The Meteor Man (1993)
The Meteor Man is a 1993 American superhero comedy film written by, directed by, and starring Robert Townsend with supporting roles done by Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby, and Another Bad Creation. The film also featured special appearances by Luther Vandross, Sinbad, Naughty by Nature, Cypress Hill, and Big Daddy Kane. Townsend stars as a mild-mannered schoolteacher, who becomes a superhero after his neighborhood in Washington, D.C. is terrorized by street gangs. Although the film is set in Washington, it was mostly filmed in the Reservoir Hill neighborhood of Baltimore. Robert Townsend named the film's protagonist Jefferson Reed, after one of his childhood heroes, his favorite teacher.
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Cast:
- Don Cheadle
- Marilyn Coleman
- Bill Cosby
- Another Bad Creation
- Roy Fegan
- Marla Gibbs
- Stu Gilliam
- Frank Gorshin
- Eddie Griffin
- Robert Guillaume
- Cypress Hill
- Beverly Johnson
- James Earl Jones
- Big Daddy Kane
- Jenifer Lewis
- Faizon Love
- Biz Markie
- Bobby McGee
- Naughty by Nature
- LaWanda Page
- Lela Rochon
- Wallace Shawn
- Sinbad
- Tommy 'Tiny' Lister
- Robert Townsend
- Robert Townsend
- Chris Tucker
- Luther Vandross
- Stephanie Williams
- Nancy Wilson
- John Witherspoon