Blair Underwood

Date of Birth: 25 Aug 1964
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 42 (Actor), 1 (Director)
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An engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. (Sony)
Malibu's most wanted rapper, Brad "B-Rad" Gluckman, maintains a hip-hop lifestyle that is seriously hindering his father's bid for governor. When his dad's campaign manager tries to neutralize the "problem" and teach him a lesson about what gangsta life is really like, B-Rad proves to the player-haters that he's for real and wins the affection of a business-savvy South Central hottie. (Warner Bros.)
Hayes Hodges finds his career aspirations dashed when he's wounded in Vietnam combat. He then returns to America and becomes a disillusioned lawyer who goes up against the service to defend Colonel Terry Childers, who is accused of inciting an incident that leaves many demonstrators dead. Hodges in no position to decline: Childers heroically saved his life back in Vietnam. (imdb)
Set amidst the grandeur of the ultra elite Hamptons, G is a contemporary African-American romance inspired by the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald story "The Great Gatsby." (Andrew Lauren Productions)
A romantic comedy about finding love where its least expected. (Focus Features)
Based upon Tyler Perry's acclaimed stage production, Madea's Family Reunion continues the adventures of southern matriarch Madea begun in the hit film Diary of a Mad Black Woman. (Lionsgate)
Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the local police, but they aren't interested - Bobby was their killer. (imdb)
Murder in Mississippi (1990) - TV Movie
This is a based-on-a-true-story, personal account of the circumstances surrounding the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi during the "Freedom Summer" voter registration drives... (imdb)
Four Black women, all of whom have suffered for lack of money and at the hands of the majority, undertake to rob banks. While initially successful, a policeman who was involved in shooting one of the women's brothers is on their trail. As the women add to the loot, their tastes and interests begin to change and their suspicions of each other increase on the way to a climactic robbery. (imdb)
When a freak accident destroys everything in a man's life, he invades the troubled marriage of his best friends. (imdb)
The Cover Girl and the Cop (1989) - TV Movie
Jackie, an actress/model stumbles upon the murder of a government official and can identify one of the killers. Fabricating a stalker, she gets police protection in the form of Denise Danielovitch, a female cop who never gets to work on the big cases. But thanks to what Jackie saw and an unpublished manuscript Danielovitch is about to solve one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th Century. In the meantime, the two opposites bond and discover talents they never knew they had. (imdb)
A Seattle weather girl freaks out on-air over her cheating boyfriend, the morning show anchor, and moves in with her little brother.
In this movie based on the early days of Def Jam Recordings, up-and-coming manager Russell Walker has all the hottest acts on the record label Krush Groove records, including Run-D.M.C., Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and Kurtis Blow, while Rick (Rubin) produces their records. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell doesn't have the money to press records, he borrows money from a street hustler. At the same time, Russell and his brother Run are both competing for the heart of R&B singer Sheila E. (imdb)
Mama Flora's Family (1998) - TV Movie
Flora became involved with Lincoln. She began to feel used by him, after experiencing him shun and shame her in front of his rich contemporaries. She finally refused to sleep with him anymore, which prompted her sudden eviction from the house. When it was found that she was pregnant with Lincoln's child, his rich family paid her to leave Mississippi to avoid scandal, and never come back. Flora took this offer, and planned to go to Memphis, Tennessee. (Wikipedia)
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit. (imdb)
The Ames' seem to have built the perfect life until their six year old daughter is kidnapped; over the course of seven days they begin to uncover secrets about their past that could rip their marriage and lives apart.
Heat Wave (1990) - TV Movie
The promise of better race relations and economic prosperity lure a young man from Alabama to the Watts District of Los Angeles in 1965. After landing a job as a messenger for the L.A. Times, he becomes responsible for much of the reporting that won the paper a Pulitzer Prize when a minor traffic arrest by two white officers sets off a week of brutal rioting on August 11, 1965. (cduniverse.com)
Chronicles a day in the life of a grieving woman, and the twelve visitors who help her move forward.
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993) - TV Movie
A convict who has gained a reputation as a peace-keeper in a maximum security prison is confronted with a gut-wrenching dilemma when the son he abandoned years ago arrives at the same prison. Far from being a peace-keeper, his son has followed in his father's violent footsteps and disrupts the uneasy calm of the prison. (cduniverse.com)
The Trip to Bountiful (2014) - TV Movie
Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie, and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for freedom from the confines of the house and begs her son to take her on a visit to her hometown of Bountiful. When he refuses, Mrs. Watts is undeterred and makes an escape to the local bus station, where she befriends Thelma, a young woman traveling home. (imdb)
In Treatment (2008) - TV Series
A psychotherapist questions his abilities and gets help by reuniting with his old therapist, whom he has not seen for ten years. (imdb)
Secret Millionaire (2008) - TV Series
Millionaires go incognito into impoverished communities and agree to give away tens of thousands of dollars. Members of the community are told the cameras are present to film a documentary.
Dirty Sexy Money (2007) - TV Series
A lawyer is forced to take care of one of New York City's wealthiest families.
Quantico (2015) - TV Series
A look at the lives of young FBI recruits training at the Quantico base in Virginia when one of them is suspected of being a sleeper terrorist. (imdb)
High Incident (1996) - TV Series
A fast paced look at life for the officers of the El Camino Police Department, High Incident takes the viewers into the trenches with the street police officers, where the war on crime is being fought, one criminal at a time, and the casualties are mounting up. (imdb)
Ironside (2013) - TV Series
Centers on Robert T. Ironside, a tough, sexy and acerbic police detective relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting who is hardly limited by his disability as he pushes and prods his hand-picked team to solve the most difficult cases. (imdb)
Following two buddies looking to land a record deal before one heads to college and the other to the military. The story takes place during "one wild night".
Soul of the Game (1996) - TV Movie
Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson are the greatest players in the Colored leagues, and everyone expects that one of them will make the leap to the Major Leagues, now that there is talk of integration. But, unexpectedly, it's the rookie with the army record, Jackie Robinson, that gets tapped to be the first.
In 1989 an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own. (imdb)
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker (2020) - TV Mini-Series
The inspiring story of trailblazing African American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker who built a haircare empire that made her America's first female self-made millionaire. (imdb)
A journey alongside the filmmakers behind Disneynature's Polar Bear (2022) as they face profound challenges 300 miles from the North Pole to film one of the planet's most intriguing creatures. (imdb)
The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again. (imdb)
Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006) - TV Mini-Series
Secret agents fight to stop the spread of a deadly virus that menaces millions of people. (imdb)
Three Women (2023) - TV Series
An intimate, moving, uplifting portrait of real women reclaiming their lives for themselves. (imdb)
Lax (2004) - TV Series
An aggressive runway chief and a cocky terminal manager compete with each other over running the famous Los Angeles International Airport and the various characters who work for them. (imdb)
Celebrate the remarkable comeback of tigers and the local heroes fighting to protect them. (Disney+)
Guardians of the Galapagos (2025) - TV Special
Narrated by Blair Underwood, Disneynature's "Guardians of the Galapagos" goes behind the scenes with the crew of "Sea Lions of the Galapagos" to showcase not just the production of a film, but the world that inspired it. In their quest to relay the story of a young sea lion pup named Leo, the Disneynature team battles seasickness, searing heat and extreme diving conditions. (rottentomatoes.com)