Born on August 25, 1964, to father Frank Eugene Underwood and mother Marilyn Ann Scales in Tacoma, Washington, Blair Erwin Underwood spent most of his childhood days on the Army bases around the United States and Stuttgart situated in Germany. Blair completed his schooling from the Petersburg High School situated in Petersburg, Virginia. His interest in acting was ignited at a very young age, and he went on to Carnegie Mellon School of Drama situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to get training in acting. Blair’s father and mother had quite different profession from each other.