Robert Townsend

TV Actor

Robert Townsend was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States on February 6th, 1957 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 67, Robert Townsend biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
February 6, 1957
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Age
67 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
Networth
$2 Million
Profession
Actor, Film Director, Screenwriter, Television Actor
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Robert Townsend Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Education
Austin High School
Robert Townsend Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Cheri Jones, ​ ​(m. 1990; div. 2001)​
Children
3; including Skye
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Parents
Hollywood Shuffle, The Five Heartbeats, The Parent 'Hood
Robert Townsend Career

Early life and career

Townsend was born in Chicago, the second of four children 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. 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, but says the film "changed his life" for what he perceived as its true-to-life portrayal of people like him.

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.

Career

Townsend 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, 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.

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. Another 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 which 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.

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David McKnight, the actor best known for J.D., is best known for his J.D. At 87, Revenge, Under Siege, and other things

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 8, 2023
With beloved character actor David McKnight passing away on Sunday, the acting world is mourning once more. According to Cynthia Busby, the actor died in Las Vegas at the age of 87 years old after suffering with cancer. He was best known for his J.D. work. 's Revenge, Under Siege, and Hollywood Shuffle are among director Robert Townsend's movies such as Hollywood Shuffle and The Five Heartbeats.

He stuns his bride by being at their first dance on their wedding day

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 2, 2023
Barry MacDowell, a 49-year-old Scottish groom who lives with multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair, shocked his wife and their wedding party by standing for the entire duration of their first dance. The couple, who had been separated, worked with a team of physiotherapists to delight their guests. However, Emma was left in shock after Barry managed to stay up for the entire show, right.

Staff are told that their lunch is being pinched, prompting a hunt for the BBC food thief

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 30, 2023
The corridors of the BBC are bribes, with broadcasters and journalists regularly falling victim to the culinary arts. Food in restaurants, including the corporation's flagship New Broadcasting House in Westminster, have been pilfered from refrigerators. Homemade curries, expensive ready meals, and shop-bought sandwiches were all dismissed.
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