Robert Townsend Net Worth

Robert Townsend Net worth: Robert Townsend is an American actor, cabaret artist, film director and writer with a net worth of $ 2 million.

Robert Townsend earned his net worth from the following films, Hollywood Shuffle (1987), The Mighty Quinn (1989), The Five Heartbeats (1991) and The Meteor Man (1993). Townsend was born on February 6, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois to his parents Shirley Jenkins and Ed Townsend.

He was raised by a single mother with three other children. He has three children, two daughters, Sierra and Skylar, both in the entertainment industry, and a son named Isiah.

Robert appeared in the 2000 film Holiday Heart and the 2001 film Carmen: Hip Hoper.

He played in local games while studying the famous improvisational comedy workshop Second City.

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

His film The Five Heartbeats is a musical made in 1991.

It was a film about male R&B bands and the troubles of the music industry in the 1960s.

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