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Robert Townsend

Highest Rated:: 88% A Soldier's Story (1984)
Lowest Rated:: 13% B.A.P.S. (1997)

Birthday:: Feb 6, 1957
Birthplace:: Not Available
Bio:: 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…

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Range of Movie T-meters: 13% - 88%

Number of Movies: 44

Box Office Since 2001: --

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2012		In The Hive	Director	--
2010		For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots	Actor	--
2009		Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy	Director	--
2008		Phantom Punch	Director	--
2008		11.04.08: The Day Of Change	Actor	--
2007		Of Boys and Men	Producer Holden Cole	--
2007		Faizon Love's Tao of the Golden Mask	Actor	--
2004		We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story	Actor	--
2003		Blacklisted	Alan Chambers Director	--
2002		10,000 Black Men Named George	Director	--
2002		Black Listed	Actor Screenwriter Director	--
2002		Little Richard	Director	--
2002		Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs	Actor	--
2001		Carmen - A Hip Hopera	Director	--
2001		I Was a Teenage Faust	Mr. Five	--
2000		Up, Up, and Away!	Director Jim (Bronze Eagle)	--
2000		Natalie Cole - Livin' for Love - The Natalie Cole Story	Director	--
2000		Little Richard	Director	--
2000		Holiday Heart	Director	--
1999		Love Songs	Actor Director	--
1999		Jackie's Back	Director	--
1999		Joseph's Gift	Actor	--
1998		Taxman	Actor	--
1997		Mercenary II: Thick & Thin	Actor	--
1997	13%	B.A.P.S.	Director	--
1993	29%	The Meteor Man	Director Jefferson Reed	--
1991	38%	The Five Heartbeats	Screenwriter Director Duck	--
1989		That's Adequate	Actor	--
1989	88%	The Mighty Quinn	Maubee	--
1989		Uptown Comedy Express	Actor	--
1988	63%	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!	Actor	--
1987		Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Being Me	Actor	--
1987	80%	Eddie Murphy Raw	Director	--
1987	87%	Hollywood Shuffle	Director Bobby Taylor Screenwriter	--
1986		Odd Jobs (Summer Jobs)	Dwight	--
1986	29%	Ratboy	Manny	--
1985	63%	American Flyers	Jerome	--
1984	60%	Streets of Fire	Lester	--
1984	88%	A Soldier's Story	Cpl. Ellis	--
1982		In Love With An Older Woman	Actor	--
1981		Senior Trip	Randy	--
1980		Willie & Phil	Actor	--
1975	80%	Cooley High	Uncredited	--
		Great Drives - V. 2: Route 66	Actor	--

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