Craig Robinson

Craig Phillip Robinson (born October 25, 1971) is an American actor and stand-up comedian]. He is best known for his roles on The Office as Darryl Philbin and in the films Pineapple Express, Zack and Miri Make a Porno and Hot Tub Time Machine.
==Life and career==
Robinson was born in Chicago. He has appeared in feature films and television programs. He currently plays Darryl Philbin on the American version of The Office, and was promoted to a starring role in the fourth season. Robinson's film work includes roles in Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, Fanboys, Daddy's Little Girls, Zack and Miri Make a Porno and Miss March.
He has appeared in the television series Arrested Development, Lucky, Friends, Halfway Home, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Reno 911! and in the music video for the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Hump de Bump". He hosted the seventh season of Last Comic Standing.
Prior to a career in show business, Robinson was a music teacher at Horace Mann Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois. He received his undergraduate degree from Illinois State University and his masters of education from Saint Xavier University. He began doing stand-up and taking classes in improv and acting at The Second City in Chicago.
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 had performed the act on several stand-up shows on Comedy Central as well as on Real Time with Bill Maher and Jimmy Kimmel Live.[1]
He occasionally performs with his band, The Nasty Delicious. They were featured as his band in an episode of "The Office" and on the season finale of Last Comic Standing 7.
==Filmography==
===Films===
Year	Film 	Role 	Notes
2001	AppleJax and YoYo 	YoYo 	Minor Role
2002	Play'd: A Hip Hop Story 	Cole 	
2005	Year of the Scapegoat 	Pappy Labourgeneaux 	Minor Role
2007	D-War 	Bruce 	Minor Role
2007	Daddy's Little Girls 	Byron the Rapper 	Cameo
2007	Knocked Up 	Club Doorman 	Cameo
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 	Bobby Shad 	Minor Role
2008	Pineapple Express 	Matheson 	Supporting Role
2008	Zack and Miri Make a Porno 	Delaney 	
2008	Prop 8: The Musical 	A Preacher 	
2008	The Frequency of Claire 	Q-pid 	
2009	Fanboys 	Skywalker Ranch guard 	Cameo
2009	Miss March 	Horsedick.MPEG 	Main Role
2009	Memphis Calling 	Memphis 	
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Tuskegee Airman 2 	Cameo
2009	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 	DJ Request 	Cameo
2009	Post Grad 	Funeral Director 	
2010	Father of Invention 	 	(post-production)
2010	Shrek Forever After 	Cookie 	(voice) Supporting Role
2010	Hot Tub Time Machine 	Nick 	Lead Role
2013	Escape from Planet Earth 	Doc 	Voice
2013	Peeples 	Wade Walker 	Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Comedy
2013	This Is the End 	Himself 	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 	Earl Gundy / 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 PerformanceNominated — Gotham Award for Best ActorNominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
2016	Sausage Party 	Mr. Grits 	Voice
2017	Table 19 	Jerry Kepp 	
2017	Tragedy Girls 	Albert "Big Al" Hill 	Also producer
2017	Austin Found 	Jebidiah 	
2018	An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn 	Beverly Luff Linn 	
2018	Henchmen 	Stew 	Voice
2019	Dolemite Is My Name 	Ben Taylor 	
2019	Zeroville 	Burglar 	
2019	Jay and Silent Bob Reboot 	Judge Jerry N. Executioner	
2020	Dolittle 	Kevin 	Voice
2020	Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made 	Mr. Jenkins 	
2020	Songbird 	Lester 	
2021	Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon 	Officer Harold 	
2022	The Bad Guys 	Mr. Shark 	Voice
TBA 	The Ark and the Aardvark Not yet released 	Clyde 	Voice; Post-production
===Television===
Year 	Show 	Role 	Notes
2003 	Real Time with Bill Maher	Chucky 	1 episode
2003 	Lucky 	Mutha Rhodes 	13 episodes
2004 	The Bernie Mac Show 	Wayne 	1 episode
2004 	LAX 	Wayne 	1 episode
2004 	Friends 	The Clerk 	1 episode
2005 	Arrested Development 	Studio Guard #1 	1 episode
2005 	Curb Your Enthusiasm 	Attendant #1 	1 episode
2005–2013	The Office 	Darryl Philbin 	Regular cast member
2007 	Halfway Home 	Mr. Brown 	1 episode
2009 	The Cleveland Show 	Cleveland Sr's father 	2 episodes
2009 	Eastbound & Down 	Reggie Macworthy / Baseball Player	2 episodes
2009 	James Gunn's PG Porn 	Havana Bob 	1 episode
2009 	Reno 911! 	Levon French 	1 episode
2010 	The Marriage Ref 	Himself 	1 episode
2010 	Vh1 Hip Hop Honors 	Himself/Host 	2-Hour Event
2010 	Last Comic Standing 	Himself/Host 	
2 episodes
2013–2019	Brooklyn Nine-Nine 	Doug Judy / The Pontiac Bandit 	7 episodes
Robinson, Craig