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United States Blair Underwood is a multi-hyphenate talent with a career spanning film, television, and theatre as an actor, director, and producer.
K&G Fashion Superstore partnered with Blair Underwood to launch the BU Collection, a premier line of men's tailored suits inspired by the actor.
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Award-winning actor and producer Blair Underwood is officially a part of the Oakland Ballers ownership group!
Blair Erwin Underwood was born on August 25, 1964, in Tacoma, Washington. His father, Frank Eugene Underwood Sr., was a United States Army colonel and an Army Ranger who was wounded in the Vietnam War. His mother, Marilyn Ann Scales, worked as an interior decorator. Due to his father’s military career, Underwood spent his childhood living on military bases across the United States and in Stuttgart, Germany. He attended Petersburg High School in Petersburg, Virginia, before pursuing his education at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His acting career began with a debut in the 1985 musical film “Krush Groove,” followed by a short stint on the ABC soap opera “One Life to Live” as Bobby Blue, and a co-starring role in the CBS crime drama series “Downtown.”
In 1987, at the age of 23, Underwood secured the role of attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series “L.A. Law.” This role earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 1991. Following the conclusion of “L.A. Law” in 1994, he appeared in films such as “Just Cause” (1995), “Set It Off” (1996), “Gattaca” (1997), and “Deep Impact” (1998). He also returned to television in 1996 with the ABC police drama series “High Incident” and co-starred with Cicely Tyson in the 1998 miniseries “Mama Flora’s Family.” In 2000, he led the CBS medical drama series “City of Angels” and was recognized as one of People magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People.
Throughout his career, Underwood has consistently taken on diverse roles across various mediums. His notable television credits include recurring roles in “Sex and the City,” “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” “In Treatment,” “The Event,” “Quantico,” and “MARVEL AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.” He made his Broadway debut in 2012 as Stanley in “A Streetcar Named Desire,” earning a Drama League Distinguished Performance Award nomination. As a director, he made his feature film debut with “The Bridge to Nowhere” in 2010. His work has been recognized with multiple awards, including an Emmy Award as a producer for the NBC series “Give,” a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word as co-narrator of Al Gore’s audiobook “An Inconvenient Truth,” and seven NAACP Image Awards.
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