Darryl Mathias Philbin is a fictional character from the US television series The Office, played by Craig Robinson.

Overview

Darryl Philbin is the foreman of the warehouse of the Scranton branch of fictitious paper distributor Dunder Mifflin. His closest counterpart in the British series is Glynn (nicknamed Taffy), although they do not have the same personalities.

Biography

Although he is dry and humorless when dealing with Michael Scott, the office manager, he seems to be a much more relaxed, silly person in social situations. Unlike Michael, Darryl is competent, ambitious, and innovative, and on several occasions late into the series he promotes ideas to corporate that seem to benefit the company greatly. Michael refers to him as "Mittah Rogers"—a nickname which began as "Regis" (as Darryl's last name is Philbin, a reference to Regis Philbin who is producer Michael Schur's father-in-law), then "Reeg", "Roger" and then finally settling on "Mittah 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 juvenile antics, as when he stated his greatest fear is that someone would prevent them from getting the shipments out on time. His rapport with the rest of the staff both administrative and warehouse is friendly. He was initially enemies with Andy Bernard but the two eventually become close friends and confidants. On the other hand, Michael secretly believes Darryl is a criminal because he is black, and at times, has called on Dwight to stand in Michael's office as bodyguard or prevent Darryl from bonding with Meredith's son. However, it is apparent that Darryl is a far more responsible and a better man than Michael believes him to be.