Eriq La Salle
Birth name	Erik Ki La Salle
Born	July 23, 1962 (age 44) Hartford, Connecticut,  United States
Notable roles	Darryl Jenks in Coming to America Dr. Peter Benton in ER

Eriq La Salle (born July 23, 1962 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American actor and director, best known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film Coming to America and Dr. Peter Benton during the first eight seasons of the NBC drama series ER. July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Coming to America is a 1988 comedy film directed by John Landis. ... Dr. Peter Benton was a fictional surgeon on the television series ER from season one through season eight. ... ER is a long-running American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Film directors from the United States. ... Coming to America is a 1988 comedy film directed by John Landis. ... Dr. Peter Benton was a fictional surgeon on the television series ER from season one through season eight. ... NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... ER is a long-running American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ...

Eriq La Salle directed & starred in the movie Crazy As Hell. Released in 2002 (New York & L.A. only), Crazy as Hell is a horror suspense film which follows Dr. Ty Adams - an aggressive & overly confident psychiatrist (played by Michael Beach) who is producing a documentary film about a nearby state-run Mental Hospital. ...

He has also performed in movies such as One Hour Photo and has also directed for Soul Food: The Series on Showtime. Most recently La Salle was seen playing a Jamaican gangster in the acclaimed independent film Johnny Was[1] opposite Vinnie Jones, Samantha Mumba, Lennox Lewis, and Roger Daltrey. La Salle lived in Belfast for four weeks filming the movie, which he supported recently at the North American premiere of the film, at the American Black Film Festival in Miami. One Hour Photo (2002) is an American psychological thriller written and directed by Mark Romanek and starring Robin Williams. ... Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Vincent Peter Jones (born 5 January 1965 in Watford) is an English born footballer (although he later represented Wales) turned actor. ... Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba (born January 18, 1983) is a Grammy Award Nominated Irish singer, actress and sometime model. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born 1 March 1944) is a rock vocalist, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of The Who, an English rock band. ... This article is about the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. ... Nickname: The Magic City Location in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida. ...

He has recently directed and made a cameo in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC...

Early life

Eriq La Salle was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut as one of four children. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Career

La Salle received a BFA in theater arts from New York University's graduate theater program in 1984, after studying for two years at Juilliard. Just before his graduation he was cast in the first of several productions for Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park theater company. Soon after he found continuous acting work on Broadway, off-Broadway and in the daytime TV drama One Life to Live as reporter Mike Rivers. The Bachelor of Fine Arts, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ... The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory in New York City, informally but definitively identified as simply Juilliard, and most famous for its musically-trained alumni. ... Joseph Papp (1921 - 1991) was an American theatre producer and director. ... One Life to Live (OLTL) is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC television network since July 15, 1968. ...

External link

• Eriq La Salle at the Internet Movie Database