Blair Underwood Biography
Born: August 25, 1964
Handsome actor Blair Underwood was born into a military family and studied at Carnegie-Mellon University before moving to New York to pursue his career. Guest-starring work on The_Cosby_Show earned him a part on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, followed by a reoccurring role on the short-lived series Downtown. In 1985 he made his film debut as a record producer in the rap comedy Krush_Groove. This was followed by the successful TV docudramas Heat_Wave and Murder in Mississippi. His breakthrough finally came about on L.A. Law, playing attorney Jonathan Rollins from 1987 to 1994. Supporting roles followed, as an accused rapist in Just_Cause, a well-to-do love interest in Set_It_Off, and baseball legend Jackie_Robinson in the HBO original movie Soul of the Game. Also during the '90s, he tried his hand at screenwriting and producing with the short film Second_Coming, a contemporary take on Christ's second coming starring himself as a dread-locked Jesus accused of insanity. In 2000, he starred in the CBS medical drama City of Angels, followed by supporting roles in the military courtroom drama Rules of Engagement, as well as Steven_Soderbergh's Full_Frontal, and the teen movie Malibu's_Most_Wanted. He and wife Desiree DaCosta (two-time executive assistant to Eddie_Murphy) have three children. Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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