Robert Townsend
Acting
Born February 6, 1957 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Hollywood Squares
The Bear
M*A*S*H
Black Lightning
Amazing Stories
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Parent 'Hood
The Warriors
Before
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Streets of Fire
Undercover Brother
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
A Soldier's Story
Motown Live
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
Great Drives
Black in the 80s
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
The Carol Burnett Show
American Flyers
The Meteor Man
The Five Heartbeats
The Mighty Quinn
Willie & Phil
I Was a Teenage Faust
Mahogany
Cooley High
That's Adequate
Hollywood Shuffle
Jackie's Back!
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Love Songs
Up, Up, and Away
Uptown Comedy Express
The Monkey Hustle
Ratboy
In Love with an Older Woman
Women at West Point