Blair Underwood

Blair Underwood is Captain Lee in Paramount's Rules Of Engagement - 2000

Biography

Born 08/25/1964

With his successful run playing a brash attorney on the popular Stephen Bochco legal drama “L.A. Law” (NBC, 1986-1994), actor Blair Underwood carved out a niche for himself portraying highly educated authority figures on scores of television series and in feature films. Underwood did all this...
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Awards

  • In 2009, received Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
  • In 2001, received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
  • In 2001, received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Highlights

  • In 2008, Cast as the recurring character Alex in the HBO series "In Treatment"; earned a Golden Globe nomination in 2009 for Supporting Actor
  • In 2008, Played the recurring role of billionaire Simon Elder on ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money"
  • In 2007, Co-authored the fiction novel Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel with husband-and-wife team Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due

Family & Companions

  • Desiree DaCosta: wife (Formerly worked for Eddie Murphy; married Sept. 17, 1994)
  • Marilyn Underwood: mother (Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis c. 1997)

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