Blair Underwood

Blair Underwood born August 25 1964 is an American television and film actor He is perhaps best known as headstrong attorney Jonathan Rollins from the NBC legal drama LA Law a role he portrayed for seven years He has gained critical acclaim throughout his career receiving numerous Golden Globe Award nominations three NAACP Image Awards and 1 Grammy Award His feature film debut was the 1985 movie Krush Groove His 1985 appearance on The Cosby Show landed him a short stint on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live which eventually led to his performance on the TV series LA Law where he appeared from 1987 to 1994 Underwood broke into film with roles in Just Cause 1995 Set It Off 1996 and Deep Impact 1998 He also had a supporting role as a geneticist in the film Gattaca In 2000 he played the lead role in the shortlived television series City of Angels In 2003 he guest starred in four episodes on the HBO series Sex and the City playing Cynthia Nixons love interest In 2004 he played the role of Roger De Souza opposite Heather Locklear in NBCs LAX He gained acclaim as the sexy grade school teacher in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine opposite Julia LouisDreyfus for two years In 2007 he guest starred in an episode of the NBC series Law Order Special Victims Unit His also had a role as recurring character Alex in the HBO series In Treatment Also in 2007 Underwood coauthored the novel Casanegra A Tennyson Hardwick Novel with husbandandwife team Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due Hes also had recurring roles on Dirty Sexy Money NBCs The Event Ironside Marvels Agents of SHIELD and Quantico He has received three NAACP Image Awards for his film work in Rules of Engagement and his television work in LA Law City of Angels Murder in Mississippi and Mama Floras Family He was voted one of Peoples 50 Most Beautiful People in 2000 and one of TV Guides Most Influential Faces of the 90s