Robert X. Golphin is a multi-award-winning actor, filmmaker, and writer, best known for his role as Dunbar Reed in The Great Debaters alongside Denzel Washington.
His performances in Essential and How To Tie A Tie earned him numerous 'Best Actor' honors on the international film festival circuit from 2020-2023.
Robertโ€™s screen and stage credits include The Wire and John Adams (HBO), Underground Kings, and The Storm: An Original Pop Rock Musical.
As a director, his feature film debut Freshman Friday (2020), starred NAACP Theater Award-winner Jerrel O'Neal and international recording artist Brian McKnight Jr.
Robert has written, produced, and/or directed a diverse array of award-winning short films, music videos, documentaries, spec TV pilots, and stage-plays. Among his previous or current collaborators are actor/director Niki Koss (Famous in Love) and house music icon Julie McKnight.
A lauded author, Robert authored the novellas Cold Night In A Warm Season (2021) and Abandoning Adam: Confessions of an HBCU Scholar. His screenwriting has received accolades from WeScreenplay, ABC Talent Development, and the Set In Philadelphia Screenplay Competition.
In addition to his work in film, Robert has a vast background in print and broadcast journalism, including his award-winning series RXG Exclusives.
Robert is passionate about mentoring young filmmakers and creatives of all ages. He holds an MFA in Screenwriting, a B.A. in Theatre & Film (Magna Cum Laude), and a diploma in Creative Writing.
*Biography from RobertXGolphin.com
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ (๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ) - ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ (Robert X. Golphin)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
Best Tri State Short (Nominated)
Essential
The IFAP Awards
Philadelphia
2021
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Phillafilm: Philadelphia International Film Festival & Marketplace
2020
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Flickfair On Demand Film Festival
2020
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Manhattanhenge Film Festival
New York
2020
๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐“
Essential
Kosice International Monthly Film Festival
2020
๐’๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐“ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ (Nominated)
Essential
Shorted (ShortedFilms.com)
2020
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐“๐‡
Essential
Direct Monthly Online Film Festival
2020
Official Selection
Voice of Majesty
Screen Power Film Festival
2020
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ๐Œ๐€๐Š๐„๐‘ (๐‘๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐—. ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ง)
Voice of Majesty
The Flight Deck Film Festival
2020
Preview Screening
Voice of Majesty
Shockley Foundation Theatre & Arts Festival
Philadelphia
2019
Leigh Whipper Gold Award - Best Short Subject
Voice of Majesty
Philadelphia International Film Festival & Market
Philadelphia
2019
Leigh Whipper Gold Award for Best Short Film
Under The Thumb
Philadelphia International Film Festival & Marketplace
Philadelphia, PA
2015
Best Actor (Robert X. Golphin) - Nominated
Punch Me
Atlantic City Cinefest
Atlantic City, New Jersey
2011
Best Drama Short (15 Mins or Less) - Nominated
Punch Me
Atlantic City Cinefest
Atlantic City, New Jersey
2011
Honorable Mention
Punch Me
QBC: Queer Black Cinema
New York, New York
2011
Honorable Mention
Punch Me
Love Unlimited Film Festival & Art Exhibition
California
2011
Silver Award for Best Short Subject
Punch Me
Philafilm: Philadelphia International Film Festival & Marketplace
Philadelphia, PA
2011
Jury's Citation -2nd Prize
Punch Me
Black Maria Film Festival
Varied
2011
Best Narrative Short (Honorable Mention)
Un-Perfect
Los Angeles Reel Film Festival
Los Angeles
2011
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ - Channing Brisbane
Essential
GIMFA - Gralha International Monthly Film Awards
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Creation International Film Festival
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
New York Movie Awards
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Rome Independent Prisma Awards
Rome
๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Shelter Shorts
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Focus International Film Festival
๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Essential
Lift Off Global Network Sessions
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐€๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ (๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ)
Essential
IndieX Film Fest
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐“ - NOMINATED
Essential
Top Indie Film Awards
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‘๐„๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ - NOMINATED
Essential
Top Indie Film Awards
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐€๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ (Robert X. Golphin) - NOMINATED
Essential
Top Indie Film Awards
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐Œ๐„๐’๐’๐€๐†๐„
Essential
Top Indie Film Awards
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐€๐‚๐“๐‘๐„๐’๐’ (Lauren Michelle Morgan)
Essential
Top Indie Film Awards
๐‡๐Ž๐๐Ž๐”๐‘๐€๐๐‹๐„ ๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐
Essential
UK Seasonal Film Festival
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐€๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ (Honorable Mention) - June 2020
Essential
Independent Shorts Awards
Los Angeles
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‘๐„๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘
Essential
The Flight Deck Film Festival
๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐€๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ (Robert X. Golphin)
Essential
Screen Power Film Festival
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ (๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ซ (๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ (๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐š (๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‡๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฎ๐ฉ (๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง (๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐)
Essential
Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival
Special Distinction-Best of LGBT Shorts
Punch Me
FilmOut San Diego
San Diego, California
Narrative Short (Honorable Mention)
Punch Me
Los Angeles Movie Awards
Los Angeles, CA
Birth Date
February 2
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