Handsome actor Blair Underwood was born into a military family and studied at Carnegie-Mellon University before moving to New York to pursue his career. Guest-starring work on The Cosby Show earned him a part on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, followed by a reoccurring role on the short-lived series Downtown. In 1985 he made his film debut as a record producer in the rap comedy Krush Groove. This was followed by the successful TV docudramas Heat Wave and Murder in Mississippi. His breakthrough finally came about on L.A. Law, playing attorney Jonathan Rollins from 1987 to 1994. Supporting roles followed, as an accused rapist in Just Cause, a well-to-do love interest in Set It Off, and baseball legend Jackie Robinson in the HBO original movie Soul of the Game. Also during the '90s, he tried his hand at screenwriting and producing with the short film Second Coming, a contemporary take on Christ's second coming starring himself as a dread-locked Jesus accused of insanity. In 2000, he starred in the CBS medical drama City of Angels, followed by supporting roles in the military courtroom drama Rules of Engagement, as well as Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal, and the teen movie Malibu's Most Wanted. He and wife Desiree DaCosta (two-time executive assistant to Eddie Murphy) have three children.
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Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
Actor, Producer |
2012 | |||
The Art of Getting By
Actor |
2011 | |||
Vietnam in HD
Voice |
2011 | |||
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2010 | |||
I Will Follow
Actor |
2010 | |||
Bridge to Nowhere
Co-producer, Director |
2009 | |||
| 2008 | ||||
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In Treatment: Season 01
Actor |
2008 | |||
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2008 | |||
| 2007 | ||||
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2007 | |||
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2006 | |||
Something New
Actor |
2006 | |||
The Hit
Actor, Producer |
2006 | |||
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2006 | |||
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| 2004 | ||||
How Did it Feel... ?
Actor |
2004 | |||
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LAX [TV Series]
Actor |
2004 | |||
| 2004 | ||||
Malibu's Most Wanted
Actor |
2003 | |||
Truth Be Told
Actor |
2003 | |||
Full Frontal
Actor |
2002 | |||
G
Actor |
2002 | |||
Rules of Engagement
Actor |
2000 | |||
The Wishing Tree
Actor |
2000 | |||
Asunder
Actor, Executive Producer |
1999 | |||
Mama Flora's Family
Actor |
1998 | |||
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1998 | |||
Gattaca
Actor |
1997 | |||
Mistrial
Actor |
1996 | |||
Set It Off
Actor |
1996 | |||
Soul of the Game
Actor |
1996 | |||
Just Cause
Actor |
1995 | |||
Dangerous Relations
Actor, Associate Producer |
1993 | |||
Posse
Actor |
1993 | |||
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Second Coming
Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1992 | |||
| 1991 | ||||
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Father and Son
Actor |
1991 | |||
Heat Wave
Actor |
1990 | |||
Murder in Mississippi
Actor |
1990 | |||
| 1989 | ||||
Krush Groove
Actor |
1985 | |||
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1985 |
