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 w...
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Senior Trip
As Randy
The Meteor Man
As Jefferson Reed
The Mighty Quinn
As Maubee
A Soldier's Story
As Corporal Ellis
Hollywood Shuffle
As Bobby Taylor
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
As Self
The Five Heartbeats
As Duck
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
As Self
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
As Minor Role (uncredited)
Odd Jobs
As Dwight
Directors on Directing
As Self
Ratboy
As Manny
The Warriors
As Baseball Fury (uncredited)
Black Listed
As Alan Chambers
Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
As himself
Taxman
As Peyton Cody
Of Boys and Men
As Holden Cole
Tao of The Golden Mask
Up, Up, and Away
As Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle
Edge of Outside
As Bobby Taylor (archive footage)
Uptown Comedy Express
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
Mercenary II: Thick & Thin
As Charlie Love
Robin Harris: One Night Stand
As Bum #3
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
Cooley High
As Basketball Player in Gym Class
I Was a Teenage Faust
As Mr. Five
Playin' for Love
As Coach Banks
That's Adequate
As Standup Comic
Streets of Fire
As The Sorels - Lester
Undercover Brother
As Mr. UB
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
As Self
In Love with an Older Woman
As James
A Walk with Charles Burnett
As Self
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
As Vampire Actor #1 (voice)
Joseph's Gift
As James Saunders
Willie and Phil
As Thin Boy
American Flyers
As Jerome
Love Songs
As Champ
Women at West Point
As Russell Baker
Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
As Archive Footage (Hollywood Shuffle)
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
The Monkey Hustle
As Musician
Jackie's Back!
As Robert Townsend
M*A*S*H
As Patient
The Parent 'Hood
As Robert Peterson
The Carol Burnett Show
Black in the 80s
As Self
Amazing Stories
As Billy Burliss
The Bear
As Emmanuel Adamu
Hollywood Squares
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
As Rumpelstiltskin (voice)
Black Lightning
As Dr. Napier Frank
