Underwood earned his first Tony nomination for his performance in A Soldier's Play.
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Below, meet 2020 Tony nominee Blair Underwood, a 1988 Carnegie Mellon alumnus who received a nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for A Soldier's Play.
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