Townsend on the cover of Interview Magazine.

Robert Townsend publicity still from his one man show Living The Shuffle at The Marsh Theater in Berkeley, CA.

Robert Townsend on the red carpet for The Academy Governors Awards.

Mike Farrell and Robert Townsend in M*A*S*H (1972)

Suzzanne Douglas and Robert Townsend in The Parent 'Hood (1995)

Kenny Blank and Robert Townsend in The Parent 'Hood (1995)

Roxanne Beckford, Suzzanne Douglas, and Robert Townsend in The Parent 'Hood (1995)

Robert Townsend in The Parent 'Hood (1995)

Suzzanne Douglas, Robert Townsend, and Curtis Williams in The Parent 'Hood (1995)

Faizon Love and Robert Townsend in The Parent 'Hood (1995)

Kenny Blank, Suzzanne Douglas, Reagan Gomez-Preston, and Robert Townsend in The Parent 'Hood (1995)

Anne-Marie Johnson and Robert Townsend in Hollywood Shuffle (1987)

Olivier Gruner, Robert Townsend, and Nicholas Turturro in Mercenary II: Thick & Thin (1998)

Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Danny DeVito, Martin Lawrence, Anne-Marie Johnson, and Robert Townsend in Hollywood Shuffle (1987)

Harry Lennix, Leon, Robert Townsend, Tico Wells, and Michael Wright in The Five Heartbeats (1991)

Louis Gossett Jr., Lynn Whitfield, Andre Braugher, and Robert Townsend in Love Songs (1999)