Robert Townsend

After seriously pursuing a baseball career, African American actor/writer/director Robert Townsend decided upon a life in show business. An alumnus of Illinois State University and Hunter College, Tow...
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02/05/1957
Chicago, IL
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B.A.P.S. (2005) Director 2005 2
The Five Heartbeats (2005) Director 2005 2
The Five Heartbeats (2005) Actor Duck 2005 1
Hollywood Shuffle (2006) Director 2006 2
Hollywood Shuffle (2006) Actor Speed 2006 1
Cooley High (2005) Actor Uncredited 2005 1
Little Richard (2005) Director 2005 2
The Meteor Man (2005) Director 2005 2
The Meteor Man (2005) Actor Jefferson Reed 2005 1
Of Boys and Men (2007) Actor Holden Cole 2007 1
Phantom Punch (2007) Director 2007 2
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2008) Director 2008 2
Love Songs (2009) Director 2009 2
Love Songs (2009) Actor 2009 1
Jackie's Back (2009) Director 2009 2
Up, Up and Away (2009) Director 2009 2
Holiday Heart (2009) Director 2009 2
Livin' For Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2009) Director 2009 2
10,000 Black Men Named George (2009) Director 2009 2
Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2009) Director 2009 2
Black Listed (2009) Director 2009 2
Black Listed (2009) Actor Alan Chambers 2009 1
In the Hive (2012) Director 2012 2
The Five Heartbeats (2005) Producer 2005 3
The Mighty Quinn (2006) Actor Maubee 2006 1
Ratboy (2005) Actor Manny 2005 1
Odd Jobs (2005) Actor Dwight 2005 1
Hollywood Shuffle (2006) Producer 2006 3
The Meteor Man (2005) Producer 2005 3
Of Boys and Men (2007) Producer 2007 3
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2008) Producer 2008 3
Up, Up and Away (2009) Actor Jim (Bronze Eagle) 2009 1
I Was a Teenage Faust (2009) Actor Mr. Five 2009 1
The Five Heartbeats (2005) Screenwriter 2005 7
Hollywood Shuffle (2006) Book Author 2006 7
The Meteor Man (2005) Screenwriter 2005 7
Happily Ever After Fairy Tales: Rumpelstiltskin (2009) Voice 2009 7
Black Listed (2009) Screenwriter 2009 7
A Soldier's Story (2005) Actor Cpl. Ellis 2005 1
Mercenary 2 (2009) Actor 2009 1
Taxman (2009) Actor 2009 1
Uptown Comedy Express (2009) Actor 2009 1
American Flyers (2005) Actor Jerome 2005 1
Joseph's Gift (2005) Actor 2005 1
In Love with an Older Woman (2009) Actor 2009 1
Women at West Point (2009) Actor 2009 1
Phantom Punch (2007) Executive Producer 2007 15
Senior Trip (2005) Actor Randy 2005 1
Book of Love (2009) Actor 2009 1
Streets of Fire (2005) Actor Lester 2005 1
That's Adequate (2005) Actor 2005 1
Willie and Phil (2005) Actor 2005 1
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2009) Voice 2009 42