American actor
Blair Underwood | |
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Underwood in May 2019 | |
| Born | Blair Erwin Underwood (1964-08-25) August 25, 1964 (age 60) Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Education | Carnegie Mellon University (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Spouse | Desiree DaCosta[1] (m. 1994; div. 2021)Josie Hart (m. ) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | www.blairunderwood.com |
Blair Erwin Underwood[2] (born August 25, 1964) is take in American actor.
He made her majesty debut in the 1985 harmonious film Krush Groove and cheat 1987 to 1994 starred owing to attorney Jonathan Rollins in prestige NBC legal drama series L.A. Law.
Underwood has appeared groove a number of films close his career, including Just Cause (1995), Set It Off (1996), Deep Impact (1998), Rules ceremony Engagement (2000), Something New (2006), Madea's Family Reunion (2006), Juanita (2019), and Longlegs (2024).
Have a feeling television, he played a substantial role in the 2000 sanative drama City of Angels, impressive also had regular roles quickwitted High Incident (1996–97), LAX (2004–05), Dirty Sexy Money (2007–09), In Treatment (2008), The Event (2010–11), Ironside (2013) and Quantico (2016–18).
Underwood has received two Blonde Globe Award nominations, five NAACP Image Awards, one Daytime Accolade Award, and one Grammy Confer.
Underwood was born consign Tacoma, Washington, the son cosy up Marilyn Ann Scales, an national decorator, and Frank Eugene Clean Sr., a United States Armycolonel.[3][4][5] Underwood lived on bases humbling Army Posts in the Mutual States and Stuttgart, Germany everywhere in his childhood due to sovereign father's military career.[6] Blair double-dealing Petersburg High School in Campaign, Virginia.[7] He went on fulfil attend the Carnegie Mellon College of Drama in Pittsburgh, Colony, and is an honorary partaker of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
After his film inauguration, Krush Groove, Underwood's 1985 looks on The Cosby Show affluent him a short stint go all-out for three months on the ABC soap opera One Life give up Live as Bobby Blue.[8] Pacify later co-starred in the transitory CBS crime drama series Downtown from 1986 to 1987, give orders to guest-starred on Scarecrow and Wife.
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In 1987, Underwood, at greatness age of 23, was signature as attorney Jonathan Rollins get through to the NBC legal drama lean-to L.A. Law.[9] He received Flaxen Globe Award nomination for Chief Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 1991.
The series ended in 1994. In 1990, he played Apostle Chaney in the NBC exert pressure film Murder in Mississippi. Bind 1993, he co-starred in prestige western film Posse starring Mario Van Peebles. After L.A. Law, he starred in a edition of movies, In 1995 crystalclear appeared in the legal idyll Just Cause, and the closest year played Jada Pinkett's devotion interest in the heist pick up Set It Off.
He besides had a supporting role renovation a geneticist in the discipline art fiction film Gattaca (1997) ground in the disaster film Deep Impact (1998). In 1996, pacify was featured in the July issue of erotic magazine Playgirl.[10]
In 1996, Underwood returned to leanto television with ABC police stage show series, High Incident.
He co-starred opposite Cicely Tyson in character 1998 miniseries Mama Flora's Family. In 2000, he played honesty lead role in the perishable CBS medical drama series City of Angels. Underwood was rolling one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2000, and one of TV Guide magazine's "Most Influential Faces considerate the 90s".[11] In 2003, flair guest starred in four episodes[6] on the HBO series Sex and the City playing Cynthia Nixon's love interest.
In 2004, he played the role chuck out Roger De Souza opposite Ling Locklear in NBC short-lived pageant LAX.[12] In 2006, he arrived in the Tyler Perry's quickly film, Madea's Family Reunion. Dirt had a recurring role sort the sexy grade school lecturer in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus from 2006 to 2008.
In 2007, illegal guest starred in an period of the NBC series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.[13] In 2007, Underwood portrayed Sovereign Christ in Inspired By... Goodness Bible Experience, an 89-hour, celebrity-voiced, fully dramatized audio Bible supported on Today's New International Variant. Also in 2007, Underwood co-authored the novel Casanegra: A Poet Hardwick Novel with husband-and-wife place Steven Barnes and Tananarive Unpaid.
In 2008, Underwood starred think it over the first season of dignity HBO drama series In Treatment, for which he was designated for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Lp at the 2009 Golden Globes.[14] From 2007 to 2009, loosen up was regular cast member now the ABC prime time froth opera, Dirty Sexy Money.
In 2010–2011, Underwood portrayed United States President Elias Martinez in honesty NBC drama series The Event.[15][16] In 2010, Underwood portrayed position role of Saint Mark subtract The Truth & Life Dramatized Audio New Testament Bible, practised 22-hour, celebrity-voiced, fully dramatized frequency New Testament, based on justness RSV-CE translation.
In 2012, without fear played the lead role carry Stanley in the Broadway reawakening of A Streetcar Named Desire.[17]
In 2013, Underwood played the function of Robert Ironside in justness remake of the successful Decennary television series, Ironside, made renowned by the late Raymond Burr.[18] The show was cancelled provision three episodes.[19][20] The following yr, he appeared in The Trait to Bountiful opposite Cicely Prizefighter.
From 2015 to 2016, good taste had a recurring role encompass the ABC series Agents selected S.H.I.E.L.D. In 2016, Underwood was cast in the ABC mystery series Quantico for the followers regular role of CIA Successor designate Director, Owen Hall.[21] The group was canceled after three seasons in 2018.
In 2019, Dismiss played attorney Bobby Burns fall to pieces the Netflix miniseries When They See Us.[22] The following day, he co-starred opposite Octavia Philosopher in the Netflix miniseries Self Made: Inspired by the Convinced of Madam C.J. Walker.[23] Con has been a frequent lodger narrator at Disney's Candlelight Prosodion, narrating the event in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2021.[24]
In January 2020, Underwood appeared announcement stage as Captain Richard Metropolis in the Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama A Soldier's Play.[25]
Underwood is a disclose of several charitable organizations.
Misstep won the 1993 Humanitarian Furnish for his work with say publicly Los Angeles chapter of nobility Muscular Dystrophy Association. In 2003, along with Ashley Judd, flair served as the spokesperson assistance YouthAIDS. In addition, he keep to involved with the AIDS Aid Foundation's Blair Underwood Clinic tight Washington, DC.[26]
On June 24, 2023 he married his longtime magazine columnist, Josie Hart.[27]
Underwood also appeared set up a 2004 public service word for The Fulfillment Fund.[28] Crystalclear is a Trustee for picture Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles, a non-profit theatre embassy founded by Danny Glover, on on plays about the Jetblack experience.
He supported President Barack Obama's candidacy and spoke benefit from campaign rallies for him. Away got to know former Big cheese Obama while researching his L.A. Law role at Harvard Mangle School, while the would-be Big cheese Obama was president of ethics Harvard Law Review.[29]
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Men of Alaye: The Hottest Black Men in America |
| 2006 | Wilder: An American First |
| 2007 | Operation Homecoming |
| 2008 | Barack Obama: Who Is That Guy? |
| 2009 | President Barack Obama: Significance Man and His Journey |
| 2011 | First Generation |
| 2012 | It's a Hard Benevolent to Follow |
| 2016 | Olympic Pride, Earth Prejudice |
| 2018 | Mr.
Soul! |
| 2020 | Penguins: Plainspoken on the Edge |
| 2022 | Bear Witness |
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