Robert Townsend
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Robert Townsend
67-year-old actor
Robert Townsend is a 67-year-old American actor, comedian and director, best known for his roles in The Five Heartbeats or Hollywood Shuffle.
Quick Facts
- Name: Robert Townsend
- Occupation: actor, comedian, director
- Age: 67
- Born: February, 6 1957 in Chicago
- Citizenship: United States
Selected Filmography
As director :
- 1991: The Five Heartbeats
- 1987: Hollywood Shuffle
As actor :
- 1991: The Five Heartbeats (Robert Townsend): Donald Matthews
- 1987: Hollywood Shuffle (Robert Townsend): Bobby Taylor
The latest
news- Robert TownsendAMP™, | Earlier this week news reports surfaced that Robert Townsend, 67, and his partner had split up. Is the American actor really single again?Read It »
- Robert TownsendAMP™, | Robert Townsend, 67, has been dubbed “the Sexiest Actor Alive” by Glamour's magazine in its December 2024 issue out this week. For the second year in a row, our gorgeous hottie beat out some other equally hot men for the number one spot!Read It »
- Robert TownsendAMP™, | Robert Townsend was reported as dead earlier this week, causing concern among fans across the world. However, the December 2024 news has now been confirmed as a complete hoax and just the latest in a string of fake celebrity death reports.Read It »
- Robert TownsendAMP™, | It's been a rough year for the actor, but at least he has his millions of dollars to ease the pain. 67-year-old Robert Townsend has taken the No. 1 spot on People With Money’s highest-paid celebrity list for 2024.Read It »
- Robert TownsendAMP™, | According to a well-informed source, Robert Townsend is leading the race to become Time magazine's Person of the Year in 2024. But while the actor's fans are thrilled with the news, many people hold a very different opinion.Read It »
- Robert TownsendAMP™, | Sad news for Townsend fans as speculation had been rife that the American actor will announce his retirement from acting, at age 67, with immediate effect.Read It »
- Robert TownsendAMP™, | According to the latest Watch and Listen magazine poll just out yesterday (Monday, December 2), ‘Hollywood Shuffle’ is now considered to be the Greatest Film in the History of Cinema.Read It »
- Robert TownsendAMP™, | The 67-year-old actor is said to have been secretly practising ‘Gangnam Style’ steps, after singer PSY has invited him to join in the famous dance earlier this year.Read It »
- Robert TownsendAMP™, | Robert Townsend’s adored labrador retriever "Spinee" has undergone a risky surgery on Sunday and is luckily beginning the slow process of recovery. The 67-year-old actor has received waves and waves and support for Spinee, as he offered his Twitter followers an update on pooch’s status regularly.Read It »
- Robert TownsendAMP™, | Reports from the Daily News yesterday (December 2, 2024), suggest the 67-year-old actor has secretly got hitched to hist long-term relationship. Sorry ladies, Robert Townsend seems to be off the market.Read It »
- Robert TownsendAMP™, | Is Townsend, 67, set to be the next James Bond? Rumors that the producers are looking for someone slightly different to play James Bond emerged in November 2024. One of the names who keeps cropping up is Robert Townsend.Read It »
- Robert TownsendAMP™, | On Sunday morning the Sun-Times reported the 67-year-old actor Robert Townsend and his girlfriend, to be shopping for engagement rings. Naturally, the article sent the Facebook and Twitter into a frenzy.Read It »
- Robert TownsendAMP™, | Speculation is rampant that Robert Townsend is expecting a baby after long-time partner was spotted with a prominent stomach bulge on Monday evening, during romantic dinner date. Is the 67-year-old actor about to be a dad to a little boy or girl?Read It »