Darryl Philbin - Biography

Biography

Although he is wet and humorless when dealing with Michael Scott, the office manager, he seems to be a much more relaxed, silly person in social situations. Michael refers to him as "Mittah Rogers"—a nickname with an interesting evolution: it 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.

Darryl is a Presbyterian and enjoys feeding squirrels ("Fun Run"). He has a young daughter named Jada who is incredibly important to him, to the point where he appeared as the U.S. President in Michael's "Threat Level Midnight" film for no other reason than his wish that his daughter would see a black man as President, an effort he sees as a waste of time thanks to Barack Obama. Jada's mother has only been heard on the phone, where it's clear she and Darryl have an unfriendly relationship. The mother and Darryl are separated and for a short time, he dated Kelly Kapoor. As is also evidenced from numerous episodes such as Christmas Party and "Local Ad", Darryl is also very adept at playing the keyboard.

Darryl drives a heavy-duty (Vortec) last-generation GMC Sierra crew cab stake truck for work at Dunder-Mifflin, which he uses to move Holly up to Nashua, NH. His personal car is also a Chevrolet Silverado, though a recent model. It is equipped with remote start.