Eriq La Salle(I)

Actor
Producer
Director

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Johnny Was (2006)

Born and raised in Hartford, CT, as one of four children. Studied two years at Juilliard and graduated from New York University graduate theater program with a B.F.A. degree in theater. Meanwhile he participated in the first of Joseph Papp's Shakespeare productions at the Park theater company. Later he supported himself by acting on and off Broadway and as "Mike Rivers" in the soap One Life to Live (1968). After that he moved to L.A. to guest-star in numerous TV series and TV movies.

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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 9 wins & 18 nominations total

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Noah Wyle, Eriq La Salle, and Sherry Stringfield in ER (1994)

Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal, and Quincy Fouse in Logan (2017)

Patrick Stewart and Eriq La Salle in Logan (2017)

Patrick Stewart, Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal, Hugh Jackman, Dafne Keen, and Quincy Fouse in Logan (2017)

Eriq La Salle and Hugh Jackman in Logan (2017)

Robin Williams and Eriq La Salle in One Hour Photo (2002)

Eriq La Salle, Allie McCulloch, and Gia Mantegna in Under the Dome (2013)

Eriq La Salle, Dean Norris, and Mackenzie Lintz in Under the Dome (2013)

Known for

George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, and Goran Visnjic in ER (1994)

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TV Series

Peter Benton

Coming to America

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Darryl Jenks

1988

Logan

8.1

Will Munson

2017

One Hour Photo

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Det. James Van Der Zee

2002

Credits

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Actor

A Second Chance at Love
- Jack Roberts
- TV Movie
- 2022
Logan
- Will Munson
- 2017
Angie Tribeca
- Dr. Brainerd
- TV Series
- 2016
Under the Dome
- Hektor Martin
- TV Series
- 2015
Hollywood Help
- Police Officer
- TV Series
- 2013
Blackout
- George
- George Lumas
- TV Series
- 2012
A Gifted Man
- Evan 'E-Mo' Morris
- TV Series
- 2011–2012
How to Make It in America
- Everton Thompson
- TV Series
- 2011
Covert Affairs
- Christopher McAuley
- TV Series
- 2010
24
- UN Secretary General
- TV Series
- 2010
MegaFault
- Charley 'Boomer' Baxter
- TV Movie
- 2009
ER
- Peter Benton
- TV Series
- 1994–2009
Relative Stranger
- Walter Clemons
- TV Movie
- 2009
Without a Trace
- Aaron Gibbs
- TV Series
- 2006
Johnny Was
- Julius
- 2006

Producer

Director

First Kill
- Director (as Eriq LaSalle)
- TV Series
- 2022
Law & Order
- Director
- TV Series
- 2022
Law & Order: Organized Crime
- Director
- TV Series
- 2021
Chicago P.D.
- Director
- TV Series
- 2016–2021
The Librarians
- Director
- TV Series
- 2017
Training Day
- Director
- TV Series
- 2017
Chicago Med
- Director
- TV Series
- 2016–2017
The Quad
- Director
- TV Series
- 2017
APB
- Director
- TV Series
- 2017
Chicago Justice
- Director
- TV Series
- 2017
Murder in the First
- Director
- TV Series
- 2016
Once Upon a Time
- Director
- TV Series
- 2016
CSI: Cyber
- Director
- TV Series
- 2015–2016
Lucifer
- Director
- TV Series
- 2016
Rosewood
- Director
- TV Series
- 2015

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Official sites
- Facebook
- Facebook (Alternate)
Alternative names
- Eric LaSalle
Height
- 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
Born
- July 23, 1962
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Parents
- Ada Haynes
Other works
He acted in August Wilson's play, "Two Trains Running," at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, with Bellary Darden also in the cast.
Publicity listings
- 2 Articles

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Trivia
Wrote, directed and produced two short films that won awards at the Worldfest Houston film competition and the USA Film Festival.

Quotes
The Sixth Sense is not a good white film. Insomnia is not a good white film. They're just good films. So why we can't we have good films that happen to have black people, or Asian, or Latino, or any other minority group in them?