Eriq La Salle was born July 23.La
Salle was born and raised in Hartford, Conn., one of four children.
In 1984, after studying for two years at Juilliard,
he received a B.F.A. in theater arts from New York University's graduate
theater program. Just before his graduation he was cast in the first of
several productions for Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park theater
company. Weeks later he landed his first feature-film role, in a low-budget
Italian movie shot in Florida. He soon found continuous acting work on
Broadway, off-Broadway and in the daytime TV drama "One Life to Live"
as reporter Mike Rivers
In 1991 La Salle moved to Los Angeles to co-star
(with John Mahoney of NBC's "Frasier") in "The Human Factor,"
a series that lasted less than a year. He piled up TV credits by guest-starring
on "L.A. Law," "Quantum Leap" and "A Different
World" as well as in the "HBO Vietnam War Stories." Among
his TV-movie credits are "Empty Cradle," "Circumstantial
Evidence," "What Price Victory?" and "Leg Work."
His feature films include "Coming to America," "Five Corners,"
"Jacob's Ladder," "The Color of Night" (starring Bruce
Willis) and, most recently, "D.R.O.P. Squad" (of which Spike
Lee was the executive producer). On stage he appeared in "Two Trains
Running" at the Goodman Theatre.
La Salle is also making his mark in Hollywood as a director of film and
television projects. He directed "Psalms from the Underground,"
a 35-minute feature film in which he also starred, as well as the HBO
movie "Angel of Harlem," a story about legendary athlete Earl
Manigault, whose drug addiction destroyed his promising basketball career.
He also wrote, directed and produced two short films that won awards at
the Worldfest Houston film competition and the USA Film Festival.
Eriq enjoys working out, shooting pool and cooking.(His
favorite is seafood lasagna)
Filmography
Biker Boyz (2003) .... Tariq
Crazy as Hell (2002) .... The Man
One Hour Photo (2002) .... Det. James Van Der Zee
Mind Prey (1999) (TV) .... Lucas Davenport
Psalms from the Underground (1996)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) (TV) .... Diego
... aka Rebound (1996) (TV)
"ER" (1994) TV Series .... Dr. Peter Benton (1994-2001)
Drop Squad (1994) .... Bruford Jamison Jr
ER (1994) (TV) .... Dr. Peter Benton
"Under Suspicion" (1994) TV Series .... LeBlanc
Color of Night (1994) .... Detective Anderson
Empty Cradle (1993) (TV) .... Detective Knoll
"Human Factor, The" (1992) TV Series .... Michael Stoven
Eyes of a Witness (1991) (TV) .... Mchumbo
Jacob's Ladder (1990) .... Frank
... aka Dante's Inferno (1990)
When We Were Young (1989) (TV) .... Virgil Hawkins
... aka That Magic Moment (1989) (TV)
Magic Moments (1989) (TV) .... Dancing Guy
"Gideon Oliver" (1989) TV Series
Coming to America (1988) .... Darryl Jenks
... aka Prince in New York (1988) (Europe: video title English title)
What Price Victory (1988) (TV) .... Trumayne James
"Another World" (1964) TV Series .... Charles Thompson (1987)
... aka "Another World: Bay City" (1964)
Five Corners (1987) .... Samuel Kemp
Where Are the Children? (1986) .... Deputy Bernie Miles
Inferno in diretta (1985) .... Fargas
... aka Amazon: Savage Adventure (1985)
... aka Cut and Run (1985) (USA)
... aka Straight to Hell (1985) (International: literal title English
title)
Rappin' (1985) .... Ice
Out of the Darkness (1985/I) (TV)
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