucky	Mutha Rhodes	13 episodes
2004	The Bernie Mac Show	Wayne	Episode "Hair Jordan"
2004	LAX	Wayne	Episode: "Abduction"
2004	Friends	Clerk	Episode: "The One with Princess Consuela"
2005	Arrested Development	Studio Guard #1	Episode: "Switch Hitter"
2005	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Attendant #1	Episode: "The End"
2005–13	The Office	Darryl Philbin	120 episodes Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2011–2013) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2009–2013)
2007	Halfway Home	Mr. Brown	Episode: "Halfway Working"
2009–13	The Cleveland Show	LeVar "Freight Train" Brown	Voice 17 episodes
2009	James Gunn's PG Porn	Havana Bob	Episode: "Helpful Bus"
2009	Reno 911!	Levon French	Episode: "Deputy Dance"
2009, 2012	Eastbound & Down	Reggie Mackworthy	4 episodes
2011	Love Bites	Bowman	2 episodes
2013	Kroll Show	Various Characters	Episode: "The Greatest Hits of It"
2014	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself	Episode: "Craig Robinson Wears a Bordeaux Button Down & Dark Jeans"
2014–17	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Doug Judy	5 episodes
2015	Key & Peele	Himself	Episode: "Super Bowl Special"
2015	Mr. Robinson	Craig Robinson	6 episodes; also producer
2016	American Dad!	Security Officer	Voice Episode: "Kiss Kiss Cam Cam"
2016	Mr. Robot	Ray	7 episodes
2017	Caraoke Showdown	Himself (host)
2017	Ghosted	Leroy Wright

External links

• Craig Robinson at IMDb
• Craig Robinson at TV.com