Blair Underwood: movies and TV shows
Blair Underwood has 124 credits in the archive: 68 films and 56 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: City of Angels (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 2009 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | One Spoon of Chocolate | Officer Beem | Film | 5.4 | 61 |
| 2026 | Youngblood | Blane Youngblood | Film | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2025 | Guardians of the Galapagos | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | Elsbeth | Cliff McGrath | TV | 6.7 | 59 |
| 2024 | Longlegs | Agent Carter | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2024 | Three Women | Richard | TV | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2024 | Tigers on the Rise | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 59 |
| 2024 | Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 59 |
| 2024 | Clinton: Portrait of a Presidency | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2023 | Origin | Amari Selvan | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 2023 | Smothered | TV | 5.0 | 58 | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 57 |
| 2022 | Bear Witness | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2022 | Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 57 |
| 2021 | Bad Hair | Amos Bludso | Film | 5.6 | 56 |
| 2021 | A Soldier's Play | Captain Richard Davenport | Film | — | 56 |
| 2020 | Your Honor | Roland Carter | TV | 8.1 | 55 |
| 2020 | Love Life | Leon Hines | TV | 6.9 | 55 |
| 2020 | Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker | Charles James Walker | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 2020 | Really Love | Jerome Richmond | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2020 | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | Self | Film | 9.7 | 55 |
| 2020 | Penguins: Life on the Edge | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.9 | 55 |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 54 |
| 2019 | When They See Us | Bobby Burns | TV | 8.2 | 54 |
| 2019 | Juanita | Blair Underwood | Film | 5.4 | 54 |
| 2018 | Mr. SOUL! | Ellis Haizlip (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 2018 | Mr. SOUL! | Film | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 2018 | The After Party | Sgt. Martin Ellison | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 2016 | American Crime Story | Vernon Jordan | TV | 7.6 | 51 |
| 2016 | The Lion Guard | Makuu (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 51 |
| 2016 | The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar | Makuu (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 2016 | Broken | Film | — | 51 | |
| 2016 | Olympic Pride, American Prejudice | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 2016 | Olympic Pride, American Prejudice | Film | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 2015 | Quantico | Owen Hall | TV | 6.5 | 50 |
| 2014 | The Trip to Bountiful | Ludie Watts | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Andrew Garner | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 2013 | Ironside | Robert Ironside | TV | 5.1 | 48 |
| 2013 | Thunder and Lightning | Black Lightning (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 2012 | Celebrity Crime Files | Narrator (voice) | TV | — | 47 |
| 2012 | スーパーマン @ Tokyo | Superman / Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.0 | 47 |
| 2012 | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | David Ames | Film | 4.1 | 47 |
| 2012 | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | Film | 4.1 | 47 | |
| 2011 | The Art of Getting By | Principal | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 2011 | Vietnam in HD | Charles Brown | TV | 7.7 | 46 |
| 2011 | First Generation | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 46 |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 6.9 | 45 |
| 2010 | The Event | Elias Martinez | TV | 6.4 | 45 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 44 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Harry Dargis | TV | 7.6 | 44 |
| 2009 | Weather Girl | Fitz | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 2009 | The Bridge to Nowhere | Film | 4.0 | 44 | |
| 2009 | The Bridge to Nowhere | Film | 4.0 | 44 | |
| 2009 | Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’ | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 2008 | In Treatment | Alex Prince | TV | 7.6 | 43 |
| 2007 | Dirty Sexy Money | Simon Elder | TV | 6.2 | 42 |
| 2007 | The Hit | Henry Alabaster | Film | 5.0 | 42 |
| 2007 | The Hit | Film | 5.0 | 42 | |
| 2006 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Daniel Harris | TV | 7.1 | 41 |
| 2006 | Madea's Family Reunion | Carlos | Film | 6.4 | 41 |
| 2006 | Something New | Mark Harper | Film | 6.4 | 41 |
| 2006 | Covert One: The Hades Factor | Palmer Addison | TV | 5.4 | 41 |
| 2006 | Covert One: The Hades Factor | Palmer Addison | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 2005 | The Tyra Banks Show | TV | 5.0 | 40 | |
| 2005 | The Golden Blaze | Gregory Fletcher (voice) | Film | 3.7 | 40 |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 39 |
| 2004 | LAX | Roger De Souza | TV | 7.3 | 39 |
| 2004 | Fatherhood | TV | 4.8 | 39 | |
| 2004 | The Gristle | Self (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 2004 | Do Geese See God | Man | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 38 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 38 |
| 2003 | Malibu's Most Wanted | Tom Gibbsons | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 2002 | Half & Half | Blair Underwood | TV | 8.3 | 37 |
| 2002 | Full Frontal | Calvin / Nicholas | Film | 4.6 | 37 |
| 2002 | G | Chip Hightower | Film | 6.6 | 37 |
| 2002 | Truth Be Told | Det. Harris | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 2000 | City of Angels | Ben Turner | TV | 9.0 | 35 |
| 2000 | Rules of Engagement | Capt. Lee | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Miles Sennet | TV | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1999 | The Wishing Tree | Thomas | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Dr. Robert Leeds | TV | 7.4 | 33 |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | Mark Simon | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1998 | Mama Flora's Family | Willie | TV | 7.6 | 33 |
| 1998 | Asunder | Chance Williams | Film | 8.5 | 33 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 32 |
| 1997 | Gattaca | Geneticist | Film | 7.6 | 32 |
| 1996 | High Incident | TV | 8.0 | 31 | |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self | TV | 4.1 | 31 |
| 1996 | Set It Off | Keith | Film | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1996 | Mistrial | Lieutenant C. Hodges | Film | 5.3 | 31 |
| 1996 | Soul of the Game | Jackie Robinson | Film | 4.9 | 31 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | King Midas (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1995 | Just Cause | Bobby Earl Ferguson | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1993 | Posse | Carver | Film | 5.4 | 28 |
| 1993 | Father & Son: Dangerous Relations | Jared Williams | Film | 6.2 | 28 |
| 1993 | Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration | Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror") | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1991 | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1991 | The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry | Self | Film | 4.3 | 26 |
| 1991 | Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers | Reader | Film | 6.3 | 26 |
| 1990 | The Word | TV | 6.0 | 25 | |
| 1990 | Murder in Mississippi | James Chaney | Film | 6.9 | 25 |
| 1990 | Heat Wave | Bob Richardson | Film | 6.8 | 25 |
| 1989 | The Cover Girl and the Cop | Horace Bouchet | Film | 6.0 | 24 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self | TV | 5.6 | 23 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 23 |
| 1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Jonathan Rollins | Film | 6.8 | 23 |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Reginald Brooks | TV | 7.3 | 22 |
| 1987 | A Different World | Zelmer Collier | TV | 7.1 | 22 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Jonathan Rollins | TV | 7.1 | 21 |
| 1986 | Downtown | Terry Corsaro | TV | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1985 | Krush Groove | Russell Walker | Film | 6.3 | 20 |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Mark | TV | 7.0 | 19 |
| 1984 | Aspel & Company | TV | — | 19 | |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | TV | 6.6 | 18 | |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Potts | TV | 7.5 | 17 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 8 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 20 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Audience Member | TV | 7.1 | 20 |
| Viral | Film | — | — | ||
| Viral | Film | — | — | ||
| Company Town | Tom Wilson | TV | — | — | |
| Don't Ever Wonder | Film | — | — | ||
| The Listeners | Dr. Thomas Hale | Film | — | — |