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.

Фільмографія

• Poppa's House — Director
• Минуле — Jackson
• Калейдоскоп — Director
• 2022Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy? — Director
• Power Book IV: Force — Director
• Ведмідь — Emmanuel Adamu
• Колін у чорно-білому — Director
• Чудові роки — Director
• 2019A Walk with Charles Burnett — Self, Director
• Love Is___ — Director
• 2018Making The Five Heartbeats — Director, Producer
• Чорна блискавка — Dr. Napier Frank, Director
• 2015Playin' for Love — Coach Banks, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2013Bill Cosby: Far From Finished — Director, Thanks
• 2012In the Hive — Director
• 2012Скубі-Ду! Музика вампіра — Vampire Actor #1 (voice)
• 2009Diary of a Single Mom — Director
• 2009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy — Self, Director
• 2008Of Boys and Men — Holden Cole, Producer
• 2008Phantom Punch — Director
• 2007Tao of The Golden Mask
• South of Nowhere — Director
• 2003Black Listed — Alan Chambers, Director
• 200210,000 Black Men Named George — Director
• 2002Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
• 2002I Was a Teenage Faust — Mr. Five
• 2002Undercover Brother — Mr. UB
• 2001Carmen: A Hip Hopera — Director
• 2000Holiday Heart — Director
• 2000Little Richard — Director
• 2000Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story — Director
• 2000Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
• 2000Up, Up, and Away — Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle, Director
• 1999From Behind Closed Doors — Director
• 1999Jackie's Back! — Robert Townsend, Director
• 1999Joseph's Gift — James Saunders
• 1999Love Songs — Champ, Director
• 1999Mercenary II: Thick & Thin — Charlie Love
• 1999Taxman — Peyton Cody
• 1997B.A.P.S — Director
• 1997Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media — Archive Footage (Hollywood Shuffle)
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Rumpelstiltskin (voice)
• The Parent 'Hood — Robert Peterson, Director, Producer, Creator
• 1993The Meteor Man — Jefferson Reed, Screenplay, Producer, Director
• The Carol Burnett Show
• 1991The Five Heartbeats — Duck, Director, Writer, Producer
• 1990Robin Harris: One Night Stand — Bum #3
• 1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 — Executive Producer, Director, Writer
• 1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 — Executive Producer, Director, Writer
• 1989That's Adequate — Standup Comic
• 1989The Mighty Quinn — Maubee
• 1988Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 — Director, Writer
• 1988Я завалю тебе, козел — Minor Role (uncredited)
• 1987Eddie Murphy Raw — Director
• 1987Hollywood Shuffle — Bobby Taylor, Director, Writer, Producer
• 1987Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1 — Writer, Director
• 1987Uptown Comedy Express — Writer
• 1986Odd Jobs — Dwight
• 1986Ratboy — Manny
• 1986Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me — Self, Writer
• 1985American Flyers — Jerome
• Дивовижні історії — Billy Burliss
• 1984Історія солдата — Corporal Ellis
• 1984Вулиці у вогні — The Sorels - Lester
• 1982In Love with an Older Woman — James
• 1981Senior Trip — Randy
• 1980Willie & Phil — Thin Boy
• 1979Women at West Point — Russell Baker
• 1979Воїни — Baseball Fury (uncredited)
• 1976The Monkey Hustle — Musician
• 1975Cooley High — Basketball Player in Gym Class
• 1975Mahogany — Extra (uncredited)
• Мобільний армійський хірургічний шпиталь М*А*Х*Ш — Patient
• Townsend Television — Creator

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (11)

• Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! — Self - Comedian & Filmmaker
• 2026Премія AFI за життєві досягнення: Едді Мерфі — Self
• 2009Directors on Directing — Self
• Black in the 80s — Self
• 2003Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• Motown Live — Self - Host
• Great Drives — Self - Host
• 1994The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder — Self
• 1991A Party For Richard Pryor — Self
• 1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute — Self