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Birthday: February 06, 1957
After seriously pursuing a baseball career, African American actor/writer/director Robert Townsend decided upon a life in show business. An alumnus of Illinois State University and Hunter College, Townsend worked as a stand-up comic, and with such organizations as Second City, the Negro Ensemble Theater and the Experimental Black Actor's Guild. In films from 1975, Townsend satirically ...more
- 1987
- Independent Spirit Awards
- Best First Feature
- Hollywood Shuffle
- nom
- 2003
- Black Listed
- Alan Chambers
- 2001
- I Was a Teenage Faust
- Mr. Five
- 2000
- Up, Up and Away
- Jim (Bronze Eagle)
- 1993
- The Meteor Man
- Jefferson Reed
- 1991
- The Five Heartbeats
- Duck
- 2008
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
- Director
- 2008
- Phantom Punch
- Director
- 2008
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
- Producer
- 2003
- Black Listed
- Director
- 2003
- Black Listed
- Screenwriter
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