Where to watch Robert Townsend in the UK
Find every Robert Townsend film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 17 June 2026.
Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) is an American actor, director, comedian, and writer. Townsend is best known for directing the films Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Eddie Murphy Raw (1987), The Meteor Man (1993), The Five Heartbeats (1991) and various other films and stand-up specials. He is especially known for his eponymous self-titled character, Robert Peterson as the starring role as on The WB sitcom The Parent 'Hood (1995–1999), a series which he created and of which directed select episodes. Townsend is also known for his role as Donald "Duck" Matthews in his 1991 film The Five Heartbe…
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- Hollywood Squares (1998) as Self - Panelist
- M*A*S*H (1972) as Patient
- The Bear (2022) as Emmanuel Adamu
- Black Lightning (2018) as Dr. Napier Frank
- Amazing Stories (1985) as Billy Burliss
- Power Book IV: Force (2022) Director
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Rumpelstiltskin (voice)
- The Parent 'Hood (1995) as Robert Peterson
- The Wonder Years (2021) Director
- South of Nowhere (2005) Director
- The Warriors (1979) as Baseball Fury (uncredited)
- Kaleidoscope (2023) Director
- Before (2024) as Jackson
- Poppa's House (2024) Director
- Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (2026) as Self - Comedian & Filmmaker
- Colin in Black and White (2021) Director
- Streets of Fire (1984) as The Sorels - Lester
- Motown Live (1998) as Self - Host
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Undercover Brother (2002) as Mr. UB
- Black in the 80s (2005) as Self
- The Carol Burnett Show (1991) Cast
- The Meteor Man (1993) as Jefferson Reed
- B.A.P.S (1997) Director
- Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire (2012) as Vampire Actor #1 (voice)
- Eddie Murphy Raw (1987) Director
- The Five Heartbeats (1991) as Duck
- A Soldier's Story (1984) as Corporal Ellis
- That's Adequate (1989) as Standup Comic
- The Mighty Quinn (1989) as Maubee
- Jackie's Back! (1999) as Robert Townsend
- Up, Up, and Away (2000) as Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle
- Love Is___ (2018) Director
- The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy (2026) as Self
- Cooley High (1975) as Basketball Player in Gym Class
- Great Drives (1996) as Self - Host
- American Flyers (1985) as Jerome
- Holiday Heart (2000) Director
- Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001) Director
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009) as Self
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Most-watched Robert Townsend films currently: The Warriors (1979), Streets of Fire (1984), I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), Undercover Brother (2002), The Meteor Man (1993).
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Selected TV credits: Hollywood Squares (1998), M*A*S*H (1972), The Bear (2022), Black Lightning (2018), Amazing Stories (1985).
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