Person Detail
Robert Townsend
Catalogued films 42Director 24Actor 29
Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) is an American actor, director, comedian, and writer. 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 is best known for directing and starring in the feature films Hollywood Shuffle (1987) and The Five Heartbeats (1991). He is well recognized for his portrayal of The WB's sitcom The Parent 'Hood 's main character Robert Peterson, the series he created and directed select episodes of ran from 1995 to 1999.
Filmography
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A Walk with Charles Burnett
Making The Five Heartbeats
Playin' for Love
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
In the Hive
Diary of a Single Mom
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Phantom Punch
Black Listed
10,000 Black Men Named George
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Holiday Heart
Little Richard
Up, Up, and Away
Jackie's Back!
Love Songs
B.A.P.S
The Meteor Man
The Five Heartbeats
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
Eddie Murphy Raw
Hollywood Shuffle
Actor credits
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Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
Of Boys and Men
Tao of The Golden Mask
I Was a Teenage Faust
Undercover Brother
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Taxman
Joseph's Gift
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
The Mighty Quinn
Uptown Comedy Express
Odd Jobs
Ratboy
American Flyers
A Soldier's Story
In Love with an Older Woman
Cooley High