Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#359
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Craig Robinson works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Craig Robinson appears in 34 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Craig. Toy Story 5 is the clearest case: a film rated 8.2 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for animation, family, comedy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Andrew Stanton, Pierre Perifel, Peter Segal and others, Craig Robinson helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Toy Story 5 (2026) as Atlas (voice) · The Bad Guys 2 (2025) as Shark (voice) · The Bad Guys (2022) as Shark (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #359 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
34
2007–2026
Career length
19 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.2
Toy Story 5
Average Nutevio score
6.4
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.6
The Bad Guys 2
Most frequent director
Andrew Stanton
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Andrew Stanton
Most common genre
Comedy
28 titles
Average runtime
1h 31m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.0
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.4
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2020s
6.9 average MV
The 2020s are where the work and the material meet. Toy Story 5, Toy Story 5, The Bad Guys 2 — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2020s
6.9
Across 16 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2020s
6.8
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2000s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, Post Grad.
Most productive era
2020s
16 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 5.72 films | 6.52 films | — |
| Action | 6.42 films | 6.02 films | 7.02 films |
| Thriller | — | — | 6.32 films |
| Comedy | 6.17 films | 6.110 films | 6.911 films |
| Crime | 6.42 films | — | 7.52 films |
| Romance | 5.72 films | — | 5.91 film |
| Horror | — | 6.01 film | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2007Knocked Up
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Club Doorman.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2026Toy Story 5
8.2 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026Toy Story 5
The current state of the argument, as Atlas (voice).
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
34 of 34 films
as Atlas (voice)
Directed by Andrew Stanton
as Shark (voice)
Directed by Pierre Perifel
as Shark (voice)
Directed by Pierre Perifel
as Atlas (voice)
Directed by Andrew Stanton
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
Showing 24 of 46 titles · 48 total credits · active 2005–2026
Toy Story 5
2026 · Atlas (voice)
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins
2026 · TV · Jerry Basmati
The Bad Guys 2
2025 · Shark (voice)
In Your Dreams
2025 · Baloney Tony (voice)
My Spy The Eternal City
2024 · Connelly
Hot Frosty
2024 · Sheriff Nathaniel Hunter
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023 · Self
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023 · TV · Principal Nelson (voice)
Agent Elvis
2023 · TV · Jackie (voice)
The Bad Guys
2022 · Shark (voice)
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
2022 · Officer Harold
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2022 · Self
The Wonderful Winter of Mickey Mouse
2022 · Snowflake Boss (voice)
StoryBots: Answer Time
2022 · TV · Mr. Map
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021 · Singing Bust
Patrice O'Neal: Killing Is Easy
2021 · Self
Dolittle
2020 · Kevin (voice)
Songbird
2020 · Lester
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
2020 · Mr. Jenkins
Medical Police
2020 · TV · Edgar Tooby
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019 · Judge Jerry N. Executioner
Dolemite Is My Name
2019 · Ben Taylor
Tragedy Girls
2017 · Big Al · Producer
Table 19
2017 · Jerry Kepp
The defining work
#1
Atlas (voice)
Toy Story 5 (2026)
Performance score8.2
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Atlas (voice) gives Craig Robinson a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Shark (voice)
The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
Performance score7.6
The Bad Guys 2 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Shark (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Shark (voice)
The Bad Guys (2022)
Performance score7.6
The Bad Guys asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Shark (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Atlas (voice)
Toy Story 5 (2026)
Performance score7.5
Toy Story 5 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Atlas (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Atlas (voice)
Start here. Toy Story 5 is the clearest statement of what Craig Robinson does — accessible, 100 minutes, and rated 8.2 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Craig at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
The Bad Guys (2022)
Keeps the comedy register of Toy Story 5 but asks for a colder reading of it.
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2022)
A deliberate change of key after The Bad Guys — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
A deliberate change of key after Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Toy Story 5 (2026)
Keeps the comedy register of The Bad Guys 2 but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Pierre Perifel
Director
2 films together
Notably The Bad Guys 2
Andrew Stanton
Director
2 films together
Notably Toy Story 5
Jake Kasdan
Director
1 film together
Notably Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Judd Apatow
Director
1 film together
Notably Knocked Up
David Gordon Green
Director
1 film together
Notably Pineapple Express
Vicky Jenson
Director
1 film together
Notably Post Grad
Neal Brennan
Director
1 film together
Notably The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Shawn Levy
Director
1 film together
Notably Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Steve Pink
Director
1 film together
Notably Hot Tub Time Machine
Walt Dohrn
Director
1 film together
Notably Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
Mike Mitchell
Director
1 film together
Notably Shrek Forever After
Thor Freudenthal
Director
1 film together
Notably Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Evan Goldberg
Director
1 film together
Notably This Is the End
Conrad Vernon
Director
1 film together
Notably Sausage Party
Jeffrey Blitz
Director
1 film together
Notably Table 19
Craig Brewer
Director
1 film together
Notably Dolemite Is My Name
Kevin Smith
Director
1 film together
Notably Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Tom McCarthy
Director
1 film together
Notably Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Stephen Gaghan
Director
1 film together
Notably Dolittle
Michael Bonfiglio
Director
1 film together
Notably Patrice O'Neal: Killing Is Easy
Kirk R. Thatcher
Director
1 film together
Notably Muppets Haunted Mansion
William Reiss
Director
1 film together
Notably The Wonderful Winter of Mickey Mouse
Ana Lily Amirpour
Director
1 film together
Notably Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Russell Norman
Director
1 film together
Notably Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Jerry Ciccoritti
Director
1 film together
Notably Hot Frosty
Peter Segal
Director
1 film together
Notably My Spy The Eternal City
Tom Hanks
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Tim Allen
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Joan Cusack
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Greta Lee
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Conan O'Brien
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Shelby Rabara
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Tony Hale
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Scarlett Spears
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Jay Hernandez
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Lori Alan
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Bonnie Hunt
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Kristen Schaal
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Andrew Stanton
Director
2 films together · 7.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Toy Story 5Pierre Perifel
Director
2 films together · 7.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The Bad Guys 2Michael Bonfiglio
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Patrice O'Neal: Killing Is EasyRussell Norman
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of MagicCraig Brewer
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Dolemite Is My NameWilliam Reiss
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Wonderful Winter of Mickey MouseStephen Gaghan
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
DolittleDavid Gordon Green
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Pineapple ExpressJake Kasdan
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox StoryPeter Segal
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
My Spy The Eternal CityAna Lily Amirpour
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Mona Lisa and the Blood MoonKirk R. Thatcher
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Muppets Haunted MansionMike Mitchell
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Shrek Forever AfterShawn Levy
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Night at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianJudd Apatow
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Knocked UpTom McCarthy
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were MadeEvan Goldberg
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
This Is the EndSteve Pink
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Hot Tub Time MachineThor Freudenthal
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Percy Jackson: Sea of MonstersJerry Ciccoritti
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Hot FrostyJeffrey Blitz
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Table 19Conrad Vernon
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Sausage PartyWalt Dohrn
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Donkey's Christmas ShrektacularKevin Smith
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Jay and Silent Bob RebootNeal Brennan
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell HardVicky Jenson
Director
1 film together · 5.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Post GradSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Toy Story 5
as Atlas (voice)
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Toy Story 5
as Atlas (voice)
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Toy Story 5
as Atlas (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Toy Story 5
as Atlas (voice)
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Craig Robinson has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 7.5 | 8.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #633 of 681 | #9 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 3 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 2 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 6 |
| Average Nutevio score | 8.2 | 8.6 |
| Genres | Animation, Family, Comedy | Animation, Family, Comedy, Drama |
| Directors | Andrew Stanton | Andrew Stanton, Frank Darabont |
| Performance DNA | Comedy, Emotional range, Quiet performance | Emotional range, Quiet performance, Screen presence |
| Career timeline | 2026–2026 | 1999–2026 |
| Most iconic role | Atlas (voice) — Toy Story 5 | Paul Edgecomb — The Green Mile |
| Most rewatchable film | Toy Story 5 | The Green Mile |
| Filmography | 1 catalogue film | 2 catalogue films |
Films together
Toy Story 5
Shared directors
andrew-stanton
Shared collections
Animation Movies, Comedy Movies
Collaborators in common
Andrew Stanton · Tim Allen · Joan Cusack · Greta Lee · Conan O'Brien · Shelby Rabara · Tony Hale · Scarlett Spears
Tom Hanks edges ahead here — a higher floor across a comparable body of work.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Comedy Legend
Awarded
28 catalogue titles in comedy, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Toy Story 5
as Atlas (voice)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
The Bad Guys
as Shark (voice)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
as Officer Harold
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
The Bad Guys
as Shark (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
as Tuskegee Airman #2
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
The Bad Guys
as Shark (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Toy Story 5
as Atlas (voice)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
Across the library
Every Nutevio collection this name turns up in, and how high they rank there.
Collection footprint
Appears in 2 Nutevio collections
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