Blair Underwood
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".
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8.0 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
5.0 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
7.6 The Good Wife
2009
7.5 S.H.I.E.L.D.i agendid
2013
5.6 The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
4.3 The View
1997
5.3 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.7 Elsbeth
2024
7.4 Sex and the City
1998
7.5 Knight Rider
1982
5.6 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.6 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
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- 2026One Spoon of Chocolate (Officer Beem)
- 2026Youngblood (Blane Youngblood)
- 2025Guardians of the Galapagos (Narrator (voice))
- 2024Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency (Narrator (voice))
- 2024Hingede koguja (Agent Carter)
- 2024Tigers on the Rise (Narrator (voice))
- 2023Origin (Amari Selvan)
- 2022Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers (Narrator (voice))
- 2022Bear Witness (Narrator (voice))
- 2021Bad Hair (Amos Bludso)
- 2021A Soldier's Play (Captain Richard Davenport)
- 2020Really Love (Jerome Richmond)
- 2020Penguins: Life on the Edge (Narrator (voice))
- 2020The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU (Self)
- 2019Juanita (Blair Underwood)
- 2018The After Party (Sgt. Martin Ellison)
- 2018Mr. SOUL! (Ellis Haizlip (voice))
- 2016Olympic Pride, American Prejudice (Narrator (voice))
- 2016The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (Makuu (voice))
- 2014The Trip to Bountiful (Ludie Watts)
- 2012Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day (David Ames)
- 2011The Art of Getting By (Principal)
- 2011First Generation (Narrator (voice))
- 2009Weather Girl (Fitz)
- 2007The Hit (Henry Alabaster)
- 2006Madea's Family Reunion (Carlos)
- 2006Something New (Mark Harper)
- 2006Covert One: The Hades Factor (Palmer Addison)
- 2005The Golden Blaze (Gregory Fletcher (voice))
- 2004Do Geese See God (Man)
- 2004The Gristle (Self (uncredited))
- 2003Malibu's Most Wanted (Tom Gibbsons)
- 2002Full Frontal (Calvin / Nicholas)
- 2002G (Chip Hightower)
- 2002Truth Be Told (Det. Harris)
- 2000Rules of Engagement (Capt. Lee)
- 1999The Wishing Tree (Thomas)
- 1998Asunder (Chance Williams)
- 1998Kokkupõrge (Mark Simon)
- 1997Gattaca (Geneticist)
- 1996Set It Off (Keith)
- 1996Mistrial (Lieutenant C. Hodges)
- 1996Soul of the Game (Jackie Robinson)
- 1995Just Cause (Bobby Earl Ferguson)
- 1993Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration (Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror"))
- 1993Posse (Carver)
- 1993Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (Jared Williams)
- 1991Voices That Care (Self - Choir Member)
- 1991Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers (Reader)
- 1991The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (Self)
- 1990Heat Wave (Bob Richardson)
- 1990Murder in Mississippi (James Chaney)
- 1989The Cover Girl and the Cop (Horace Bouchet)
- 1988Mickey's 60th Birthday (Jonathan Rollins)
- 1985Krush Groove (Russell Walker)
- -Viral
- -Don't Ever Wonder
- -The Listeners (Dr. Thomas Hale)
- 2024Three Women (Richard)
- 2024Elsbeth (Cliff McGrath)
- 2023Smothered
- 2022The Jennifer Hudson Show (Self - Guest)
- 2020Your Honor (Roland Carter)
- 2020Love Life (Leon Hines)
- 2020Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (Charles James Walker)
- 2019Tamron Hall (Self - Guest)
- 2019When They See Us (Bobby Burns)
- 2016Broken
- 2016American Crime Story (Vernon Jordan)
- 2016The Lion Guard (Makuu (voice))
- 2015Quantico (Owen Hall)
- 2013Ironside (Robert Ironside)
- 2013S.H.I.E.L.D.i agendid (Andrew Garner)
- 2013Thunder and Lightning (Black Lightning (voice))
- 2012Celebrity Crime Files (Narrator (voice))
- 2012スーパーマン @ Tokyo (Superman / Narrator (voice))
- 2011Vietnam in HD (Charles Brown)
- 2010The Event (Elias Martinez)
- 2010Who Do You Think You Are? (Self)
- 2009The Good Wife (Harry Dargis)
- 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Self - Guest)
- 2009Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’ (Self)
- 2008In Treatment (Alex Prince)
- 2007Dirty Sexy Money (Simon Elder)
- 2006Covert One: The Hades Factor (Palmer Addison)
- 2006The New Adventures of Old Christine (Daniel Harris)
- 2005The Tyra Banks Show
- 2004The Tony Danza Show (Self)
- 2004LAX (Roger De Souza)
- 2004Fatherhood
- 2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Self)
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Self - Guest)
- 2002Half & Half (Blair Underwood)
- 2000City of Angels (Ben Turner)
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Miles Sennet)
- 1998Mama Flora's Family (Willie)
- 1998Sex and the City (Dr. Robert Leeds)
- 1997The View (Self)
- 1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show (Self)
- 1996High Incident
- 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (King Midas (voice))
- 1990The Word
- 1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (Self)
- 1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (Self - Guest)
- 1987A Different World (Zelmer Collier)
- 198721 Jump Street (Reginald Brooks)
- 1986Downtown (Terry Corsaro)
- 1986L.A. Law (Jonathan Rollins)
- 1984The Cosby Show (Mark)
- 1984Aspel & Company
- 1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- 1982Knight Rider (Potts)
- -Company Town (Tom Wilson)
- 1956Tony Awards (Self - Presenter)
- 1944Golden Globe Awards (Self - Nominee)
- 1944Golden Globe Awards (Self - Audience Member)