Blair Underwood

Blair Underwood: Biography in Details

Who is Blair Underwood?

Blair Underwood is an American television, film, and stage actor and director who has played the role of attorney Jonathan Rollins on the NBC legal drama L.A. Law for seven years.

Likely, he has also appeared in The New Adventures of Old Christine, Dirty Sexy Money and In Treatment, The Event, Quantico, and Andrew Garner in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Blair Underwood: Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity

Blair was born in Tacoma, Washington, the United States on August 25, 1964, age (54). He is the son of Frank E. Underwood, Sr (father), and Marilyn Ann Scales Underwood (mother).

His father was a United States Army colonel and his mother was an interior decorator.

Blair Underwood has three siblings namely, Marlo Underwood-Collins, Frank Underwood, Jr., and Mellisa Underwood. Blair holds an American nationality and mixed (African- American) ethnicity. His birth sign is Virgo.

Education, School/ College University

Blair Underwood attended the School of Drama, and he attended Petersburg High School. He finished his education at Carnegie Mellon University.

Blair Underwood: Professional Life, Career

Blair Underwood debuted her film career with Krush Groove, during 1985 he appeared on The Cosby Show landed him a short stint on the ABC soap opera where he also appeared from 1987 to 1994.

In 1996 he was featured in the July issue of Playgirl. He also appeared in the 1987’s TV series 21 Jump Street aside from a young Johnny Depp in the episode “Gotta Finish the Riff.”

He started her film career began with roles in Just Cause (1995), Set It Off (1996) and Deep Impact (1998).  During 2000, he also played the lead role in the short-lived television series City of Angels. Similarly, in 2003, he guest-starred in four episodes of the HBO series Sex and the City playing Cynthia Nixon’s love interest.

Likewise, in 2004, he also played the role of Roger De Souza opposite Heather Locklear in NBC’s LAX. He also 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, Blair Underwood guest-starred in an episode of the NBC series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He also played the character, Alex, in the first season of the HBO series In Treatment.

Awards, Nominations

Blair Underwood was nominated for Golden Globe Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for In Treatment (2008), L.A. Law (1986).

Blair Underwood was nominated for the Critics’ Choice TV Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries for The Trip to Bountiful (2014). He was also nominated for the Gold Derby TV Award for Drama Supporting Actor for In Treatment (2008).

In addition, he won the Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for Rules of Engagement (2000),  Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series for Mama Flora’s Family (1998), Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for L.A. Law (1986), Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie for Murder in Mississippi (1990).

Blair Underwood: Net Worth, Salary

He has an estimated net worth of around $8 million as of 2022, and he has accumulated that sum of money from his professional career.

Is Blair Underwood involved in any rumors?

The actor has maintained his celebrity status and has not harmed anybody to date in his career. And, also Blair Underwood has not been involved in any types of rumors and controversies.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

The handsome actor stands at the perfect height of 5 feet 11 inches. Additionally, he weighs is 79 Kg. He has black-colored eyes and likely, black-colored hair.

Is Blair Underwood active on social media?

Blair Underwood is active on different social media platforms. He has 139 K followers on Instagram. Likely, he has more than 263K followers on his Twitter account. And he has 9.96K likes on his Facebook page.

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