Robert Townsend
Birthday
1957/02/06 (68 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) is an American actor, director, comedian, and writer. Townsend is best known for directing the films Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Eddie Murphy Raw (1987), The Meteor Man (1993), The Five Heartbeats (1991) and various other films and stand-up specials. He is especially known for his eponymous self-titled character, Robert Peterson as the starring role as on The WB sitcom The Parent 'Hood (1995–1999), a series which he created and of which directed select episo...Read more
Acting
(1981) Senior Trip
as Randy
(1993) The Meteor Man
as Jefferson Reed
(1989) The Mighty Quinn
as Maubee
(1984) A Soldier's Story
as Corporal Ellis
(1987) Hollywood Shuffle
as Bobby Taylor
(2003) Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
as Self
(1991) The Five Heartbeats
as Duck
(2009) Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self
(1988) I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1986) Odd Jobs
as Dwight
(2009) Directors on Directing
as Self
(1986) Ratboy
as Manny
(1979) The Warriors
as Baseball Fury (uncredited)
(2003) Black Listed
as Alan Chambers
(1986) Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
as himself
(1999) Taxman
as Peyton Cody
(2008) Of Boys and Men
as Holden Cole
(2007) Tao of The Golden Mask
as ---
(2000) Up, Up, and Away
as Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle
(2006) Edge of Outside
as Bobby Taylor (archive footage)
(1987) Uptown Comedy Express
as ---
(1988) Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
as ---
(1999) Mercenary II: Thick & Thin
as Charlie Love
(1990) Robin Harris: One Night Stand
as Bum #3
(1987) Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
as ---
(1989) Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
as ---
(1989) Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
as ---
(1975) Cooley High
as Basketball Player in Gym Class
(2002) I Was a Teenage Faust
as Mr. Five
(2015) Playin' for Love
as Coach Banks
(1989) That's Adequate
as Standup Comic
(1984) Streets of Fire
as The Sorels - Lester
(2002) Undercover Brother
as Mr. UB
(1994) The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
as Self
(1982) In Love with an Older Woman
as James
(2019) A Walk with Charles Burnett
as Self
(2002) Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
as ---
(2012) Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
as Vampire Actor #1 (voice)
(1999) Joseph's Gift
as James Saunders
(1980) Willie and Phil
as Thin Boy
(1985) American Flyers
as Jerome
(1999) Love Songs
as Champ
(1979) Women at West Point
as Russell Baker
(1997) Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
as Archive Footage (Hollywood Shuffle)
(2000) Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
as ---
(1976) The Monkey Hustle
as Musician
(1999) Jackie's Back!
as Robert Townsend
(1972) M*A*S*H
as Patient
(1995) The Parent 'Hood
as Robert Peterson
(1991) The Carol Burnett Show
as ---
(2005) Black in the 80s
as Self
(1985) Amazing Stories
as Billy Burliss
(2022) The Bear
as Emmanuel Adamu
(1998) Hollywood Squares
as ---
(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Rumpelstiltskin (voice)
(2018) Black Lightning
as Dr. Napier Frank
(2024) Before
as ---