Robert Townsend
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday6 February 1957 (69 years old)
Place of birthChicago, Illinois, USA
Known credits84
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 Heartbe…
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
2026 · Self
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026 · Self - Comedian & Filmmaker
Before
2024 · Jackson
Poppa's House
2024 · Director
Kaleidoscope
2023 · Director
The Bear
2022 · Emmanuel Adamu
Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?
2022 · Director
Power Book IV: Force
2022 · Director
Colin in Black and White
2021 · Director
The Wonder Years
2021 · Director
A Walk with Charles Burnett
2019 · Self
A Walk with Charles Burnett
2019 · Director
Making The Five Heartbeats
2018 · Director
Making The Five Heartbeats
2018 · Producer
Love Is___
2018 · Director
Black Lightning
2018 · Dr. Napier Frank
Black Lightning
2018 · Director
Playin' for Love
2015 · Coach Banks
Playin' for Love
2015 · Director
Playin' for Love
2015 · Writer
Playin' for Love
2015 · Producer
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
2013 · Director
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
2013 · Thanks
In the Hive
2012 · Director
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
2012 · Vampire Actor #1 (voice)
Directors on Directing
2009 · Self
Diary of a Single Mom
2009 · Director
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 · Self
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 · Director
Of Boys and Men
2008 · Holden Cole
Of Boys and Men
2008 · Producer
Phantom Punch
2008 · Director
Tao of The Golden Mask
2007
South of Nowhere
2005 · Director
Black in the 80s
2005 · Self
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003 · Self
Black Listed
2003 · Alan Chambers
Black Listed
2003 · Director
I Was a Teenage Faust
2002 · Mr. Five
Undercover Brother
2002 · Mr. UB
10,000 Black Men Named George
2002 · Director
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
2002
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
2001 · Director
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
2000 · Director
Holiday Heart
2000 · Director
Little Richard
2000 · Director
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
Up, Up, and Away
2000 · Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle
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