People
Robert Townsend
- Name: Robert Townsend
- Birthday: 1957-02-06
- Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Popularity: 6.414
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 episodes. Townsend is also known for his role as Donald "Duck" Matthews in his 1991 film The Five Heartbeats. He later wrote, directed and produced Making The Five Heartbeats (2018), a documentary film... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| A Walk with Charles Burnett as Self | 2019-02-27 |
| Playin' for Love as Coach Banks | 2015-01-16 |
| Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire as Vampire Actor #1 (voice) | 2012-03-07 |
| Directors on Directing as Self | 2009-09-24 |
| Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Self | 2009-01-01 |
| Of Boys and Men as Holden Cole | 2008-10-21 |
| Tao of The Golden Mask | 2007-06-23 |
| Edge of Outside as Bobby Taylor (archive footage) | 2006-06-11 |
| Black Listed as Alan Chambers | 2003-01-21 |
| Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! as Self | 2003-01-01 |
| I Was a Teenage Faust as Mr. Five | 2002-06-01 |
| Undercover Brother as Mr. UB | 2002-05-31 |
| Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs | 2002-02-14 |
| Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light | 2000-02-02 |
| Up, Up, and Away as Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle | 2000-01-22 |
| Taxman as Peyton Cody | 1999-09-16 |
| Mercenary II: Thick & Thin as Charlie Love | 1999-07-20 |
| Jackie's Back! as Robert Townsend | 1999-06-14 |
| Love Songs as Champ | 1999-04-25 |
| Joseph's Gift as James Saunders | 1999-01-01 |
| Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media as Archive Footage (Hollywood Shuffle) | 1997-01-01 |
| The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder as Self | 1994-01-01 |
| The Meteor Man as Jefferson Reed | 1993-08-06 |
| The Five Heartbeats as Duck | 1991-03-29 |
| Robin Harris: One Night Stand as Bum #3 | 1990-03-03 |
| Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 | 1989-09-16 |
| Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 | 1989-05-20 |
| The Mighty Quinn as Maubee | 1989-02-17 |
| That's Adequate as Standup Comic | 1989-01-01 |
| I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Minor Role (uncredited) | 1988-11-10 |
| Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 | 1988-09-24 |
| Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1 | 1987-12-19 |
| Uptown Comedy Express | 1987-05-09 |
| Hollywood Shuffle as Bobby Taylor | 1987-03-20 |
| Ratboy as Manny | 1986-10-17 |
| Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me as himself | 1986-09-06 |
| Odd Jobs as Dwight | 1986-03-01 |
| American Flyers as Jerome | 1985-08-16 |
| A Soldier's Story as Corporal Ellis | 1984-09-14 |
| Streets of Fire as The Sorels - Lester | 1984-06-01 |
| In Love with an Older Woman as James | 1982-11-24 |
| Senior Trip as Randy | 1981-12-30 |
| Willie and Phil as Thin Boy | 1980-08-15 |
| Women at West Point as Russell Baker | 1979-02-27 |
| The Warriors as Baseball Fury (uncredited) | 1979-02-01 |
| The Monkey Hustle as Musician | 1976-12-24 |
| Cooley High as Basketball Player in Gym Class | 1975-06-25 |
