Robert Townsend
Robert Townsend is an actor, born 1957. Their work on CrossBinge spans TV and films, including The Bear, with ratings and cross-media recommendations.
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…
Films (24)
- The Warriors (1979)
- Streets of Fire (1984)
- Undercover Brother (2002)
- B.A.P.S (1997)
- Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)
- A Soldier's Story (1984)
- Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire (2012)
- The Five Heartbeats (1991)
- The Five Heartbeats (1991)
- The Meteor Man (1993)
- The Meteor Man (1993)
- The Mighty Quinn (1989)
- The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy (2026)
- Holiday Heart (2000)
- Cooley High (1975)
- Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)
- Jackie's Back! (1999)
- American Flyers (1985)
- Ratboy (1986)
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
- Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! (2003)
- Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
- Hollywood Shuffle (1987)