Exclusive: Craig Robinson on having a lead role for Peacock's Killing It
Now airing on Peacock is its new comedy series Killing It, starring Craig Robinson. The cast also includes Claudia O’Doherty, Rell Battle, Scott MacArthur, Stephanie Nogueras, Wyatt Walter, and Jet Miller.
KILLING IT is a comedy about class, capitalism and one man’s quest to achieve the American dream. Robinson plays a cash-strapped would-be entrepreneur who teams up with his Uber driver (Claudia O'Doherty) to hunt snakes.
KILLING IT reunites Craig Robinson with Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-creator Dan Goor and executive producer Luke Del Tredici. Robinson recurred on NBC’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Jake’s friend and nemesis, Doug Judy (aka the Pontiac Bandit)
Best known for portraying Darryl Philbin on The Office (2005–2013) and as Doug "the Pontiac Bandit" Judy on Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021), Robinson finally gets to be the lead of his own show. HIs notable film credits include Pineapple Express, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Hot Tub Time Machine, Peeples, This Is the End, Get On Up, Morris from America, which won the Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Special Jury Award for Individual Performance, and Dolemite Is My Name.
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Robinson regarding his series and getting the lead shot in television.