Though he has yet to play a major or significant television or film role, veteran and award-winning stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( The Founder of the multiracial, non-equity professional chamber theatre The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and the ESC Los Angeles Archival Project ) did make his national TV series debut on May 6, 2012 when he made a 24-second comedic cameo appearance as the popular rapper / entertainer Drake on this edition of the Adult Swim program "Loiter Squad," the Youtube video version of which has garnered over 350,000 views.
Veteran and award-winning Chicago-born and Los Angeles-based stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson, a 47-season theatre veteran, became familiar with the music of rap star Drake only after he appeared in 24-second, parody portrayal of the talented artist in the May 6, 2012 edition of "Loiter Squad."
Veteran and critically-praised Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( The Founder of both the multiracial chamber theatre The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and the video and theatre arts group The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project and who appears as Drake in "Loiter Squad" ) recently released a "Street Theatre" rendition of American literary master Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "Annabel Lee" on the shore of the Pacific Ocean near Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California. Recorded Monday June 7, 2021, the video recording and editing of Mr. Robinson's recitation is provided by his long-time friend and talented fellow actor Danny Belrose.
On Wednesday November 24, 2021 ( nearly ten years after his cameo appearance as Drake in the first season of "Loiter Squad" ), veteran stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson recorded and presented a new "street theatre" video rendition of Edgar Allan Poe's classic literary poem 'El Dorado' at The Bruce Lee Statue in The Chinatown District of Downtown Los Angeles. Featuring editing and camera work by his longtime colleague and fellow actor Danny Belrose, Darryl Maximilian Robinson's rendition for his Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project is intended as an homage to both 19th-Century literary master Poe and 20th-Century Chinese American screen legend and martial arts teacher Lee.
Darryl Maximilian Robinson who appeared as Drake in Loiter Squad is also a critically-praised stage actor and play director noted for his work in numerous Shakespearean productions and musical theatre revivals. Examples of which can be viewed at his You Tube channel.