Darryl Philbin
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| Darryl Philbin | |
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| Image:TheOffice Darryl.jpg | |
| First appearance | "The Alliance" |
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| Gender | Male |
| Age | 30s |
| Occupation | Warehouse supervisor |
| Family | Daughter |
| Portrayed by | Craig Robinson |
| Created by | Greg Daniels |
Darryl Philbin is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. He is played by Craig Robinson.
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[edit] Overview
Darryl Philbin is the warehouse supervisor at the Scranton branch of fictitious paper distributor Dunder-Mifflin.
[edit] Biography
He is an African American man with a somewhat dry, humorless personality, although he occasionally makes jokes at the expense of Michael Scott, the office manager. Michael refers to him as "Mista Rogers"—a nickname with an interesting evolution: it began as "Regis" (as Darryl's last name is Philbin, a reference to Regis Philbin), then "Reeg", "Roger", and finally Mista Rogers. Being in a position of responsibility in a potentially hazardous work area, he dislikes Michael's disregard for rules or safety, as Michael often disrupts their work schedule and delays their shipments from going out on time. His relationship with Michael is tense, as he is often aggravated by Michael's irresponsibility, as when he stated his greatest fear is that someone would prevent them from working. On the other hand, Michael secretly believes Darryl is a criminal and at times, has called on Dwight to stand in Michael's office as bodyguard or preventing Darryl from bonding with Meredith's son. However, it is apparent that Darryl is a far more responsible and good man than Michael believes him to be.
[edit] Season 1
Darryl is first seen (briefly) in the episode "The Alliance" watching Dwight come out of the box he was hiding in in the warehouse. In the next episode, "Basketball", he and the other warehouse workers play Michael's team of office workers in a game of basketball—the loser of which will have to work on Saturday. When Michael forfeits the game (while his team was ahead), he informs them that as a result, they have to work Saturday. When Darryl and the other warehouse workers confront him, Michael (intimidated by the much larger men) gives in and allows them to have the day off. Darryl seems to be the only character on the show who calls Michael "Mike" besides Andy.
[edit] Season 2
Darryl wants to wear the Santa hat for the company Christmas party, but Michael does not let him because he doesn't look like Santa, (although in the end, he gives the hat to Darryl). He is usually forced into Michael's scheduling of events in the warehouse, such as a "Men's Day" workgroup session, and a "Casino Night" mock-casino. Darryl attempts to organize the warehouse workers into a union, but his efforts are quickly stamped out by Jan Levinson, Michael's boss. As a subtle prank and possible retort to Michael's antics, Darryl teaches Michael false slang words, such as "fleece it out", "goin' mach five" and "dinkin' flicka," although Michael is still unaware that such slang does not exist. In addition, Darryl teaches Michael a ridiculous handshake that Michael believes to be "ghetto".
[edit] Season 3
Darryl has been shown in minor scenes in Season 3. When the Scranton-Stamford merger threaten to close the Scranton branch, Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration offered to purchase the Dunder-Mifflin warehouse and keep Darryl and the rest of the warehouse staff employed. But seeing as to how Scranton's branch will be staying in business, Darryl still remains an employee of Dunder-Mifflin. In "A Benihana Christmas", he brings up his keyboard to take place of the broken karaoke machine for Karen and Pam's office party. In Back From Vacation, Darryl is the unwitting e-mail recipient of Michael's spicy vacation photo with Jan Levinson and proceeds to forward it to everyone else. In The Negotiation, Darryl negotiates a pay raise with Michael, and later encourages Michael to get his own raise.
In a deleted scene from "Ben Franklin", Darryl says that he has a three year old daughter.
| Characters of The Office (US version) |
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Main characters |
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Michael Scott | Jim Halpert | Pam Beesly | Dwight Schrute | Ryan Howard |
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Minor characters |
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Accounting: Angela Martin | Oscar Martinez | Kevin Malone |
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Miscellaneous characters |
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Katy | Devon | Carol Stills | Bob Vance | Josh Porter | Billy Merchant | Tony Gardner | Martin Nash | Hannah Smoterich-Barr | Stacy | Brenda Matlow | Hank Tate | Ed Truck | Mose Schrute |
