ACTOR

Blair Underwood

1964 - Today

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Blair Erwin Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American actor. He made his debut in the 1985 musical film Krush Groove and from 1987 to 1994 starred as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series L.A. Law. Underwood has appeared in a number of films during his career, including Just Cause (1995), Set It Off (1996), Deep Impact (1998), Rules of Engagement (2000), Something New (2006), Madea's Family Reunion (2006), and Juanita (2019). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blair Underwood has received more than 3,495,000 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Blair Underwood is the 8,055th most popular actor (down from 7,569th in 2019), the 11,940th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,221st in 2019) and the 3,751st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Blair Underwoods by language

Over the past year Blair Underwood has had the most page views in the with 430,100 views, followed by German (22,451), and Italian (15,352). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (12,900.00%), Ukrainian (110.38%), and Polish (99.10%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Blair Underwood ranks 8,055 out of 13,578. Before him are Karla Souza, Katie Leung, Frank Faylen, Paul Kelly, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, and Alvis Hermanis. After him are George Walsh, Natasha Klauss, Walter Connolly, Yeon Woo-jin, Jacky Ido, and Rie Tanaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Blair Underwood ranks 520. Before him are Robert Duncan McNeill, Teresa Edwards, Davide Ballardini, Jiang Jialiang, Dean Winters, and Crystal Waters. After him are Erik Lindh, Anneke von der Lippe, Dave Sabo, Christa Miller, Piotr Nowak, and Vladimir Artemov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Blair Underwood ranks 11,940 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Kelly (1899), Earl Hooker (1930), Robert D. Cabana (1949), John Kennedy (1951), James Rector (1884), and Aimee Mann (1960). After him are Greg Valentine (1951), George Walsh (1889), Grant Hill (1972), David Murray (1955), John R. Leonetti (1956), and John McLean (1878).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Blair Underwood ranks 3,751. Before him are Beatrice Rosen (1984), Dean Winters (1964), Crystal Reed (1985), Will Forte (1970), Frank Faylen (1905), and Paul Kelly (1899). After him are George Walsh (1889), Vivian Blaine (1921), Marie Mosquini (1899), Julia Jones (1981), Hal Smith (1916), and Jessie Andrews (1992).

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Television and Movie Roles

Gattaca
Geneticist
In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet is determined to infiltrate the GATTACA space program.
Sep 7o 19977.558 / 10
Deep Impact
Mark Simon
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
May 8o 19986.22 / 10
Just Cause
Bobby Earl Ferguson
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
Feb 17o 19956.2 / 10