Robert Townsend
Acting
Born 1957-02-06
Chicago, Illinois, USA
84 credits
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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 about the production process and behind the scenes insight into creating the film. Townsend is also known for his production company Townsend Entertainment which has produced films Playin' for Love, In the Hive and more. During the 1980s and early–1990s, Townsend gained national exposure through his stand-up comedy routines and appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Townsend has worked with talent including Halle Berry, Morgan Freeman, Chris Tucker, Beyoncé, Denzel Washington and many more.
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Filmography
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The Bear
Hollywood Squares
M*A*S*H
Amazing Stories
Black Lightning
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Power Book IV: Force
The Parent 'Hood
The Warriors
Kaleidoscope
The Wonder Years
Before
South of Nowhere
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Colin in Black and White
Poppa's House
Streets of Fire
Undercover Brother
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
The Meteor Man
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
B.A.P.S
The Carol Burnett Show
Love Is___
Willie & Phil
American Flyers
The Mighty Quinn
Great Drives
Love Songs
A Soldier's Story
The Five Heartbeats
Holiday Heart
Black in the 80s
Eddie Murphy Raw
Motown Live
Hollywood Shuffle
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
In the Hive
Little Richard
Cooley High
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Mahogany
That's Adequate
Jackie's Back!
Black Listed
I Was a Teenage Faust
Up, Up, and Away
Ratboy
Odd Jobs
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Uptown Comedy Express
In Love with an Older Woman
Phantom Punch
Joseph's Gift
Diary of a Single Mom
Mercenary II: Thick & Thin
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