Robert Townsend net worth: Robert Townsend is an American actor, comedian, film director, and writer who has a net worth of $2 million.

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Robert has appeared in the 2000 film Holiday Heart, the 2001 film Carmen: A Hip Hopera.

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He performed in local plays while studying with the famed Second City comedy workshop for improvisation.

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He attended Illinois State University, but only for one year. Townsend wrote, directed, produced the 1987 film Hollywood Shuffle, which was a movies based on the hardships and obstacles of black actors in film industry.

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His film The Five Heartbeats was a musical produced in 1991.

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