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Birth Name: Robert Townsend
Age: 69, born 6 February 1957
Country of origin: 
United States
Currently Residing In: United States
Height: 5' 11"
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Robert Townsend is an American actor, director, comedian, and writer. Townsend is best known for directing the films Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Eddie Murphy Raw (1987), The Meteor Man (1993), The Five Heartbeats (1991) and various other films and stand-up specials. He is especially known for his eponymous self-titled character, Robert Peterson as the starring role as on The WB sitcom The Parent 'Hood (1995–1999), a series which he created and of which directed select episodes. Townsend is also known for his role as Donald "Duck" Matthews in his 1991 film The Five Heartbeats. He later wrote, directed and produced Makin
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1. The Daily Show (1996)
| Rating: | 1214 Watched |
2. M*A*S*H
| Rating: | 662 Watched |
3. Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
| Rating: | 322 Watched |
4. The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
| Rating: | 201 Watched |
5. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
| Rating: | 107 Watched |
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1. The Warriors (1979)
| Rating: | 744 Watched |
2. Undercover Brother (2002)
| Rating: | 275 Watched |
3. Streets of Fire (1984)
| Rating: | 213 Watched |
4. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
| Rating: | 117 Watched |
5. The Meteor Man (1993)
| Rating: | 115 Watched |
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1. Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)
| Rating: | 235 Watched |
2. The Meteor Man (1993)
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4. B*A*P*S (1997)
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1. South of Nowhere (2005)
| Rating: | 71 Watched |
2. Black Lightning (2018)
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3. Unfabulous
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1. The Meteor Man (1993)
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4. Black Listed (2003)
| Rating: | 1 want to see |
5. Playin' for Love (2013)
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1. The Parent 'Hood (1995)
| Rating: | 7 Watched |
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