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. It is equipped with remote start.ĭarryl is first seen (briefly) in the episode " The Alliance" watching Dwight come out of the box he was hiding in the warehouse. His personal car is also a Chevrolet Silverado, though a recent model. As is also evidenced from numerous episodes such as " Christmas Party" and " Local Ad", Darryl is also very adept at playing the keyboard and singing.ĭarryl drives a heavy-duty ( Vortec) last-generation GMC Sierra crew cab stake truck for work at Dunder Mifflin, which he uses to move Holly Flax up to Nashua, New Hampshire. Kelly broke up with him via text to go back to Ryan, and Darryl was relieved to be out of the relationship as he was shown almost dancing to his car afterward. Darryl is divorced and for a short time, he dated Kelly Kapoor. president in Michael's short film "Threat Level Midnight" just so his daughter would see a black man as president, but it took 11 years to be produced and by that time Barack Obama was in office. He has a young daughter named Jada who is incredibly important to him. He was initially enemies with Andy Bernard but the two eventually become close friends and confidants.ĭarryl is a Presbyterian and enjoys feeding squirrels (" Fun Run"). His rapport with the rest of the staff both in the office and warehouse is friendly. 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. 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.
In contrast with this, Darryl almost always calls Michael "Mike" instead of by his full name (although he will call him by his full name when he becomes frustrated or annoyed with Michael's immaturity). 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". 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.
His closest counterpart in the British series is Glynn (nicknamed Taffy), although they do not have the same personalities.Īlthough he is dry and humorless when dealing with his boss Michael Scott, the office manager, he seems to be a much more relaxed, silly person in social situations. Darryl Philbin (born October 25, 1971), is the foreman of the warehouse of the Scranton branch of fictitious paper distributor Dunder Mifflin.