Robert Townsend | Filmography

Cast Credits

Year	Movie	Role
2004	The Robin Harris Story: We Don't Die, We Multiply
2003	Black Listed	Alan Chambers
2002	Book of Love
2001	I Was a Teenage Faust	Mr. Five
2000	Up, Up and Away	Jim (Bronze Eagle)
1999	Joseph's Gift
1999	Love Songs
1998	Taxman
1997	Mercenary 2
1995	Happily Ever After Fairy Tales: Rumpelstiltskin
1993	The Meteor Man	Jefferson Reed
1991	The Five Heartbeats	Duck
1989	That's Adequate
1989	Uptown Comedy Express
1989	The Mighty Quinn	Maubee
1987	Hollywood Shuffle	Speed
1987	Hollywood Shuffle	Bobby Taylor
1987	Hollywood Shuffle	Jasper
1987	Hollywood Shuffle	Sam Ace
1986	Ratboy	Manny
1986	Rodney Dangerfield: "It's Not Easy Being Me"
1985	Odd Jobs	Dwight
1985	American Flyers	Jerome
1984	Streets of Fire	Lester
1984	A Soldier's Story	Cpl. Ellis
1982	In Love with an Older Woman
1981	Senior Trip	Randy
1980	Willie and Phil
1979	Women at West Point
1975	Cooley High	Uncredited

Year	Movie	Role
2008	Phantom Punch	Director
2008	Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy	Producer
2008	Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy	Director
2003	Black Listed	Director
2003	Black Listed	Screenwriter
2002	10,000 Black Men Named George	Director
2001	Carmen: A Hip Hopera	Director
2000	Livin' For Love: The Natalie Cole Story	Director
2000	Up, Up and Away	Director
2000	Little Richard	Director
2000	Holiday Heart	Director
1999	Love Songs	Director
1999	Jackie's Back	Director
1997	B.A.P.S.	Director
1993	The Meteor Man	Director
1993	The Meteor Man	Producer
1993	The Meteor Man	Screenwriter
1991	The Five Heartbeats	Director
1991	The Five Heartbeats	Producer
1991	The Five Heartbeats	Screenwriter
1987	Hollywood Shuffle	Director
1987	Hollywood Shuffle	Producer
1987	Eddie Murphy: Raw	Director
1987	Hollywood Shuffle	Screenwriter
1987	Eddie Murphy: Raw	Screenwriter
1987	Hollywood Shuffle	Book Author

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