Craig Robinson

Craig Phillip Robinson is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, singer, and musician. He is best known for playing Darryl Philbin in the NBC mockumentary sitcom , voicing LeVar "Freight Train" Brown in the Fox animated sitcom , portraying Doug Judy ("the Pontiac Bandit") in , and hosting the reality show . He also appeared in various films, such as , , , , , and . He has guest-starred with Elmo in season 45 of , and was nominated for the for his role as Curtis Gentry in the 2016 coming-of-age drama film . Additionally, he voiced Doc in , Cookie the Ogre in ' 2010 film , Kevin the red squirrel in Universal Pictures' 2020 film , and Mr. Shark in DreamWorks' 2022 film .
His Disney roles include playing Mr. Jenkins in Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, Phineas P. Pock in Muppets Haunted Mansion, and voicing Snowflake Boss in The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse episode "The Wonderful Winter of Mickey Mouse" and Principal Nelson in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.
Robinson was born in Chicago, Illinois to a music teacher mother and attorney father. He was raised on the South Side of Chicago and brought up Methodist. He later attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, where he received his undergraduate degree from Illinois State University in 1994, as well as his Master of Education from Saint Xavier University. He was a music teacher at Horace Mann Elementary School in Chicago, as well as Benjamin Franklin Elementary School and East Chicago Central High School in East Chicago, Indiana.
==Roles==
Timmy Failure Mistakes Were Made - Jenkins.jpg|Mr. Jenkins(Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made)
MHM Craig Robinson.jpg|Phineas P. Pock(Muppets Haunted Mansion)
Snowflake Boss 2022-05-30 12.16.34 PM.png.png|Snowflake Boss(The Wonderful Winter of Mickey Mouse)
Principal Nelson.png|Principal Nelson(Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur)
==Gallery==
Craig Robinson spotted at Disneyland.jpg|Craig Robinson spotted at Disneyland.
Screenshot 2022-05-30 1.24.18 PM.png|Craig Robinson in a 2020 interview on Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made at .
==Trivia==
*Robinson did not start doing stand-up comedy until he was in his late twenties.
*He frequently collaborates with another Disney celebrity, Seth Rogen.
*He was, at one point, considered to voice Finnick in Disney's Zootopia. However, he was ultimately dropped for developmental reasons, and Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr. was cast in the end.
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Category:1970s births
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