Blair Underwood

Blair Underwood

1964-08-25 Tacoma, Washington, USA 61 Credits

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...

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One Spoon of Chocolate

One Spoon of Chocolate

2025

10.0
Acting

Fresh out of jail, a military veteran relocates to a small Ohio town where many of the residents have a horrifying social agenda, leading the hardened...

Guardians of the Galapagos

Guardians of the Galapagos

2025

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.3
Acting

Go behind the scenes with the crew of Sea Lions of the Galapagos to showcase not just the production of a film, but the world that inspired it.

Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency

Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency

2024

as Narrator

Acting

Examining the unprecedented time of prosperity in America under the leadership of President Clinton.

Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency

Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency

2024

Executive Producer

Producing

Examining the unprecedented time of prosperity in America under the leadership of President Clinton.

Longlegs

Longlegs

2024

as Agent Carter

6.6
Acting

FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing ev...

Tigers on the Rise

Tigers on the Rise

2024

as Narrator (voice)

7.8
Acting

Celebrate the remarkable comeback of tigers and the local heroes fighting to protect them.

Origin

Origin

2023

as Amari Selvan

6.7
Acting

While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the b...

Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers

Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers

2022

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

As the United States recovered from the bloody aftermath of the Civil War, Congress passed the Reorganization Act in 1866, that created the first-ever...

Bear Witness

Bear Witness

2022

as Narrator (voice)

6.0
Acting

The film Journeys alongside the filmmakers behind Disneynature’s “Polar Bear” as they face profound challenges 300 miles from the North Pole. The team...

Bad Hair

Bad Hair

2021

as Amos Bludso

5.8
Acting

In 1989, an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career ma...

A Soldier's Play

A Soldier's Play

2021

as Captain Richard Davenport

Acting

In a segregated army camp in Louisiana in 1944, a black sergeant is shot dead after crying out "they still hate you." As the play examines the murder,...

Really Love

Really Love

2020

as Jerome Richmond

6.5
Acting

A rising black painter tries to break into a competitive art world while balancing an unexpected romance with an ambitious law student.

Penguins: Life on the Edge

Penguins: Life on the Edge

2020

as Narrator (voice)

7.9
Acting

A witty and tenacious team of filmmakers brave the Antarctic to film Disneynature's "Penguins."

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

2020

as Self

9.7
Acting

Go back to the beginning of television's longest-running primetime drama with behind-the-scenes footage, memorable scenes and exclusive interviews wit...

Juanita

Juanita

2019

as Blair Underwood

5.4
Acting

Fed up with her deadbeat grown kids and marginal urban existence, Juanita takes a Greyhound bus to Paper Moon, Montana - where she reinvents herself a...

The After Party

The After Party

2018

as Sgt. Martin Ellison

6.1
Acting

When an aspiring rapper goes viral for the wrong reasons, he thinks his career is sunk. But a wild party gives him one more chance to make it right.

Mr. SOUL!

Mr. SOUL!

2018

as Ellis Haizlip (voice)

7.0
Acting

On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars...

Mr. SOUL!

Mr. SOUL!

2018

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars...

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

2016

as Narrator (voice)

7.0
Acting

In 1936, 18 African American athletes dubbed the "black auxiliary" by Hitler defied Nazi Aryan Supremacy and Jim Crow Racism to win hearts and medals ...

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

2016

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

In 1936, 18 African American athletes dubbed the "black auxiliary" by Hitler defied Nazi Aryan Supremacy and Jim Crow Racism to win hearts and medals ...

The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar

The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar

2016

as Makuu (voice)

6.7
Acting

Set in the African savannah, the film follows Kion as he assembles the members of the 'Lion Guard'. Throughout the film, the diverse team of young ani...

The Trip to Bountiful

The Trip to Bountiful

2014

as Ludie Watts

5.9
Acting

Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forb...

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

2012

as David Ames

3.7
Acting

The Ames' seem to have built the perfect life until their six year old daughter is kidnapped; over the course of seven days they begin to uncover secr...

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

2012

Producer

3.7
Producing

The Ames' seem to have built the perfect life until their six year old daughter is kidnapped; over the course of seven days they begin to uncover secr...

The Art of Getting By

The Art of Getting By

2011

as Principal

6.6
Acting

George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally,...

First Generation

2011

as Narrator

Acting

An award-winning feature-length documentary narrated by Golden Globe nominee Blair Underwood, FIRST GENERATION tells the story of four high school stu...

The Bridge to Nowhere

The Bridge to Nowhere

2009

Director, Writer

4.2
Directing Writing

A group of 20-something blue-collar workers in Pittsburgh cook up a scheme to make extra money that involves prostitution. Their business takes off, t...

Weather Girl

Weather Girl

2009

as Fitz

5.6
Acting

Succumbing to the stresses of her personal and professional lives, Sylvia, a Seattle morning show weather forecaster, has a meltdown live on-air. Now,...

The Hit

2007

as Henry Alabaster

4.0
Acting

The Hit is the sequel to cult favorite Straight Out of Compton, in which Blair Underwood stars as Hen, an up-and-coming record executive whose goal is...

The Hit

2007

Producer

4.0
Producing

The Hit is the sequel to cult favorite Straight Out of Compton, in which Blair Underwood stars as Hen, an up-and-coming record executive whose goal is...

Madea's Family Reunion

Madea's Family Reunion

2006

as Carlos

6.3
Acting

Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her ...

Something New

Something New

2006

as Mark Harper

6.4
Acting

Kenya McQueen, a corporate lawyer, finds love in the most unexpected place when she agrees to go on a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spi...

Covert One: The Hades Factor

Covert One: The Hades Factor

2006

as Palmer Addison

5.9
Acting

Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino, Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Anjelica Huston and Stephen Dorff star in this nail-biting tale of action and...

The Golden Blaze

The Golden Blaze

2005

as Gregory Fletcher (voice)

1.0
Acting

Two African American boys schoolyard rivalry spirals out of control when their fathers develop superpowers.

Do Geese See God

Do Geese See God

2004

as Man

5.8
Acting

A sweating man breathes rapidly from exertion as he open a packet and pulls out a DVD with the words "Salvation comes from within" on it. Impatiently ...

The Gristle

The Gristle

2004

as Self (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

Multiculturalism reaches the depths of the criminal underworld as eight diverse con men must learn to work together to pull off a heist that's anythin...

Malibu's Most Wanted

Malibu's Most Wanted

2003

as Tom Gibbsons

5.1
Acting

A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to ...

Full Frontal

Full Frontal

2002

as Calvin / Nicholas

4.6
Acting

A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.

G

G

2002

as Chip Hightower

6.6
Acting

A young Hip Hop star named Summer G falls for a middle to upper class sister while in college. After she rejects him for a fellow social climber, Summ...

Truth Be Told

Truth Be Told

2002

as Det. Harris

7.5
Acting

Rayne Johnson is a shrewd investment company assistant who turns a mob slaying into a golden opportunity for a new improved lifestyle, managing to out...

Rules of Engagement

Rules of Engagement

2000

as Capt. Lee

6.2
Acting

A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.

The Wishing Tree

The Wishing Tree

1999

as Thomas

7.4
Acting

When her storyteller mother (Mary Alice) dies, attorney Clara Collier (Alfre Woodard) returns to her Georgia hometown and is soon captivated by a loca...

Asunder

Asunder

1998

as Chance Williams

8.2
Acting

When a freak accident destroys everything in a man's life, he invades the troubled marriage of his best friends.

Deep Impact

Deep Impact

1998

as Mark Simon

6.2
Acting

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to sav...

Gattaca

Gattaca

1997

as Geneticist

7.6
Acting

Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member ...

Set It Off

Set It Off

1996

as Keith

7.2
Acting

Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four wome...

Mistrial

Mistrial

1996

as Lieutenant C. Hodges

5.0
Acting

When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, t...

Soul of the Game

Soul of the Game

1996

as Jackie Robinson

4.9
Acting

In 1945, the world of baseball is divided between the Majors and the Negro Leagues - but the time has come for change. One team will be the first to s...

Just Cause

Just Cause

1995

as Bobby Earl Ferguson

6.2
Acting

A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific...

Posse

Posse

1993

as Carver

5.3
Acting

A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for...

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

1993

as Jared Williams

6.0
Acting

An estranged father and son are paroled from the same maximum-security prison with one unusual condition, they must become roommates. Their severed bo...

Voices That Care

Voices That Care

1991

as Self - Choir Member

8.0
Acting

Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

1991

as Reader

5.7
Acting

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers is a 1991 American short documentary film directed by Bill Couturié. It shows footage from World War I, World...

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

1991

as Self

4.3
Acting

American Experience

Heat Wave

Heat Wave

1990

as Bob Richardson

6.2
Acting

A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.

Murder in Mississippi

Murder in Mississippi

1990

as James Chaney

6.7
Acting

In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registratio...

The Cover Girl and the Cop

The Cover Girl and the Cop

1989

as Horace Bouchet

3.0
Acting

Julia Duffy is the cover girl and Dinah Manoff the cop in this made-for-TV contrivance.

Mickey's 60th Birthday

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988

as Jonathan Rollins

6.8
Acting

This film combines live action/original animation and library animation. Mickey steals a magic hat from a Sorcerer and is put under a spell by the ang...

Krush Groove

Krush Groove

1985

as Russell Walker

6.2
Acting

Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys. When Ru...

Viral

N/A

Acting

Written by Joe McClean, the story centers on a man named Andrew (Underwood) who falls into paranoia after his wife (Mason) goes missing, and finds the...

Viral

N/A

Director

Directing

Written by Joe McClean, the story centers on a man named Andrew (Underwood) who falls into paranoia after his wife (Mason) goes missing, and finds the...