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 · Self - Actor, Director
2026
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
Vampire Actor #1 (voice)
2012
The Warriors
Baseball Fury (uncredited)
1979
Amazing Stories
Billy Burliss
1985
The Five Heartbeats
Duck · Director · Writer · Producer
1991
Eddie Murphy Raw
Director
1987
The Parent 'Hood
Robert Peterson · Director · Producer · Creator
1995
South of Nowhere
Director
2005
The Wonder Years
Director
2021
Cooley High
Basketball Player in Gym Class
1975
Holiday Heart
Director
2000
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
Colin in Black and White
Director
2021
Little Richard
Director
2000
Hollywood Shuffle
Bobby Taylor · Director · Writer · Producer
1987
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Minor Role (uncredited)
1988
Before
Jackson
2024
Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Director
2001
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Rumpelstiltskin (voice)
1995
Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?
Director
2022
American Flyers
Jerome
1985
The Mighty Quinn
Maubee
1989
Mahogany
Extra (uncredited)
1975
Undercover Brother
Mr. UB
2002
The Meteor Man
Jefferson Reed · Screenplay · Producer · Director
1993
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
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Self
2003
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Self · Director
2009
Women at West Point
Russell Baker
1979
Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
Archive Footage (Hollywood Shuffle)
1997
Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
Self · Writer
1986
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
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Self
1994
Joseph's Gift
James Saunders
1999
Uptown Comedy Express
Actor · Writer
1987
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
The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
Self
2026