Robert Townsend

Robert Townsend

Birthday: 1957-02-06

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0870186

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 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.

Played in movies:

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs

Score: 10.0

Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me

Score: 8.1

Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

Score: 8.0

Love Songs

Score: 8.0

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Score: 8.0

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

Score: 8.0

Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire

Score: 7.7

Of Boys and Men

Score: 7.7

The Warriors

Score: 7.7

The Five Heartbeats

Score: 7.4

Streets of Fire

Score: 6.9

Cooley High

Score: 6.8

A Soldier's Story

Score: 6.8

Jackie's Back!

Score: 6.5

Hollywood Shuffle

Score: 6.5

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

Score: 6.4

The Monkey Hustle

Score: 6.2

American Flyers

Score: 6.2

The Mighty Quinn

Score: 6.1

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

Score: 6.0

Undercover Brother

Score: 5.9

The Meteor Man

Score: 5.8

Up, Up, and Away

Score: 5.7

I Was a Teenage Faust

Score: 5.5

Playin' for Love

Score: 5.0

Mercenary II: Thick & Thin

Score: 4.7

Willie & Phil

Score: 4.3

Senior Trip

Score: 4.2

Odd Jobs

Score: 4.1

In Love with an Older Woman

Score: 4.0

Taxman

Score: 3.5

Ratboy

Score: 3.4

That's Adequate

Score: 3.2

Black Listed

Score: 2.5

Women at West Point

Score: 0.0

Joseph's Gift

Score: 0.0

A Walk with Charles Burnett

Score: 0.0

The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder

Score: 0.0

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4

Score: 0.0

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3

Score: 0.0

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1

Score: 0.0

Robin Harris: One Night Stand

Score: 0.0

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2

Score: 0.0

Uptown Comedy Express

Score: 0.0

Tao of The Golden Mask

Score: 0.0

Directors on Directing

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Bear

Score: 8.2

M*A*S*H

Score: 7.9

Amazing Stories

Score: 7.5

Hollywood Squares

Score: 7.3

The Carol Burnett Show

Score: 7.3

The Parent 'Hood

Score: 7.3

Black Lightning

Score: 7.0

Before

Score: 6.5

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Score: 6.0

Motown Live

Score: 1.0

Black in the 80s

Score: 0.0