# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-townsend
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:34:21.116Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-townsend"
name: "Robert Townsend"
slug: "robert-townsend"
description: "Robert Townsend is an American actor, director, comedian, and writer. During the 1980s and early-1990s, Townsend gained national exposure through his stand-up comedy routines and appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."
tagline: "American actor and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Townsend%2C_2018_(TtFUnyOrkpM).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1957-02-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           63.85
  momentum:             1.481791044776119
  historical:           14.492352
  currentAttention:     13.2
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 598
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Robert_Townsend"
    handle:    "Robert_Townsend"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/iamroberttownsend/"
    handle:    "iamroberttownsend"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870186/"
    handle:    "nm0870186"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.roberttownsend.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2GMHkxTGzS90vP830ncaHw"
    handle:    "@roberttownsend5599"
    followers: 598
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "روبرت تاونسيند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "روبرت تاونسيند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "رابرت تاونزند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Townsend_(actor)"
    title: "Robert Townsend (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%DB%86%D8%A8%DB%8E%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8E%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ڕۆبێرت تاونسێند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Townsend"
    title: "Robert Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Townsend_(actor)"
    title: "Robert Townsend (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Townsend"
    title: "Robert Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "رابرت تاونزند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Townsend_(akt%C3%A8)"
    title: "Robert Townsend (aktè)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Townsend"
    title: "Robert Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EB%B2%84%ED%8A%B8_%ED%83%80%EC%9A%B4%EC%84%BC%EB%93%9C"
    title: "로버트 타운센드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Townsend_(acteur)"
    title: "Robert Townsend (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Таунсенд, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%B9_%D9%B9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "رابرٹ ٹاؤن سینڈ (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2159005"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68750"
    title: "Robert Townsend"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump