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The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 musical drama film directed by Robert Townsend, who co-wrote the script with Keenen Ivory Wayans.Produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film's main cast includes Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon Robinson, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, Harold Nicholas, and Diahann Carroll. [1]
Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) is an American actor, director, comedian, and writer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Townsend is best known for directing the films Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Eddie Murphy Raw (1987), The Meteor Man (1993), The Five Heartbeats (1991) and various other films and stand-up specials.
EXCLUSIVE: The Five Heartbeats, Robert Townsend's story about the trials and tribulations of a band of five talented guys in a musical group during the rise of Motown, is on its way to Broadway.
Harold Joseph Lennix III [1] (born November 16, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Terrence "Dresser" Williams in the Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats (1991) and as Boyd Langton in the science-fiction series Dollhouse.
“I think a lot has changed,” says Townsend, who went on to star in and direct films The Five Heartbeats (1991) and Meteor Man (1993) and now mostly works in television (The Last O.G. , The ...
Michael Wright is an American film and television actor, who is best known for his role as Eddie Kane Jr. in the 1991 Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats, [1] Carlyle in Streamers (1983), and Raynathan in Sugar Hill (1994). and known for his television roles such as Elias Taylor in V (The Series) (1984–1985), [2] Omar White in Oz (2001–2003), and Lazarus Prime in Black Lightning (2019).
Leon has received critical acclaim [by whom?] for his portrayal of three singers: David Ruffin in the 1998 NBC miniseries The Temptations, Little Richard in the self-titled 2000 NBC movie biography, and JT in the 20th Century Fox movie The Five Heartbeats, directed by Robert Townsend. Leon received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Little ...
Pages in category "Films directed by Robert Townsend" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... The Five Heartbeats; H. Holiday Heart ...