Robert Townsend

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Robert Townsend is a well known actor, director and producer. He is known for giving some of the biggest names in Hollywood their starts in movies and television. He's also known for starting the trend of urban parodies, which guys like Keenon Ivory Wayans made into big hits.

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Actor Credits (25) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
2002 Undercover Brother Mr. UB
2002 Black Listed
2002 Book of Love
2000 Up, Up, and Away
1998 Joseph's Gift James Saunders
1997 The Chris Rock Show (1)
1994 Soul Train (1)
1993 Late Show with David Letterman (1) Himself
1993 The Meteor Man Jefferson Reed
1991 The Five Heartbeats Duck
1990 One Night Stand (1) Bum #3
1989 The Mighty Quinn Maubee
1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1987 Hollywood Shuffle Bobby Taylor
1987 Amazing Stories (1)
1986 Ratboy Manny
1986 Odd Jobs Dwight
1985 American Flyers Jerome
1985 A Soldier's Story Corporal Ellis
1984 Streets of Fire Lester - The Sorels
1982 M*A*S*H (1)
1981 Willie & Phil Thin Boy
1979 Cooley High Basketball player in gym class
1979 The Warriors Baseball Fury
1976 Mahogany Extra
Director Credits (12) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
2008 Phantom Punch
2005 South of Nowhere (3)
2004 Unfabulous (1)
2002 Black Listed
2000 Soul Food (1)
2000 Up, Up, and Away
2000 Little Richard
1997 B*A*P*S
1993 The Meteor Man
1991 The Five Heartbeats
1987 Eddie Murphy Raw
1987 Hollywood Shuffle
Producer Credits (9) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
2004 Lisa Knight and the Round Table executive producer
2004 Black College Talent Hour executive producer
2004 Thousand Dollar Bee executive producer
2004 Spoken executive producer
2004 Speaker's Box executive producer
2004 Souled Out executive producer
1993 The Meteor Man producer
1991 The Five Heartbeats producer
1987 Hollywood Shuffle producer
Writer Credits (3) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
1993 The Meteor Man
1991 The Five Heartbeats
1987 Hollywood Shuffle written by
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Credited Name Robert Townsend
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Bobby McGee Bobby McGee
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John Witherspoon John Witherspoon
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Roy Fegan
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Leon Leon
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Joel Weiss
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Kim Wayans Kim Wayans
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Keenen Ivory Wayans Keenen Ivory Wayans
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Bobby Mardis
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Michael Conn
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John Wheatley
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Walter Hill Walter Hill
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Yvette Broughton
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Augustin M. Langlais
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Nick Castle Nick Castle
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John Badham
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Jeffrey W. Byrd
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Mark Story
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Tony Richardson Tony Richardson
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Keenen Ivory Wayans Keenen Ivory Wayans
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Walter Hill Walter Hill
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Tamara Jones
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Daniel Berendsen
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Tabitha Jones
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John Byrum
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Jeffrey W. Byrd
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Barbara Nance
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Rob Burnett
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    Career $145.4MM
    Average $5MM
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    Career $145.4MM
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