Robert Townsend
ActingTotal Credits
84
Acting
62
First Credit
1972
Latest Credit
2026
Power Book IV: Force
Director
2022
The Bear
Emmanuel Adamu
2022
M*A*S*H
Patient
1972
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Self - Comedian & Filmmaker
2026
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
Vampire Actor #1 (voice)
2012
The Warriors
Baseball Fury (uncredited)
1979
Amazing Stories
Billy Burliss
1985
Eddie Murphy Raw
Director
1987
The Five Heartbeats
Duck · Director · Writer · Producer
1991
The Parent 'Hood
Robert Peterson · Director · Producer · Creator
1995
South of Nowhere
Director
2005
The Wonder Years
Director
2021
Holiday Heart
Director
2000
Cooley High
Basketball Player in Gym Class
1975
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
Director · Thanks
2013
Black Lightning
Dr. Napier Frank · Director
2018
Streets of Fire
The Sorels - Lester
1984
Kaleidoscope
Director
2023
A Soldier's Story
Corporal Ellis
1984
Little Richard
Director
2000
Colin in Black and White
Director
2021
Hollywood Shuffle
Bobby Taylor · Director · Writer · Producer
1987
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Director
2001
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Minor Role (uncredited)
1988
Before
Jackson
2024
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Rumpelstiltskin (voice)
1995
American Flyers
Jerome
1985
The Mighty Quinn
Maubee
1989
Undercover Brother
Mr. UB
2002
Mahogany
Extra (uncredited)
1975
The Meteor Man
Jefferson Reed · Director · Screenplay · Producer
1993
Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?
Director
2022
Up, Up, and Away
Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle · Director
2000
Poppa's House
Director
2024
B.A.P.S
Director
1997
Phantom Punch
Director
2008
Willie & Phil
Thin Boy
1980
Ratboy
Manny
1986
From Behind Closed Doors
Director
1999
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Actor
2002
Love Songs
Champ · Director
1999
Women at West Point
Russell Baker
1979
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Self · Director
2009
Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
Archive Footage (Hollywood Shuffle)
1997
Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
Self · Writer
1986
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Self
2003
Of Boys and Men
Holden Cole · Producer
2008
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story
Director
2000
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
The Carol Burnett Show
Actor
1991
Uptown Comedy Express
Actor · Writer
1987
Joseph's Gift
James Saunders
1999
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Self
1994
Townsend Television
Creator
Jackie's Back!
Robert Townsend · Director
1999
I Was a Teenage Faust
Mr. Five
2002
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Actor
2000
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
1988
Love Is___
Director
2018
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
Self
2026