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Robert Townsend
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Spirit Falls/Ledokhod
- Executioner's Son
- Spirit Falls
- Up the Organization How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits
- Winning Management Strategies for the Real World
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Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) 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…
Known for
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy — Self2026
- Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! — Self - Comedian & Filmmaker2026
- Before — Jackson2024
- The Bear — Emmanuel Adamu2022
- A Walk with Charles Burnett — Self2019
- Black Lightning — Dr. Napier Frank2018
- Playin' for Love — Coach Banks2015
- Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire — Vampire Actor #1 (voice)2012
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy — Self2009
- Directors on Directing — Self2009
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1972-05-05
ambientmetalprogressiveprogressive metalprogressive rock
Discography
- Ocean Machine: Biomech1997
- Infinity1998
- Physicist2000
- Terria2001
- Devlab2004
- The Hummer2006
- Ziltoid the Omniscient2007
- Z²2014
- Empath2019
- Snuggles2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 125
- Total plays
- 241
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Townsend
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- www.roberttownsend.com
- Image
- Robert Townsend, 2018 (TtFUnyOrkpM).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1957-02-06
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Robert Townsend
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Robert Townsend
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