Craig Robinson (actor)
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Born | Craig Phillip Robinson October 25, 1971 |
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Years active | 2001–present |
Craig Phillip Robinson (born October 25, 1971) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for portraying
From 2020 to 2021, Robinson hosted the reality dancing show
Early life
Robinson was born on October 25, 1971,
Career
Acting and comedy
Robinson began doing stand-up and taking classes in improv and acting at
Beginning in 2005, he portrayed
In 2010, he hosted season seven of Last Comic Standing with judges Greg Giraldo, Natasha Leggero, and Andy Kindler.
He has appeared on other television shows, including Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Lucky, Halfway Home, and Reno 911!. He appeared in the music video for the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Hump de Bump". He voiced Cookie in Shrek Forever After (2010) and played Reg Mackworthy on the HBO hit series Eastbound & Down (2009–2012).
Robinson is a frequent collaborator with Seth Rogen, starring alongside Rogen in the films Knocked Up (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), This Is the End (2013), Sausage Party (2016), as well as the miniseries Santa Inc. (2021).
Robinson performed at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in 2008.[6]
In addition to Shrek Forever After and Sausage Party, Robinson has also provided his voice for the films Escape from Planet Earth (2013), Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013), Henchmen (2018), and Dolittle (2020).
He also appeared in the Korean film D-War (Korean: 디워), released in North America as Dragon Wars: D-War in 2007.
Around 2014, Robinson portrayed a farmer in commercials for the mobile game Hay Day.
Making a departure from his comedy background, Robinson portrayed saxophonist
In 2019 Robinson became the spokesman for the Philadelphia-area meat producer Dietz & Watson, appearing in several commercials for the company's line of deli meats. The first of these commercials aired in January 2019, featuring Robinson and his brother Chris promoting the snack Dietz Nuts with Robinson playing up the double entendre in the name of the product.[10]
In June 2020, Robinson was reportedly confirmed to be starring in the pandemic-themed thriller produced by Michael Bay Songbird alongside Demi Moore, Peter Stormare and Paul Walter Hauser.[11]
Robinson was a guest judge in
" as a "Mystery Piano Man" during his introduction.Robinson later became the host of The Masked Dancer which has the same format as The Masked Singer. In 2021, Robinson was featured as a spokesperson for Pizza Hut advertising the return of their Detroit Styled Pizza and Original Stuffed Crust Pizza. Robinson also voiced a singing bust in Muppets Haunted Mansion.[citation needed]
In 2021, he started doing commercials for Gain detergent, singing a parody of "Maniac" by Michael Sembello.
His next series,
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![16]
He occasionally performs with his band, The Nasty Delicious, alongside his brother and musical director Chris Rob on keyboards, Ethan Farmer on bass, Asa Watkins on drums, David Sampson on guitar, Lakecia Benjamin and Reggie Hines on saxophones, Winston Byrd on trumpet, and Bendji Allonce on percussion.[17] 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 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.
He has performed with his band in the 2018 stand-up comedy special Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity.
Filmography
Film
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Year of the Scapegoat | Pappy Labourgeneaux | Short film |
2007 | D-War | Bruce | |
2007 | Daddy's Little Girls | Byron | |
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
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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
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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 Walker | Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Comedy |
2013 | This Is the End | Himself | The Backstreet Boys )
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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 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 | 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 † | Clyde | Voice; Post-production |
TBA | My Spy: The Eternal City † | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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
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Studio Guard #1 | Episode: "Switch Hitter" |
2005 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Attendant #1 | Episode: "The End" |
2005–2013 | The Office
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Darryl Philbin
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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" |
2009–2013 | The Cleveland Show | LeVar "Freight Train" Brown | Voice |
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" |
2014–2021 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Doug Judy (The Pontiac Bandit) | 9 episodes |
2015 | Key & Peele | Wisdom Caldwell / Himself | Episode: "Super Bowl Special" |
2015 | Mr. Robinson | Craig Robinson | 6 episodes; also producer |
2016–2019 | American Dad! | Security Officer / Dirk Turlington / DJ Avalanche / Himself | Voice 6 episodes |
2016 | Mr. Robot | Ray Heyworth | 7 episodes |
2017 | Caraoke Showdown | Himself (host) | 10 episodes |
2017–2018 | Ghosted | Leroy Wright | 16 episodes; also executive producer |
2017–2018 | Big Mouth | Various | Voice 4 episodes |
2018 | Dream Corp, LLC
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Mr. Metzler | Episode: "Guys and Dads" |
2020 | Medical Police | Edgar Tooby | Episode: "The Lasagna as a Whole" |
2020 | What We Do in the Shadows | Claude | 2 episodes |
2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Fezzik | Episode: "Chapter Eight: Ultimate Suffering" |
2020 | Ryan's Mystery Playdate | Himself | Episode: "Ryan's Jurassic Playdate"[18] |
2020 | The Masked Singer
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Guest panelist | Episode: "The Semi Finals – The Super Six" |
2020–2021 | The Masked Dancer | Himself | Host |
2020–present | Your Attention Please | Himself | Host |
2021 | Nickelodeon's Unfiltered | Himself | Episode: "This DJ is Bananas!" |
2021 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Himself | Episode: "Hair" |
2021 | Muppets Haunted Mansion | Singing Bust | TV special |
2021 | Santa Inc. | Junior | Voice 8 episodes |
2022 | The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse | Snowflake Boss | Voice Episode: "The Wonderful Winter of Mickey Mouse" |
2022–present | Killing It | Craig Foster | Main role; also executive producer |
2022 | Storybots: Answer Time | Lost Tourist | Episode: "GPS" |
2022–present | Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward | Himself | Host; also executive producer Pending—Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Educational or Informational Program |
References
- ^ "Craig Robinson". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
- ^ "Milestones: October 25". Brooklyn Eagle. October 25, 2017.
- ^ "5 questions for Craig Robinson". Chicago Tribune. March 11, 2009.
- ^ "Craig Robinson on The Office | Interview". Timeoutchicago.com. April 26, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
- ^ "Apocalypse and The Office: Craig Robinson ends the world. Twice". Dailynews.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
- ^ a b "Illinois State Alumni Magazine" (PDF). Illinois State University. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Office star Craig Robinson got Hollywood start at ISU". May 10, 2013.
- ^ "Walmart Credit Card TV Commercial, 'Satchel' Featuring Craig Robinson". iSpot.tv.
- ^ "Morris From America (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. August 19, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
- ^ https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/01/29/1706731/0/en/Dietz-Watson-Launches-Dietz-Nuts-the-First-Ever-Meat-Nut-Snack-in-Time-for-Super-Bowl [dead link]
- ^ "Demi Moore, Craig Robinson Board Michael Bay-Produced Pandemic Thriller 'Songbird'". The Hollywood Reporter. June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ^ Oddo, Marco Vitto (February 2, 2022). "'Killing It' Trailer Reveals Craig Robinson's Snake-Hunting Comedy Series on Peacock". Collider. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ Serben, Brandy Lynn (December 14, 2021). "The Bad Guys Trailer Shows Just How Hard Being Good Can Be". MovieWeb. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ Bell, BreAnna (February 17, 2023). "'Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward' Showrunner Ri-Karlo Handy Signs With A3 (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ "The 50th Annual Daytime Emmys".
- ^ "L. Witherspoon & Chucky on Real Time". YouTube.com. May 24, 2007. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
- ^ Greenough, Jason (April 3, 2018). "Craig Robinson gives us the Nasty Delicious experience we deserve". Vanyaland. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
- ^ Nick Jr. (June 24, 2020). "Catch @mrcraigrobinson in a new episode of @ryansmysteryplaydate Friday at 12:30p/11:30c". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021.
External links
- Craig Robinson at IMDb
- Craig Robinson Archived June 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine at TV.com Archived May 20, 2019, at the Wayback Machine