“The Office” Star Craig Robinson Says He's 'Quitting Comedy' to Work on 'Something Bigger'

Craig Robinson is expanding his repertoire.

The Office alum, 53, teased a caller calling connected Instagram recently, successful a video station shared pinch fans that he captioned, "Life update: I’m officially quitting drama to attraction connected my existent calling. Stay tuned. I’m moving connected thing huge. 👀."

Robinson addressed fans in nan clip, "Hey, everybody! Just wanted you to perceive it from me: I americium quitting comedy. But not for thing — it's been an astonishing run, and y'all person been astonishing and wonderful, but I'm pursuing thing bigger."

"So convey you truthful much," concluded nan actor, comedian and musician. "I emotion you, and enactment tuned."

He followed up with different post asking fans for proposal connected small-business ownership, saying he "hit a fewer bumps successful nan road" connected his quest and penning successful nan caption, "Turns retired having a dream and building a business pinch your friends are 2 VERY different things. I can’t spell into item conscionable yet, but for existent though immoderate thief would beryllium huge."

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Among nan bevy of comments connected Robinson's original station was 1 from Howie Mandel, who joked, "Being a dancer is tough, but spell for it ❤️."

"You been called to preach? 'If loving you is wroo0ng, - - - I don’t wanna beryllium riiiiiight'! #getitdawg #goodluck 🍀," wrote Arsenio Hall.

"I hope it involves Music! You’re superb astatine immoderate you chose to do," David Arquette chimed in.

Others made reference to Robinson's beloved characteristic connected The Office, Darryl Philbin, pinch 1 instrumentality quipping, "Opening a storage for insubstantial perchance??"

Wrote his The Office costar Kate Flannery, "We emotion you, craig!!! Go big, my friend!!! ❤️❤️❤️."

Robinson did not instantly respond to PEOPLE's petition for remark connected Thursday, July 3.

Aside from The Office, Robinson is so champion known for his comedic roles, including connected TV successful The Cleveland Show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Ghosted and more.

The character has besides flexed his drama chops successful movies for illustration Pineapple Express (2008), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), This Is nan End (2013), Sausage Party (2016) and Dolemite Is My Name (2019).

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Robinson has besides been portion of nan funk/hip-hop/R&B set The Nasty Delicious since 2007. And connected Vulture’s Good One podcast successful April 2022, he said, "When I americium pinch nan band, I consciousness for illustration I tin alert — like being astatine an Earth, Wind & Fire concert. Sometimes I’m a consecutive musician, sometimes I’m doing drama and music, sometimes it’s consecutive drama and nan set is quiet. It’s all-encompassing."

"It’s nan champion — just nan state of each of that. I’ve cried directing nan band," Robinson added astatine nan time. "There are moments wherever my emotions get nan champion of maine while conducting and performing, and that’s incredible."