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Blair Erwin Underwood is an American television, film, and stage actor and director. He played attorney Jonathan Rollins on the NBC legal drama L.A. Law for seven years. He has received two Golden Globe Award nominations, three NAACP Image Awards and one Grammy Award. In recent years, he has appeared in The New Adventures of Old Christine, Dirty Sexy Money and In Treatment, The Event, Quantico, When They See Us and as Andrew Garner in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Birth Name

Blair E. Underwood

Born

Tuesday, 25 August 1964

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway	Self	2020
Your Honor	Roland Carter	2020
Bad Hair	Amos Bludso	2020
Penguins: Life on the Edge	Narrator (voice) / Narrator	2020
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker	Charles James Walker	2020
Tamron Hall	Self	2019
When They See Us	Bobby Burns (credit only), Bobby Burns	2019
Juanita	Blair Underwood	2019
The After Party	Sgt. Ellison	2018
Mr. Soul!	Narration (voice)	2018

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway	Self	2020
Your Honor	Roland Carter	2020
Bad Hair	Amos Bludso	2020
Penguins: Life on the Edge	Narrator (voice) / Narrator	2020
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker	Charles James Walker	2020
Tamron Hall	Self	2019
When They See Us	Bobby Burns (credit only), Bobby Burns	2019
Juanita	Blair Underwood	2019
The After Party	Sgt. Ellison	2018
Mr. Soul!	Narration (voice)	2018
Dear White People	Moses Brown	2017
Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2017	Himself	2016
Harry	Himself	2016
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice	Narrator	2016
The Lion Guard	Makuu (voice)	2016
Quantico	Owen Hall	2015
The Trip to Bountiful	Ludie Watts	2014
Against the Odds	Narrator	2014
Unsung Hollywood	Self	2014
Ironside	Robert Ironside	2013
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Andrew Garner	2013
Celebrity Page	Self	2013
The Arsenio Hall Show	Himself - Guest	2013
The Real	Self	2013
Sofia the First	Sir Jackson (voice)	2013
Thunder and Lightning	Black Lightning	2013
Katie	Himself - Guest	2012
Good Afternoon America	Himself	2012
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On The 7th Day	David Ames	2012
Vietnam in HD	Charles Brown, Charles Brown (voice)	2011
The Art Of Getting By	Principal Martinson	2011
Jake and the Never Land Pirates	Captain Wraith	2011
Show People with Paul Wontorek	Self	2010
The Talk	Self	2010
The Event	President Elias Martinez	2010
I Will Follow	Evan	2010
Who Do You Think You Are?	Self	2010
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots	(voice)	2010
The Good Wife	Harry Dargis	2009
Weather Girl	Fitz	2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self	2009
President Barack Obama: The Man And His Journey	Himself - Narrator	2009
Secret Millionaire	Narrator	2008
Unsung	Self	2008
The Doctors	Himself	2008
The Wendy Williams Show	Self	2008
In Treatment	Alex Prince	2008
The Hit	Henry Alabaster	2007
Dirty Sexy Money	Simon Elder	2007
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience	Voice 'To the Fallen'	2007
Covert One: The Hades Factor	Palmer Addison	2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine	Daniel Harris	2006
Madea's Family Reunion	Carlos Armstrong	2006
Something New	Mark Harper	2006
The Golden Blaze	Gregory Fletcher	2005
The Tony Danza Show	Himself	2004
LAX	Roger De Souza	2004
Fatherhood	Dr. Arthur Bindlebeep, Dr. Arthur Bindlebeep (voice)	2004
Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem	Himself	2004
TV Land's Top Ten	Himself	2004
TV Talk	Himself	2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years	Himself	2004
Malibu's Most Wanted	Tom Gibbsons	2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Himself	2003
Half & Half	Himself	2002
Full Frontal	Nicholas	2002
G	Chip Hightower	2002
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment		2002
Turnaround	Det. Harris	2002
Madea's Family Reunion	Carlos	2002
Dinner for Five	Himself - Special Guest	2001
Rules Of Engagement	Captain Lee	2000
City of Angels	Dr. Ben Turner	2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Miles Sennet	1999
The Wishing Tree	Magic Man	1999
Mama Flora's Family	Willie	1998
Asunder	Chance Williams	1998
Linc's	Himself	1998
Sex and the City	Dr. Robert Leeds	1998
Deep Impact	Mark Simon	1998
Gattaca	Geneticist	1997
The View	Himself, Self	1997
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II	Himself (segment "Liberian Girl")	1997
Set It Off	Keith Weston	1996
Theater Talk	Self - Guest	1996
Mistrial	Lieutenant C. Hodges	1996
The Daily Show	Self	1996
Soul Of The Game	Jackie Robinson	1996
High Incident	Officer Michael Rhoades	1996
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	King Midas	1995
Just Cause	Bobby Earl / Bobby Earl Ferguson	1995
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man	Himself	1994
Posse	Carver	1993
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations	Jared Williams	1993
The Legend of Prince Valiant	Harbormaster	1991
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers	(voice)	1991
Heat Wave	Bob Richardson	1990
The Word	Himself	1990
Murder in Mississippi	James Chaney	1990
The Cover Girl and the Cop	Horace Bouchet	1989
The Arsenio Hall Show	Himself	1989
American Experience	Lewis Douglass	1988
A Different World	Zelmer Collier	1987
21 Jump Street	Reginald Brooks	1987
Downtown	Terry Corsaro	1986
L.A. Law	Jonathan Rollins	1986
Krush Groove	Russell Walker	1985
The Cosby Show	Denise's Boyfriend, Denise's Friend, Mark	1984
Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Stillman	1983
Knight Rider	Potts	1982
ABC Afterschool Specials	Himself	1972
Soul Train	Himself	1971
Sesame Street	Self	1969

Director Filmography

Title	Year

The Bridge to Nowhere

2009

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

Mr. Soul!	2018
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice	2016
Ironside	2013
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On The 7th Day	2012
The Hit	2007
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations	1993

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Year	Type	Category	Won

2009	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Nominated
1991	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Nominated