In a career that has now spanned more than 25 years, legendary screen and television actor Blair Underwood - the man tapped to breathe new life into the role of NBC's revised hit Ironside - discusses the pressures of what it was like to be the first African American male appearing on television's number one rated hit series L.A. Law.
Noted for his roles in such films as Batman the Dark Knight, The Fifth Element, Jackie Brown, and Friday, Tom 'Tiny' Lister compares his public persona with his true personality.
In an intensely probing interview that scours the depths of a career and life of the man who played John Shaft - iconic movie hero that came to symbolize the bravado of the black power movement in the 60s
