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Eriq La Salle

Actor / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Film Director | * 07/23/1962 (61) | Hartford, Connecticut (United States of America (USA))
Erik Ki La Salle (born July 23, 1962), professionally known as Eriq La Salle, is an American actor, director, writer and producer. La Salle is best known for his performance in the film Coming to America (1988) and especially as Dr. Peter Benton in the NBC medical drama ER (1994–2002; 2008–2009) which earned him three NAACP Image Awards and nominations for a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards. ()

Eriq La Salle (born July 23, 1962) is an American actor and director, known for Coming to America and ER.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prin ...

Coming to America

FSK: 12+ years

1988 | 3.4/5 | 1h 57min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believ ...

One Hour Photo

FSK: 12+ years

2002 | 3.3/5 | 1h 36min
Drama, Thriller
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In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives ...

Logan

FSK: 16+ years

2017 | 3.9/5 | 2h 17min
Action, Drama, Science Fiction
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ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room. ...

ER

FSK: 16+ years

1994 | 3.9/5 | 45min per episode
Drama
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Movies with Eriq La Salle as Actor(30)

as Jack Roberts2022 A Second Chance at Love
as Will Munson2017 Logan
as George2012 Blackout
as Walter Clemons2009 Relative Stranger
as Charley 'Boomer' Baxter2009 MegaFault
as himself2007 King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Julius2006 Johnny Was
as Doctor Peoples2005 Inside Out
as Tariq "Slick Will" (uncredited)2003 Biker Boyz
as Det. James Van Der Zee2002 One Hour Photo
2002 Crazy As Hell
as Narrator2001 Ultimate Jordan
as Lucas Davenport1999 Mind Prey
as Narrator1996 Michael Jordan, Above and Beyond
as Diego1996 Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Bruford Jamison Jr1994 Drop Squad
as Anderson1994 Color of Night
as Detective Knoll1993 Empty Cradle
as Mchumbo1991 Eyes of a Witness
as Frank1990 Jacob's Ladder
as Jack Spade1990 Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
as Virgil Hawkins1989 When We Were Young
as Dancing Guy (uncredited)1989 Magic Moments
as Darryl Jenks1988 Coming to America
as Trumayne James1988 What Price Victory
as Samuel Kemp1987 Five Corners
as Deputy Bernie Miles1986 Where Are the Children?
as Fargas1985 Cut and Run
as Bobby1985 Out of the Darkness
as Ice1985 Rappin

TV Shows/Series with Eriq La Salle as Actor(13)

as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as Movie excerpt (archiveFootage)2018 Все Работы Хороши
as Hektor Martin2013 Under the Dome
2004 Retrosexual: The '80s
as Ray Ellison2002 The Twilight Zone
as Aaron Gibbs2002 Without a Trace
as himself1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Peter Benton1994 ER
as himself1992 The Larry Sanders Show
1992 The Human Factor
as Michael Stoven1992 The Human Factor
as Bobby Lee1989 Quantum Leap
1987 A Different World

Movies with Eriq La Salle as Crew(5)

Directing/Director2013 Notes from Dad
Production/Producer2002 The Salton Sea
Directing/Director2002 Crazy As Hell
Production/Producer2002 Crazy As Hell
Directing/Director1996 Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

TV Shows/Series with Eriq La Salle as Crew(20)

Directing/Director2021 Law & Order: Organized Crime
Directing/Director2016 Lucifer
Directing/Director2015 Battle Creek
Directing/Director2015 Rosewood
Directing/Director2015 The Messengers
Directing/Director2015 Chicago Med
Directing/Director2014 The Librarians
Directing/Director2014 Chicago P.D.
Production/Executive Producer2014 Chicago P.D.
Production/Co-Executive Producer2014 Chicago P.D.
Directing/Director2014 Crisis
Directing/Director2014 The Night Shift
Directing/Director2014 Madam Secretary
Directing/Director2013 Under the Dome
Directing/Director2004 CSI: NY
Directing/Director2002 The Twilight Zone
Directing/Director2002 Without a Trace
Directing/Director2000 Soul Food
Directing/Director1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Directing/Director1994 ER

Additional Information

Official websites:
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Full Name: Eriq La Salle
Born: Monday, 07/23 1962 (July) in Hartford, Connecticut (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 61 years + 268 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Juilliard School, New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Other names for Eriq La Salle (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Eric LaSalle"
"Erik Ki La Salle"
"Eriq Lasalle"
"Eriq LaSalle"
Eriq La Salle frequently works together with these people:
Dick Wolf (19x, Crew)
Matt Olmstead (12x, Crew)
Timothy Busfield (9x, Actor)
Deborah Pratt (9x, Actress)
Jonathan Strauss (9x, Crew)
Arthur W. Forney (9x, Crew)
Neal Baer (9x, Crew)
Oz Scott (9x, Crew)
Donald P. Bellisario (8x, Crew)
Debbie Allen (8x, Actress)
Lou Martini Jr. (8x, Actor)
James Mangold (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:28297, Added: 05/08/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024