Actor
Blair Underwood
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 s ...

Known For
Acting
2024 -- Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency | Narrator
2024 -- Longlegs | Agent Carter
2024 -- Tigers on the Rise | Narrator (voice)
2023 -- Origin | Amari Selvan
2022 -- Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers | Narrator (voice)
2022 -- Bear Witness | Narrator (voice)
2021 -- Bad Hair | Amos Bludso
2021 -- A Soldier's Play | Captain Richard Davenport
2020 -- Really Love | Jerome Richmond
2020 -- Penguins: Life on the Edge | Narrator (voice)
2020 -- The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | Self
2019 -- Juanita | Blair Underwood
2018 -- The After Party | Sgt. Martin Ellison
2018 -- Mr. SOUL! | Voice of Ellis Haizlip
2016 -- Olympic Pride, American Prejudice | Narrator (voice)
2015 -- The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar | Makuu (voice)
2014 -- The Trip to Bountiful | Ludie Watts
2012 -- Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | David Ames
2011 -- The Art of Getting By | Principal
2011 -- First Generation | Narrator
2009 -- Weather Girl | Fitz
2007 -- The Hit | Henry Alabaster
2006 -- Madea's Family Reunion | Carlos
2006 -- Something New | Mark Harper
2006 -- Covert One: The Hades Factor | Palmer Addison
2005 -- The Golden Blaze | Gregory Fletcher (voice)
2004 -- Do Geese See God | Man
2004 -- The Gristle | Self (uncredited)
2003 -- Malibu's Most Wanted | Tom Gibbsons
2002 -- Full Frontal | Calvin / Nicholas
2002 -- G | Chip Hightower
2002 -- Truth Be Told | Det. Harris
2000 -- Rules of Engagement | Capt. Lee
1999 -- The Wishing Tree | Thomas
1998 -- Asunder | Chance Williams
1998 -- Deep Impact | Mark Simon
1997 -- Gattaca | Geneticist
1996 -- Set It Off | Keith
1996 -- Mistrial | Lieutenant C. Hodges
1996 -- Soul of the Game | Jackie Robinson
1995 -- Just Cause | Bobby Earl Ferguson
1993 -- Posse | Carver
1993 -- Father & Son: Dangerous Relations | Jared Williams
1991 -- Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member
1991 -- The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry | Self
1991 -- Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers | Reader
1990 -- Heat Wave | Bob Richardson
1990 -- Murder in Mississippi | James Chaney
1989 -- The Cover Girl and the Cop | Horace Bouchet
1988 -- Mickey's 60th Birthday | Jonathan Rollins
1985 -- Krush Groove | Russell Walker
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