Blair Underwood
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1964-08-25
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Tacoma, Washington, USA
Biografía
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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Filmografía
One Spoon of Chocolate
Youngblood
Guardians of the Galapagos
Cómo se hizo Los leones marinos de las Galápagos
Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency
Three Women
Longlegs
El resurgir de los tigres
Elsbeth
Origin
Smothered
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers
Osa polar: Cómo se hizo
Belleza Maldita (Bad Hair)
A Soldier's Play
Your Honor
Amor de verdad
Love Life
Los pingüinos de la Antártida
Madam C. J. Walker: Una mujer hecha a sí misma
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
The Tamron Hall Show
Así nos ven
Juanita
The After Party
Mr. SOUL!
Olimpiadas y discriminación
Broken
American Crime Story
La guardia del león: El regreso del rugido
La guardia del león
Quantico
Viaje a Bountiful
Ironside
Marvel Agentes de S.H.I.E.L.D.
Thunder and Lightning
Celebrity Crime Files
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
スーパーマン @ Tokyo
Vietnam. Los archivos perdidos
El arte de pasar de todo
First Generation
El Evento
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Good Wife
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
La chica del tiempo
Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
En terapia
The Hit
Sexy Money
El factor Hades
The New Adventures of Old Christine
La gran reunión de Madea
Algo nuevo
El factor Hades
The Tyra Banks Show
The Golden Blaze
Do Geese See God
The Tony Danza Show
LAX
Fatherhood
The Gristle
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
El más buscado en Malibú
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Half & Half
Full Frontal
El Precio de la Ambición
Truth Be Told
Reglas de compromiso
City of Angels
Ley y orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
The Wishing Tree
Mama Flora's Family
Asunder
Sexo en Nueva York
Deep Impact
The View
Gattaca
Hasta el final
Caso abierto
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Soul of the Game
High Incident
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Causa justa
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Renegados
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Voices That Care
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Heat Wave
The Word
Asesinato en Mississippi
The Cover Girl and the Cop
Mickey's 60th Birthday
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
A Different World
Nuevos policías
Downtown
La ley de Los Ángeles
Krush Groove
El show de Bill Cosby
Aspel & Company
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
El coche fantástico
Premios Tony
Premios Globo de Oro
Viral
Don't Ever Wonder
The Listeners
Company Town