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Acting

Robert Townsend

Career: Active from 1984 to 2024, busiest in 1999 with 6 main titles.

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Power Book IV: Force
78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Robert Townsend Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Mystery
2.8, average 4.0
Tension
5.0, average 6.0
Uncanny
1.6, average 2.5
Scare
1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 6
Character-Driven 4
Biographical Drama 3
Coming-of-Age 2
Showbiz Satire 2
Racial Identity 2
Eccentric Characters 2
African-American Family Life 2
Character Study 2
Historical Setting 2
90s Nostalgia 2
Redemption Story 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 64

Before

46

TV show · as Jackson

Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?

63

Director

The Bear

84

TV show · as Emmanuel Adamu

2010s

7 titles · average score 68

A Walk with Charles Burnett

Director

Black Lightning

71

TV show · as Dr. Napier Frank

Making The Five Heartbeats

Director, Producer

Playin' for Love

as Coach Banks

Bill Cosby: Far From Finished

68

Director, Thanks

In the Hive

64

Director

Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire

71

as Vampire Actor #1 (voice)

2000s

13 titles · average score 63

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

72

Director

Diary of a Single Mom

Director

Phantom Punch

49

Director

Of Boys and Men

71

as Holden Cole

Black Listed

as Alan Chambers

I Was a Teenage Faust

56

as Mr. Five

10,000 Black Men Named George

62

Director

Carmen: A Hip Hopera

55

Director

Up, Up, and Away

46

as Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle

Holiday Heart

72

Director

Little Richard

67

Director

Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story

77

Director

1990s

14 titles · average score 59

Love Songs

76

as Champ

Jackie's Back!

76

as Robert Townsend

Mercenary II: Thick & Thin

47

as Charlie Love

Joseph's Gift

as James Saunders

Taxman

44

as Peyton Cody

B.A.P.S

36

Director

Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

as Archive Footage (Hollywood Shuffle)

The Parent 'Hood

71

TV show · as Robert Peterson

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

66

TV show · as Rumpelstiltskin (voice)

The Meteor Man

39

as Jefferson Reed

The Five Heartbeats

60

as Duck

The Carol Burnett Show

78

TV show

1980s

20 titles · average score 58

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

61

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Eddie Murphy Raw

72

Director

Hollywood Shuffle

75

as Bobby Taylor

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1

Writer, Director

Uptown Comedy Express

Writer

Ratboy

28

as Manny

Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me

76

Writer

Odd Jobs

38

as Dwight

American Flyers

56

as Jerome

Amazing Stories

54

TV show · as Billy Burliss

A Soldier's Story

75

as Corporal Ellis

Streets of Fire

66

as The Sorels - Lester

1970s

6 titles · average score 64

The Warriors

77

as Baseball Fury (uncredited)

Women at West Point

as Russell Baker

The Monkey Hustle

43

as Musician

Cooley High

76

as Basketball Player in Gym Class

Mahogany

47

as Extra (uncredited)

M*A*S*H

78

TV show · as Patient