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𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐗. 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧 won 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 at the July 2020 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 for his role in the 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 film 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥, a short drama which he also wrote and directed. His 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 2019 narrative 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲 centers on a group of aspiring musicians brought together by their love for preeminent American vocalist, Marian Anderson.

𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 also directed the upcoming feature-length college comedy 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 (Slates Squared Entertainment), which co-stars singer/songwriter Brian McKnight, Jr. (son of Grammy nominated R&B icon Brian McKnight and international recording artist Julie McKnight).

𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 has written, produced and/or directed multiple award-winning short films, music videos, documentaries, spec TV pilots, commercials and screen and stage-plays. He has produced multiple projects alongside Niki Koss (star of the ABC/Freeform series 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘐𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦).

Some of 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭's most notable accolades for screen and teleplay writing includes recognition at the ABC (American Broadcasting Company) Talent Development Program, Set In Philadelphia Screenplay Competition (sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, Oscar nominated Stephen J. Rivele, Comcast and NBCUniversal), and the Accolade Film Competition. He is the author of the YA novel 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐁𝐂𝐔 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫, available through thousands of retailers nationwide.

𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 mentors and has been shadowed by youth on and off the set. His teaching credits includes the Kathy Wickline Casting Acting for The Camera & Rehoboth Summer Children's Theatre Film camps. He is a 2019 Barrymore Award Nominator and previously served as a judge for the 20th Annual Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition.

SAG/AFTRA member 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐗. 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧's feature film credits includes the role of Dunbar Reed opposite Denzel Washington in 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐳𝐞 and 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. His TV and new media credits includes HBO's 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝗪𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬 (pilot), #𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 and 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬. He has also starred in numerous short films and commercials. His musical theatre debut was the role of 𝘒𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯 in 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦: 𝐀𝐧 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐩/𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 in Los Angeles, California. Other stage credits includes the role of 𝘓𝘪𝘭' 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘩 in 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡: 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 (Shockley Foundation), and productions of 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 and 𝐙𝐨𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.

Robert holds an 𝐌𝐅𝐀 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 (Spalding University), 𝐁.𝐀. 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞 & 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 (Magna Cum Laude, Saint Augustine’s University) and 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝗪𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 (Philadelphia H.S. for Creative & Performing Arts).