Cast
Blair Underwood
Acting
Cast
Blair Underwood
Known for
Acting
Born
1964-08-25
From
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Also known as Блер Андервуд, بلیر آندروود
Biography
Blair Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American television and film actor. He is perhaps best known as headstrong attorney Jonathan Rollins from the NBC legal drama L.A. Law, a role he portrayed for seven years. He has gained critical acclaim throughout his career, receiving numerous Golden Globe Award nominations, three NAACP Image Awards and 1 Grammy Award. His feature film debut was the 1985 movie Krush Groove. His 1985 appearance on The Cosby Show landed him a short stint on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, which eventually led to his performance on the TV series L.A. Law, where he appeared from 1987 to 1994. Underwood broke into film with roles in Just Cause (1995), Set It Off (1996) and Deep Impact (1998). He also had a supporting role as a geneticist in the film Gattaca. In 2000, he played the lead role in the short-lived television series City of Angels. In 2003, he guest starred in four episodes on the HBO series Sex and the City playing Cynthia Nixon's love interest. In 2004, he played the role of Roger De Souza opposite Heather Locklear in NBC's LAX. He gained acclaim as the sexy grade school teacher in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus for two years. In 2007, he guest starred in an episode of the NBC series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. His also had a role as recurring character Alex in the HBO series In Treatment. Also in 2007, Underwood co-authored the novel Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel with husband-and-wife team Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due. He's also had recurring roles on Dirty Sexy Money, NBC's The Event, Ironside, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Quantico. He has received three NAACP Image Awards, for his film work in Rules of Engagement, and his television work in L.A. Law, City of Angels, Murder in Mississippi and Mama Flora's Family. He was voted one of People's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2000, and one of TV Guide's "Most Influential Faces of the 90s".
★6.5
MOVIE2024
Longlegs
as Agent Carter
★7.6
MOVIE1997
Gattaca
as Geneticist
★6.2
MOVIE1998
Deep Impact
as Mark Simon
★6.6
MOVIE2011
The Art of Getting By
as Principal
★7.2
MOVIE1996
Set It Off
as Keith
★6.4
MOVIE2006
Madea's Family Reunion
as Carlos
★5.4
MOVIE2026
One Spoon of Chocolate
as Officer Beem
★6.3
MOVIE2000
Rules of Engagement
as Capt. Lee
★6.0
MOVIE2022
Bear Witness
as Narrator (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE2006
Something New
as Mark Harper
★4.6
MOVIE2002
Full Frontal
as Calvin / Nicholas
★7.2
MOVIE2026
Youngblood
as Blane Youngblood
★5.3
MOVIE2003
Malibu's Most Wanted
as Tom Gibbsons
★6.2
MOVIE2023
Origin
as Amari Selvan
★6.3
MOVIE1995
Just Cause
as Bobby Earl Ferguson
★5.6
MOVIE2009
Weather Girl
as Fitz
★5.4
MOVIE1993
Posse
as Carver
★7.8
MOVIE2024
Tigers on the Rise
as Narrator (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2020
Really Love
as Jerome Richmond
★6.7
MOVIE2016
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
as Makuu (voice)
MOVIE2016
Broken
★6.9
MOVIE1990
Murder in Mississippi
as James Chaney
★6.8
MOVIE1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Jonathan Rollins
★7.0
MOVIE2018
Mr. SOUL!
as Ellis Haizlip (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE2014
The Trip to Bountiful
as Ludie Watts
★5.3
MOVIE1996
Mistrial
as Lieutenant C. Hodges
★5.6
MOVIE2021
Bad Hair
as Amos Bludso
★7.0
MOVIE1991
Voices That Care
as Self - Choir Member
★8.5
MOVIE1998
Asunder
as Chance Williams
MOVIETBA
Viral
★5.9
MOVIE2006
Covert One: The Hades Factor
as Palmer Addison
★6.1
MOVIE2018
The After Party
as Sgt. Martin Ellison
★4.9
MOVIE1996
Soul of the Game
as Jackie Robinson
★6.6
MOVIE2002
G
as Chip Hightower
★7.3
MOVIE2002
Truth Be Told
as Det. Harris
★7.0
MOVIE2016
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
as Narrator (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE2004
The Gristle
as Self (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1993
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
as Jared Williams
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
MOVIETBA
Don't Ever Wonder
★6.3
MOVIE1985
Krush Groove
as Russell Walker
★3.7
MOVIE2005
The Golden Blaze
as Gregory Fletcher (voice)
★5.4
MOVIE2019
Juanita
as Blair Underwood
★4.3
MOVIE1991
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Self
★9.7
MOVIE2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
as Self
★7.9
MOVIE2020
Penguins: Life on the Edge
as Narrator (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE1989
The Cover Girl and the Cop
as Horace Bouchet
★6.3
MOVIE1991
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
as Reader
★6.8
MOVIE1990
Heat Wave
as Bob Richardson
MOVIE2024
Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency
as Narrator (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE2025
Guardians of the Galapagos
as Narrator (voice)
★4.1
MOVIE2012
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
as David Ames
MOVIETBA
The Listeners
as Dr. Thomas Hale
MOVIE2022
Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers
as Narrator (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2004
Do Geese See God
as Man
MOVIE2009
Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
as Self
MOVIE2021
A Soldier's Play
as Captain Richard Davenport
★7.5
MOVIE1999
The Wishing Tree
as Thomas
★5.0
MOVIE2007
The Hit
as Henry Alabaster
MOVIE2011
First Generation
as Narrator (voice)