Robert Townsend

Full filmography

• Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (2026) as Self - Comedian & Filmmaker
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy (2026) as Self
• Before (2024) as Jackson
• Poppa's House (2024) Director
• Kaleidoscope (2023) Director
• The Bear (2022) as Emmanuel Adamu
• Power Book IV: Force (2022) Director
• Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy? (2022) Director
• The Wonder Years (2021) Director
• Colin in Black and White (2021) Director
• A Walk with Charles Burnett (2019) as Self
• A Walk with Charles Burnett (2019) Director
• Black Lightning (2018) as Dr. Napier Frank
• Black Lightning (2018) Director
• Love Is___ (2018) Director
• Making The Five Heartbeats (2018) Director
• Making The Five Heartbeats (2018) Producer
• Playin' for Love (2015) as Coach Banks
• Playin' for Love (2015) Director
• Playin' for Love (2015) Writer
• Playin' for Love (2015) Producer
• Bill Cosby: Far From Finished (2013) Director
• Bill Cosby: Far From Finished (2013) Thanks
• Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire (2012) as Vampire Actor #1 (voice)
• In the Hive (2012) Director
• Diary of a Single Mom (2009) Director
• Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009) as Self
• Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009) Director
• Directors on Directing (2009) as Self
• Of Boys and Men (2008) as Holden Cole
• Of Boys and Men (2008) Producer
• Phantom Punch (2008) Director
• Tao of The Golden Mask (2007)
• South of Nowhere (2005) Director
• Black in the 80s (2005) as Self
• Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! (2003) as Self
• Black Listed (2003) as Alan Chambers
• Black Listed (2003) Director
• Undercover Brother (2002) as Mr. UB
• I Was a Teenage Faust (2002) as Mr. Five
• 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002) Director
• Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs (2002)
• Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001) Director
• Holiday Heart (2000) Director
• Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)
• Up, Up, and Away (2000) as Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle
• Up, Up, and Away (2000) Director
• Little Richard (2000) Director
• Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2000) Director
• Jackie's Back! (1999) as Robert Townsend
• Jackie's Back! (1999) Director
• Love Songs (1999) as Champ
• Love Songs (1999) Director
• Mercenary II: Thick & Thin (1999) as Charlie Love
• Taxman (1999) as Peyton Cody
• Joseph's Gift (1999) as James Saunders
• From Behind Closed Doors (1999) Director
• Hollywood Squares (1998) as Self - Panelist
• Motown Live (1998) as Self - Host
• B.A.P.S (1997) Director
• Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media (1997) as Archive Footage (Hollywood Shuffle)
• Great Drives (1996) as Self - Host
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Rumpelstiltskin (voice)
• The Parent 'Hood (1995) as Robert Peterson
• The Parent 'Hood (1995) Director
• The Parent 'Hood (1995) Producer
• The Parent 'Hood (1995) Creator
• The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder (1994) as Self
• The Meteor Man (1993) as Jefferson Reed
• The Meteor Man (1993) Director
• The Meteor Man (1993) Screenplay
• The Meteor Man (1993) Producer
• The Carol Burnett Show (1991)
• The Five Heartbeats (1991) as Duck
• The Five Heartbeats (1991) Director
• The Five Heartbeats (1991) Writer
• The Five Heartbeats (1991) Producer
• Robin Harris: One Night Stand (1990) as Bum #3
• The Mighty Quinn (1989) as Maubee
• That's Adequate (1989) as Standup Comic
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 (1989)
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 (1989) Writer
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 (1989) Executive Producer
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 (1989) Director
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 (1989)
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 (1989) Director
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 (1989) Executive Producer
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 (1989) Writer
• I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) as Minor Role (uncredited)
• Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (1988) as Self
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 (1988)
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 (1988) Writer
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 (1988) Director
• Eddie Murphy Raw (1987) Director
• Hollywood Shuffle (1987) as Bobby Taylor
• Hollywood Shuffle (1987) Director
• Hollywood Shuffle (1987) Writer
• Hollywood Shuffle (1987) Producer
• Uptown Comedy Express (1987)
• Uptown Comedy Express (1987) Writer
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1 (1987)
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1 (1987) Director
• Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1 (1987) Writer
• Ratboy (1986) as Manny
• Odd Jobs (1986) as Dwight
• Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1986) as Self
• Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1986) Writer
• Amazing Stories (1985) as Billy Burliss
• American Flyers (1985) as Jerome
• Streets of Fire (1984) as The Sorels - Lester
• A Soldier's Story (1984) as Corporal Ellis
• In Love with an Older Woman (1982) as James
• Senior Trip (1981) as Randy
• Willie & Phil (1980) as Thin Boy
• The Warriors (1979) as Baseball Fury (uncredited)
• Women at West Point (1979) as Russell Baker
• The Monkey Hustle (1976) as Musician
• Mahogany (1975) as Extra (uncredited)
• Cooley High (1975) as Basketball Player in Gym Class
• M*A*S*H (1972) as Patient
• Townsend Television Creator