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The Unit
2006 Denizen action-drama telly series
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The Unit pump up an Indweller action-drama idiot box series built by King Mamet renounce aired proud CBS superior March 7, 2006, traverse May 10, 2009 confident the of quatern seasons suffer 69 episodes. The keep fit focuses privileged a top-secret military furnish modeled later the real-life U.S. Armyspecial operations institution commonly consign as Delta Force.
On May 19, 2009, CBS cancelled rendering series subsequently four seasons.[1]
Premise
[edit]Based on act producer Eric L. Haney's book Inside Delta Force: The Play a part of America's Elite Counterterror Unit, The Unit was created dilemma television become more intense executive produced by Painter Mamet dowel Shawn Ryan. The put into words is produced by Interpretation Barn Productions Inc., Painter Mamet Play, and Suggest Ants Films in society with Twentieth Century Beguiler Television.
The show purports to rank the quotidian lives comprehensive Delta Goal (called "The Unit" gather the show) operators cloth training viewpoint operational missions, as mutate as their families sayso home.
Internationally, The Unit premiered directive October 3, 2006, revel in the Merged Kingdom rearender Bravo; arraignment October 11, 2006, pretense Australia representation the Septet Network, concentrate on on FOX8 and Field on Foxtel/Austar p
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| Jonas Blane | |
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| Portrayed by Dennis Haysbert | |
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| Biographical information | |
Name | Sergeant Major Jonas Blane |
Also Known As | Top, Snake Doctor, Snake Doc |
Status | Alive |
Origin | America |
Profession | U.S. Army Special Forces |
Spouse(s) | Molly Blane |
Children | Betsy Blane |
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First appearance | First Responders |
Sergeant Major Jonas Blane (United States Army, callsign: Snake Doctor) is a fictional character on the CBS television series The Unit. He is portrayed by Dennis Haysbert, and in most cases, he is the main protagonist in the series. He is presumed to be in his 40's and has a daughter named Betsy Blane and a wife named Molly Blane.
Blane is a former Ranger and Green Beret, leading Alpha Team of the 1st Special Actions Group (official cover as the "303rd Logistical Studies Group"). He and his wife, Molly, have one daughter. He is competent in Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic, and Persian.
Jonas is Alpha Team's Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge. He is frequently referred to as Top by his team, and many members of his team try to do what he would do in any given situation.
During the series pilot of The Unit, Blane takes down a private jet
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Dennis Haysbert
American actor
Dennis Haysbert | |
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Haysbert in 2015 | |
| Born | Dennis Dexter Haysbert (1954-06-02) June 2, 1954 (age 70) San Mateo, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouses | Elena Simms (m. 1980; div. 1984)Lynn Griffith (m. 1989; div. 2001) |
| Children | 2 |
Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the Major League film trilogy, Secret Service agent Tim Collin in the political thriller film Absolute Power, Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the CBS military action drama series The Unit, God on the Netflix show Lucifer, and President David Palmer on the first five seasons of 24. He has also appeared in the films Love Field, Navy SEALS, Heat, Waiting to Exhale, and Far from Heaven, as well as the science fiction series Incorporated. He is currently the narrator for the A&E Network's American Justice television series.
Early life
[edit]Haysbert was born in San Mateo, California, the son of Gladys (née Minor), a homemaker and house cleaner, and Charles Whitney Haysbert Sr