My Take
Blair Underwood is one of those actors who has been quietly excellent for decades without ever getting quite the mainstream credit he deserves. I first got hooked on him through L.A. Law, where he played Jonathan Rollins with this effortless cool and real emotional intelligence — he was genuinely one of the best things in that show from 1987 to 1994. A Carnegie Mellon drama grad, so the craft is always there underneath the charisma. He's threaded through a lot of prestige TV since then — Sex and the City, Dirty Sexy Money, The Event, Quantico — never phoning it in, always elevating the material. On film he's shown real range across drama, thriller, and romance. Honestly, if there's justice in Hollywood, someone gives this guy a role that finally cracks him wide open to the audience he's long deserved.
Overview
Blair Erwin Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American actor. He made his debut in the 1985 musical film Krush Groove and from 1987 to 1994 starred as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series L.A. Law.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Blair Underwood
- Name (Japanese)
- ブレア・アンダーウッド
- Reading
- ぶれあ・あんだーうっど
- Born
- August 25, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
- Origin
- Tacoma, Washington, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Petersburg High School
- University
- Carnegie Mellon University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.