Movies by Blair Underwood
As part of the cast:
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Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day (2012)
Cast: Blair Underwood, Sharon Leal, Nicole Beharie …
Directed by: Neema Barnette
David and Kari's perfect life is shattered when their 6-year-old daughter is kidnapped -- but their marriage is about to take another blow. As the crisis intensifies, secrets surface…
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The Art of Getting By (2011)
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano …
Directed by: Gavin Wiesen
Freddie Highmore stars in this romance tale as a teenage rebel with no time for textbooks, but when he's given a glimmer of friendship with longtime crush Sally Howe, the trench-coated…
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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010)
Cast: Halle Berry, Colin Powell, Morgan Freeman …
Directed by: Frank Martin
This moving PBS documentary chronicles the sacrificial courage of African-American men and woman who have served our country in time of war, from the Revolution to Iraq, to help secure…
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The Event: Season 1 (2010)
Cast: Jason Ritter, Sarah Roemer, Scott Patterson …
Directed by: Jeffrey Reiner
In the first season of this fast-paced thriller, average guy Sean Walker (Jason Ritter) launches a search for his missing fiancée, Leila (Sarah Roemer), and stumbles upon a conspiracy…
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I Will Follow (2010)
Cast: Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Tracie Thoms, Omari Hardwick …
Directed by: Ava DuVernay
Devastated after her beloved aunt, Amanda, dies of breast cancer, Maye must move out of the home they shared and resume her career while coping with her grief. Maye's life is touched by…
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President Barack Obama: The Man and His Journey (2008)
Cast: Barack Obama, Martin Luther King III, Hill Harper …
An inspirational tribute to the first African-American president of the United States, this documentary charts Barack Obama's life and career, from his early days as a community…
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Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Robert Duvall, Aaron Eckhart …
Directed by: Richard E. Robbins
Veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan recount their war experiences in this Oscar-nominated documentary, which collects the writings of soldiers and their families to give a personal…
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Dirty Sexy Money (2007)
Cast: Peter Krause, Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin …
Blending dark humor and scandalous drama, this intriguing ABC series follows Nick George (Peter Krause), an upright barrister paid a handsome sum to "manage" the affairs of the dysfunctional,…
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Something New (2006)
Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Russell Hornsby …
Directed by: Sanaa Hamri
Struggling with her personal life, black career woman Kenya agrees to a blind date with a sexy, free-spirited landscape architect. Her new love interest is white, which isn't necessarily…
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Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
Cast: Tyler Perry, Lynn Whitfield, Boris Kodjoe …
Directed by: Tyler Perry
Actor and playwright Tyler Perry reprises his memorable role as the inimitable Madea, a gun-toting granny who, amid the chaos of preparations for a family reunion, must try to keep her clan…
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Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006)
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Mira Sorvino, Blair Underwood …
Directed by: Mick Jackson
When a lethal virus threatens the lives of millions of Americans, an undercover group of top-notch agents -- known as the Covert One operatives -- sends specialist Jon Smith (Stephen Dorff)…
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The Golden Blaze (2005)
Cast: Michael Clarke Duncan, Neil Patrick Harris, Blair Underwood …
Directed by: Bryon E. Carson
Blair Underwood, Michael Clarke Duncan and Neil Patrick Harris lend their voices to this animated adventure about an unpopular schoolboy whose life changes dramatically when his dad becomes a…
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The Hit (2005)
Cast: James Russo, Blair Underwood, Ernest Harden Jr. …
Directed by: Ryan Combs
Millionaire record executive Hen (Blair Underwood) wants to bring peace to the hip-hop world, but when he angers the mob while attempting to build a confederacy comprised of other music…
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Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem (2004)
Cast: Yolanda Adams, Ashanti, Patti Austin …
Some of the world's best jazz, R & B, hip-hop, rap, gospel and Latin musicians perform classic and modern songs in this 2004 benefit show celebrating the 70th year of Harlem's famed…
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Whispers of Angels: A Story of the Underground Railroad (2004)
Cast: Edward Asner, Blair Underwood
Combining archival photographs, interviews with historians and dramatic reenactments starring Blair Underwood and Ed Asner, this documentary recounts the gripping story of the Civil War-era…
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Fronterz (2004)
Cast: Reno Wilson, Ted Danson, Blair Underwood …
Directed by: Courtney Jones
Three classically trained African-American thespians (Reno Wilson, Dennis Pressey and Garth Belcon) have the chops to snag almost any role, but urban rappers, who seem to get all the parts,…
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How Did It Feel? (2004)
Cast: Blair Underwood, Lucinda Clare, Natasha Gregson Wagner …
Directed by: Daniel Faraldo
A floundering playwright (Blair Underwood) is tempted to stray from his aristocratic English wife (Lucinda Clare), the successful author of a series of self-help books, when her seductive…
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Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
Cast: Jamie Kennedy, Taye Diggs, Anthony Anderson …
Directed by: John Whitesell
Brad (Jamie Kennedy) is a rap star wanna-be who hails from Malibu but acts and talks as if he's from the 'hood. Problem is, Brad's uptight Republican dad (Ryan O'Neal) is…
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Truth Be Told (2003)
Cast: Regina King, Craig Sheffer, Monica Calhoun …
Starring Blair Underwood, Regina King, Craig Sheffer and Monica Calhoun, this crime thriller centers on a young woman who tries to fool the mafia and a group of corrupt police officers. After…
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Full Frontal (2002)
Cast: David Duchovny, Nicky Katt, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Director Steven Soderbergh's "unofficial karmic sequel" to his 1989 breakout film, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, involves a distaff switcheroo this time, as inquiring reporter Julia Roberts…
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G (2002)
Cast: Richard T. Jones, Blair Underwood, Chenoa Maxwell …
Directed by: Christopher Scott Cherot
A contemporary reimagining of F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz-age novel &NFi;The Great Gatsby&NFi_;, this bittersweet drama stars Richard T. Jones as nouveau-riche rap impresario Summer G,…
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Rules of Engagement (2000)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce …
Directed by: William Friedkin
Sensing a crisis in Yemen, the U.S. government sends Col. Terry Childers to remove the U.S. ambassador and his family from the country. Childers succeeds, but in the process ends up killing…
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The Wishing Tree (1999)
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Helen Shaver, Mary Alice …
Directed by: Ivan Passer
When her storyteller mother (Mary Alice) dies, attorney Clara Collier (Alfre Woodard) returns to her Georgia hometown and is soon captivated by a local legend of the "Magic Man" (Blair…
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Asunder (1998)
Cast: Blair Underwood, Debbi Morgan, Michael Beach …
Directed by: Tim Reid
Chance (Blair Underwood) is a photographer who, troubled by the death of his wife and unborn child in a freak accident, accepts an offer from his friend Michael to stay with him and his wife…
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Gattaca (1997)
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law …
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
With one eye on his lifelong dream of working in outer space, a genetically flawed but determined "In-Valid" (Ethan Hawke) hires a DNA broker (Tony Shalhoub) to help him obtain more desirable…
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Set It Off (1996)
Cast: Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox …
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Sick of being victims of circumstance and fighting a system that keeps them from realizing their dreams, four black women from the Los Angeles projects opt to knock over a bank. Emboldened…
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Soul of the Game (1996)
Cast: Delroy Lindo, Mykelti Williamson, Edward Herrmann …
Directed by: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Before integration, the Negro League's stars -- pitcher Satchel Paige and catcher Josh Gibson -- are great friends on and off the baseball field. But their bond is tested when word…
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Mistrial (1996)
Cast: Bill Pullman, Robert Loggia, Blair Underwood …
Directed by: Heywood Gould
Police detective Steve Donohue (Bill Pullman) plays judge, jury and possibly executioner when he takes court officers and a murder defendant hostage. After an accused cop killer -- whom…
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Just Cause (1995)
Cast: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw …
Directed by: Arnold Glimcher, Arne Glimcher
A death row inmate calls on a Harvard law professor to prove his innocence years after being convicted of murdering a young girl, but the police refuse to consider the new evidence…
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Posse (1993)
Cast: Pam Grier, Stephen Baldwin, Tone Loc …
Directed by: Mario Van Peebles
Try this flick for a new spin on the classic Western. A cadre of outlaws tear through the West, hell-bent on glory and revenge. But this time, the desperados are mainly black. Mario Van…
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Dangerous Relations (1993)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Blair Underwood, Rae Dawn Chong …
Directed by: Georg Stanford Brown
An inmate (Louis Gossett Jr.) with a reputation for maintaining the peace in a maximum-security prison finds his own relative tranquility shattered when he discovers that a new prisoner…
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On the Streets of L.A. (1993)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Blair Underwood, Rae Dawn Chong …
Directed by: Georg Stanford Brown
As he approaches the end of a 15-year prison term, an embittered inmate crosses paths with a tough new prisoner and wonders whether he could be the son he left behind years ago. And if so,…
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Heat Wave (1990)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Christopher M. Brown, Blair Underwood …
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
Set in the Watts section of Los Angeles in the summer of 1965, this tense account of racial tensions boiling over boasts a sterling cast, including Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, James Earl…
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Murder in Mississippi (1989)
Cast: Tom Hulce, Jennifer Grey, Blair Underwood …
Directed by: Roger Young
Blair Underwood, Jennifer Grey and Oscar nominee Tom Hulce star in this made-for-television film that centers on the 1964 slaying of civil rights workers at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan.…
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Krush Groove (1985)
Cast: Blair Underwood, Sheila E., Joseph Simmons …
Directed by: Michael Schultz
Russell (Blair Underwood), a manager of struggling rap artists, borrows money from villain Jay in order to make ends meet. But after his clients become successful, Russell can't pay back…
As a director:
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The Bridge to Nowhere (2009)
Cast: Ving Rhames, Bijou Phillips, Danny Masterson …
Directed by: Blair Underwood
Four working-class friends hit the jackpot when their plan to launch a large-scale prostitution business on Pittburgh's Upper North Side takes off. But more money brings more problems --…