Was raised in a family of musicians; he sang in church choirs and frequently plays keyboard in his stand-up act
Started doing stand-up comedy while in college; career took off after he won first place in the Miller Genuine Draft 1996 Comedy Search and the 1998 Oakland Comedy Festival
Best known for the role of sarcastic warehouse worker Darryl Philbin on NBC sitcom The Office
Starred in 2007's Mr
Robinson's Driving School, a comedic Web series sponsored by MSN and Volvo
Made his big-screen debut in 2007, landing roles in the smash comedy Knocked Up, the Tyler Perry drama Daddy's Little Girls and the Korean monster movie D-War