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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Films (62)
One Spoon of Chocolate
2026 · Officer Beem
Youngblood : le hockey dans le sang
2026 · Blane Youngblood
Guardians of the Galapagos
2025 · Narrator (voice)
Otaries des Galápagos : Le Making Of
2025 · Narrator (voice)
Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency
2024 · Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Longlegs
2024 · Agent Carter
Tigres : le making of
2024 · Narrator (voice)
Origin
2023 · Amari Selvan
Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers
2022 · Narrator (voice)
Bear Witness
2022 · Narrator (voice)
Bad Hair: Belleza maldita
2021 · Amos Bludso
A Soldier's Play
2021 · Captain Richard Davenport
L'amour est un art
2020 · Jerome Richmond
Les Manchots, une vie à risques
2020 · Narrator (voice)
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020 · Self
Juanita
2019 · Blair Underwood
Après-fête
2018 · Sgt. Martin Ellison
Mr. SOUL!
2018 · Ellis Haizlip (voice), Executive Producer
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
2016 · Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Broken
2016
La Garde du Roi lion : Un Nouveau Cri
2016 · Makuu (voice)
Le voyage d'une vie
2014 · Ludie Watts
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2012 · David Ames, Producer
Le Jour où je l'ai rencontrée
2011 · Principal
First Generation
2011 · Narrator (voice)
The Bridge to Nowhere
2009 · Director
Weather Girl
2009 · Fitz
Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
2009 · Self
The Hit
2007 · Henry Alabaster, Producer
Affaire de femmes
2006 · Carlos
Encuentro inesperado
2006 · Mark Harper
Opération Hades
2006 · Palmer Addison
The Golden Blaze
2005 · Gregory Fletcher (voice)
Do Geese See God
2004 · Man
The Gristle
2004 · Self (uncredited)
Le Rappeur de Malibu
2003 · Tom Gibbsons
Full Frontal
2002 · Calvin / Nicholas
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2002 · Chip Hightower
Truth Be Told
2002 · Det. Harris
L'Enfer du devoir
2000 · Capt. Lee
L'arbre À Souhaits
1999 · Thomas
Sacrifié
1998 · Chance Williams
L'impact
1998 · Mark Simon
Bienvenue à Gattaca
1997 · Geneticist
Le Prix à payer
1996 · Keith
Jury en otage
1996 · Lieutenant C. Hodges
Équipe Rebelle (L') - Le Droit de Vaincre
1996 · Jackie Robinson
Juste Cause
1995 · Bobby Earl Ferguson
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
1993 · Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
La Revanche de Jessie Lee
1993 · Carver
Les rues de Los Angeles
1993 · Jared Williams
Voices That Care
1991 · Self - Choir Member
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991 · Reader
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
1991 · Self
Émeutes en Californie
1990 · Bob Richardson
Chasse à l'homme dans le Mississipi
1990 · James Chaney
The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989 · Horace Bouchet
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988 · Jonathan Rollins
Krush Groove
1985 · Russell Walker
Viral
· Director
Don't Ever Wonder
The Listeners
· Dr. Thomas Hale
Séries (55)
Tres Mujeres
2024 · Richard
Elsbeth
2024 · Cliff McGrath
Smothered
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self - Guest
Su Señoría
2020 · Roland Carter
Destin amoureux
2020 · Leon Hines
Self Made : D'après la vie de Madam C.J. Walker
2020 · Charles James Walker
The Tamron Hall Show
2019 · Self - Guest
Dans leur regard
2019 · Bobby Burns
American Crime Story
2016 · Vernon Jordan
La Garde du Roi Lion
2016 · Makuu (voice)
Quantico
2015 · Owen Hall
Ironside
2013 · Robert Ironside
Marvel : Les Agents du S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · Andrew Garner
Thunder and Lightning
2013 · Black Lightning (voice)
Celebrity Crime Files
2012 · Narrator (voice)
スーパーマン @ Tokyo
2012 · Superman / Narrator (voice)
Viêtnam, au cœur de l'enfer
2011 · Charles Brown
The Event
2010 · Elias Martinez
Généalogie V.I.P
2010 · Self
Une femme exemplaire
2009 · Harry Dargis
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
En analyse
2008 · Alex Prince
Dirty Sexy Money
2007 · Simon Elder
Covert One: The Hades Factor
2006 · Palmer Addison
Las nuevas aventuras de Christine
2006 · Daniel Harris
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self
LAX
2004 · Roger De Souza
Fatherhood
2004
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
Half et Half
2002 · Blair Underwood
City of Angels
2000 · Ben Turner
New York Unité Spéciale
1999 · Miles Sennet
Mama Flora's Family
1998 · Willie
Sexe à New York
1998 · Dr. Robert Leeds
La Vue
1997 · Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1996 · Self - Presenter
Haute Tension
1996
Felices Para Siempre
1995 · King Midas (voice)
The Word
1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self, Self - Guest
A Different World
1987 · Zelmer Collier
21 Jump Street
1987 · Reginald Brooks
Downtown
1986 · Terry Corsaro
L.A. Law
1986 · Jonathan Rollins
The Cosby Show
1984 · Mark
Aspel & Company
1984
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Knight Rider
1982 · Potts
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Audience Member
Company Town
· Tom Wilson