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| name = Robert Townsend | image = | imagesize = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|2|6|}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{flat list|
}} | years_active = 1974–present | URL = {{url|roberttownsend.com}} | spouse = {{marriage|Cheri Jones |1990|2001|reason=div.}} | children = 3; including Skylar Townsend |awards = |notable_works = {{hlist|Hollywood Shuffle|The Five Heartbeats|The Parent 'Hood}} |alma_mater = Austin High School | education = Illinois State University }}Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, film director, and writer.[1][2] Townsend is best known for directing the films Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Eddie Murphy Raw (1987), The Meteor Man (1993), and various other films and stand-up specials, especially his eponymous self-titled character as the starring role as Robert Peterson on The WB sitcom The Parent 'Hood (1995–1999), in which he created the series, as well as directing episodes and Donald "Duck" Matthews in 1991's The Five Heartbeats. Townsend is also known for his production company Townsend Entertainment [3] which has produced films Playin' for Love,[4] In the Hive and more. Townsend's career included stand-up comedy routines which appeared on cable television. During the 1980s and early–1990s, Townsend gained national exposure through his many appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Townsend has worked with Halle Berry, Morgan Freeman, Chris Tucker, Beyoncé and Denzel Washington.[5] Early life and careerTownsend was born in Chicago, Illinois, the second of four children[5] to Shirley (née Jenkins) and Ed Townsend. His mother ended up raising him and his three siblings as a single parent. Growing up on the city's west side, Townsend attended Austin High School; graduating in 1975.[6] He became interested in acting as a teenager. During a reading of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex in high school, Townsend captured the attention of Chicago’s X Bag Theatre, The Experimental Black Actors Guild. Townsend later auditioned for parts at Chicago's Experimental Black Actors' Guild and performed in local plays studying at the famed Second City comedy workshop for improvisation in 1974. Townsend had a brief uncredited role in the 1975 movie Cooley High. After high school, Townsend enrolled at Illinois State University, studied a year and later moved to New York to study at the Negro Ensemble Company. Townsend's mother believed that he should complete his college education, but he felt that college took time away from his passion for acting, and he soon dropped out of school to pursue his acting career full-time. CareerTownsend auditioned to be part of Saturday Night Live's' 1980–1981 cast, but was rejected in favor of Eddie Murphy. In 1982, Townsend appeared as one of the main characters in the PBS series Another Page, a program produced by Kentucky Educational Television that taught literacy to adults through serialized stories. Townsend later appeared in small parts in films like A Soldier's Story (1984), directed by Norman Jewison, and after its success garnered much more substantial parts in films like The Mighty Quinn (1989) with Denzel Washington.[7] In 1987, Townsend wrote, directed and produced Hollywood Shuffle, a satire based on the hardships and obstacles that black actors undergo in the film industry. The success of his first project helped him establish himself in the industry.[5] Another one of his films was The Five Heartbeats based on 1960s R&B male groups and the tribulations of the music industry. Townsend created and produced two television variety shows—the CableACE award–winning Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime for HBO, and the Fox Television variety show Townsend Television (1993). He also created and starred in the WB Network's sitcom The Parent 'Hood with originally ran from January 1995 to July 1999. In 2018, Townsend also directed 2 episodes for the B.E.T. Series American Soul which began airing in 2019. The show is about Don Cornelius and Soul Train. Townsend was programming director at the Black Family Channel, but the network folded in 2007. Townsend created The Robert Townsend Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to introduce and help new unsigned filmmakers. Awards and other creditsTownsend directed the 2001 TV movie, Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story for which Cole won the NAACP Image Award as Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Townsend also directed two television movies in 2001 and 2002 respectively, A Hip Hopera and 10,000 Black Men Named George. In 2013 Townsend was nominated for an Ovation Award in the category of "Lead Actor in a Musical" for his role as Dan in the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts production of Next to Normal.[8] Personal lifeTownsend was married to Cheri Jones[9] from September 15, 1990, to August 9, 2001.[10] Together they have two daughters, Sierra and Skylar (Skye Townsend), both entertainers, and a son, Isiah.[11] Filmography
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References1. ^{{cite web|title=Robert Townsend|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/114469/Robert-Townsend|work=The New York Times}} 2. ^{{cite news|title= As Robert Townsend Sees It : He's Fighting Stereotypes With 'Meteor Man' and New TV Show|work= Los Angeles Times|date=|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1993-08-03/entertainment/ca-19814_1_robert-townsend|accessdate=2010-10-10}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://pro.imdb.com/company/co0413086/?ref_=ttco_co_1|title=Townsend Entertainment - IMDbPro|website=pro.imdb.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-06}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://blackcinemaconnection.com/2014/11/04/playin-for-love/|title=Playin’ For Love|date=2014-11-05|work=Black Cinema Connection|access-date=2018-03-06|language=en-US}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.blackpast.org/aah/townsend-robert-1957 |title=Townsend, Robert (1957-) |last= |first= |date=2008 |website=BlackPast.Org |publisher= |access-date=September 18, 2017 |quote=}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.classmates.com/siteui/yearbooks/158612?page=145 |title= 1975 Austin High School Yearbook (Chicago, Illinois) |author= |date= 1975 |website= Classmates.com |publisher= |access-date=September 18, 2017 |quote=}} 7. ^Vincent Canby, [https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950DE0D91E39F934A25751C0A96F948260 "Review/Film; Tropical Murder"], The New York Times, February 17, 1989. 8. ^{{cite news| title=2013 Ovation Awards Nominees — South by Southeast.| url=http://www.lastagetimes.com/2013/09/2013-ovation-awards-nominees-south-by-southeast/| publisher= LA STAGE Alliance | website=thisstage.la | date=September 16, 2013 | access-date=2017-04-21}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9LoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41&dq=robert+townsend+wife+cheri+jones&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiktoaYha7WAhUE7iYKHVv6AwIQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=robert%20townsend%20wife%20cheri%20jones&f=false |title= The Week's Best Photo |last= |first= |date= March 25, 1991 |website= Google Books |publisher= JET Magazine |access-date= September 18, 2017|quote=}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywood.com/general/robert-townsend-to-divorce-57175420/ |title= Robert Townsend to divorce |last=Gimenes |first=Erika |date= 2001 |website= Hollywood.com |publisher= |access-date= September 18, 2017|quote=}} 11. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=About|work=Robert Townsend|url=http://officialroberttownsend.com/about/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714225602/http://officialroberttownsend.com/about/|archivedate=2011-07-14}} 12. ^[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202409/ "Jackie's Back! (1999)"] at IMDb. External links
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