Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson refuses to be defined just by his job on the field â despite being one of the best ball-carriers in the league.
The 24-year-old All-Pro told The Post he is taking serious measures to take his acting career to the next level, and manifesting a potential role in a romantic comedy.
“I’m willing to kind of explore anything more on the drama side,” Robinson said on behalf of Invisalign. “… I’ll be getting into acting outside the commercial space I’ve been doing a lot of â just starting to enhance myself with like acting classes. And DJing has been a big thing that I like to do.”
Robinson previously acted in multiple commercials for various brand partnerships, such as Auntie Anne’s pretzels, which teamed with his mustard brand Bijan Mustardson in 2024.
That July, he guest-starred as himself on the Disney Channel series, “Bunk’d: Learning The Ropes” â and made a cameo in the Netflix series “Outerbanks” when he portrayed a treasure hunter in Season 4, Episode 2, titled “Blackbeard” that October.
Robinson launched his official NFL DJ series called “Spin Zone” in September 2024.
“I want to continue to put myself in different brackets of life,” Robinson said. “It’s been really important to me because I know that I can play this game for as long as possible, but then when the game’s over you gotta have a something else to do. So, I’m just trying to enhance myself in so many different pockets and it’s all been super fun.”
Robinson, who signed a three-year contract extension worth up to $75 million with Atlanta in August, made it clear that his football career is his top priority and that he focuses on acting and DJing during the offseason.
“[Acting classes] has been on a little bit of a pause right now, but I’m gonna get really back into it at the end of the year and really dig deep into it,” he said. “But they’re super fun and allow you to show your personality and who you are as a person. And, you get to meet new people that have been acting for a long time and get to learn from them.
“In today’s world now, I don’t wanna be just a guy that can go [in front of the camera] just because I’m a NFL player. I want to actually try to gain that [acting] talent and gain that charisma every single day.”
Robinson is coming off a breakout 2025 season, when he led the league with 2,298 scrimmage yards to make his first All-Pro team.
He has 150 carries for 780 yards and four touchdowns across eight games for the 3-5 Falcons this season.
Robinson’s acting dream wasn’t a fluke.
He prepared for it for years and took acting classes while he played college football for Texas from 2020-22.
Robinson met Oscar-winning actor and diehard Longhorns fan Matthew McConaughey â who is his mentor and close friend â during a recruiting trip.
“He was my guy in college,” Robinson said, “and he would give me all the acting tips and everything. I talk to him to this day.
“My best friend, Jonathan Davis, he was on ‘Outerbanks,’ and he’s about to do a Snoop Dogg movie. I talk to him every day and get advice from him.”
Robinson, who has a small DJ table that he works with, explained that it’s a career he’s been interested in because of its evolution.
“Music is very important to me,” he said. “DJs now are taking over the music space and they’re the ones that are making all the headlines, they have big shows in stadiums. You can literally DJ everywhere now.
“I’m really big into house music, that’s my number one genre that I listen to. After that, alternative music, indie soul â R&B, but a little bit more classical, like 1960s soul music.”
He served as the official DJ for the 2026 NFL Honors ceremony in February, where actor Jon Hamm introduced him as “Bijan the DJ” at the event in Los Angeles.
Robinson, who spoke with The Post on behalf of his partnership with Invisalign for its âSHIFT Happensâ campaign, explained that Invisalign has helped improve his confidence and keep him disciplined.
“It’s cool to see the shift in my teeth [a month into the process],” Robinson said. “… I think the biggest thing is, it creates discipline for myself because you gotta wear the clear aligners 22 hours throughout the day.”
