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After seriously pursuing a baseball career, African American actor/writer/director Robert Townsend decided upon a life in show business. An alumnus of Illinois State University and Hunter College, Townsend worked as a stand-up comic, and with such organizations as Second City, the Negro Ensemble Theater and the Experimental Black Actor's Guild. ... Continue Bio >>

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Filmography:
2010 For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
2008 Of Boys and Men
2004 The Robin Harris Story: We Don't Die, We Multiply
2003 Black Listed
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