Robert Townsend Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$5,000,000

Robert Townsend is an American actor, comedian, film director, and writer with a net worth of $5 million. He is famous for directing and starring in films such as ‘Hollywood Shuffle,’ ‘The Meteor Man,’ and ‘The Five Heartbeats,’ as well as co-creating and starring in the 90s television sitcom ‘The Parent ‘Hood.’

Key facts:

Robert Townsend is an American actor, comedian, film director, and writer.

He is known for directing and starring in films such as 'Hollywood Shuffle,' 'The Meteor Man,' and 'The Five Heartbeats.'

He co-created and starred in the 90s television sitcom 'The Parent 'Hood.'

Townsend has made notable appearances in films like 'A Soldier's Story,' 'Odd Jobs,' and 'The Mighty Quinn.'

He has directed various television films and episodes of shows such as 'Black Lightning' and the reboot of 'The Wonder Years.'

Basic Information About Robert Townsend

Category	Celebrities › Comedians
Professions	Film Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Film director, Comedian, Television producer, Television Director, Writer
Net worth	$5,000,000
Date of birth	1957-02-06 (68 years old)
Place of birth	Chicago
Nationality	United States of America
Spouse	15 September - Cheri Jones ( 1990 - 9 August 2001) (divorced) (3 children)
Gender	Male
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Robert Townsend win?

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Robert Townsend roles

Movie / Series	Role
Streets of Fire	The Sorels - Lester
The Warriors	Baseball Fury (uncredited)
Undercover Brother	Mr. UB
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka	(uncredited)
A Soldier's Story	Corporal Ellis
BAP*S	Director
Unfabulous	Director
Black Lightning	Director
Black Lightning	Dr. Napier Frank 3 episodes, 2018-2019
MAS*H	Patient 1 episode, 1982
The Last O.G.	Director
American Soul	Director
Amazing Stories	Billy Burliss 1 episode, 1987
Love Is_	Director
The Daily Show	Self 1 episode, 1998
Martin	Self 1 episode, 1996

Interesting Facts about Robert Townsend

Has 2 daughters and 1 son with Cheri.
Graduate of Austin High School in Chicago.
Studies with Milton Katselas at The Beverly Hills Playhouse.
His daughter, Sierra, is best friends with Denzel Washington's daugther, Olivia.
His daughters are named Alexia, Sierra, and Skylar.
His son's name is Isaiah.
Owns his own film production company, The Townsend Entertainment Corporation.
Has known Eddie Murphy since 1978.
Named the CEO & President of Production for The Black Family Channel. [May 2004]
Friend of Howard Hewett.