Craig Robinson is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on October 25, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Actor, best well-known for his character Darryl Philbin on the television show The Office. He has played the role of a support actor in various comedy films.
He voiced the character Cookie in the movie, Shrek Forever After, starring He voiced the part of Cookie in the film, Shrek Forever After, starring Mike Myers..
Robinson was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a music teacher mother and an 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 Master of Education from Saint Xavier University. He was a music teacher at Horace Mann Elementary School in Chicago, and Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Hammond, Indiana.
Robinson began doing stand-up and taking classes in improv and acting at The Second City in Chicago while still in college. After doing open-mic sessions in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and elsewhere and winning regional comedy competitions, he began to get spots on late night TV shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live. 2004 saw him cast in bit parts, including episodes of Friends, The Bernie Mac Show, LAX and Arrested Development. Those led to small movie roles in Knocked Up, Pineapple Express and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.
His graduation in 1994 from Illinois State University in 1994 as he grew up with his family in Chicago.
