La SALLE, Eriq 1962–
(Eric La Salle)

PERSONAL

Original name, Erik Ki La Salle; born July 23, 1962, in Hartford, CT; foster son of Ada Haynes. Education: Studied at Juilliard School, beginning 1982; New York University, B.F.A., theatre, 1984, and graduate study. Avocational Interests: Billiards, table tennis, martial arts, weight lifting, watching boxing matches.

Addresses: Office— Humble Journey Films, 228 South Beverly Dr., 2nd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Agent— Stephen Small, Writers and Artists Agency, 8383 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 550, Los Angeles, CA 90211. Manager— Nine Yards Entertainment, 9530 Wilshire Blvd., 6th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career: Actor, director, producer, and writer. Humble Journey Films, founder and partner, beginning 1997.

Awards, Honors: Actor awards, outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series (with others), 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998, Emmy Award nominations, outstanding supporting actor in a drama series, 1995, 1997, and 1998, Image Award nominations, outstanding actor in a drama series, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2001, Image awards, 1999, 2000, and 2002, Screen Actors Guild Awards, outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series (with others), 1997, 1998, and 1999, and Golden Globe Award nomination, best supporting actor in a series, miniseries, or motion picture, 1998, all for ER; Black Reel Award, best independent actor in a theatrical film, 2003, for Crazy As Hell; awards for short films from Worldfest Houston and the USA Film Festival.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Mariah (also known as Equations ), ABC, 1987.

Charles Thompson, Another World (also known as Another World: Bay City ), 1987.

Gideon Oliver, ABC, 1989.

Michael Stoven, The Human Factor, CBS, 1992.

LeBlanc, Under Suspicion, CBS, 1994–1995.

Dr. Peter Benton, ER (also known as Emergency Room ), NBC, 1994–2002.

Appeared as Mike Rivers, One Life to Live, ABC.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Out of the Darkness, CBS, 1985.

Trumayne James, What Price Victory? (also known as Hail Alma Mater and The Price of Victory ), ABC, 1988.

Virgil Hawkins, When We Were Young (also known as That Magic Moment ), NBC, 1989.

Dancing guy, Magic Moments, 1989.

Mchumbo, Eyes of a Witness (also known as Circumstantial Evidence ), CBS, 1991.

Detective Knoll, Empty Cradle, ABC, 1993.

Diego Taylor, Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat " Manigault (also known as Rebound ), HBO, 1996.

Lucas Davenport, Mind Prey (also known as John Sandford's Mind Prey ), ABC, 1999.

Also appeared in Angel of Harlem, HBO; and Leg Work.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Charlie, "Teen Father," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1986.

K. C., "The Mine," Vietnam War Story, HBO, 1987.

Host, Life in the Fat Lane II, NBC, 1995.

Fifty Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary, HBO, 1997.

Himself, Larry King Meets ER, TNT, 1998.

Teen Files: The Truth about Hate, UPN, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Jeffrey Miller, "Angel of Desolation," Spenser: For Hire, ABC, 1986.

Derek D., "Codes," Knightwatch, 1988.

Professor Paul Mann, "The Power of the Pen," A Different World, NBC, 1990.

Mark Hastings, Jr., "Winner Takes All," B. L. Stryker, ABC, 1990.

Kenny, "Speak, Lawyers, for Me," L.A. Law, NBC, 1991.

(As Eric La Salle) Bobby Lee, "A Song for the Soul—April 7, 1963," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1992.

Voice, Adventures from the Book of Virtues (animated), PBS, 1996.

Guest, Late Show with David Letterman, 1996, 1999.

Himself, "Beverly's Secret," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1998.

Voice, Jazz, PBS, 2001.

Ray Ellison, "Memphis," The Twilight Zone, UPN, 2003.

Appeared in episodes of The More You Know and The Museum of Television and Radio: Influences, Bravo; guest on The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated; also appeared in a talk show broadcast on Black Entertainment Television, 1999.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Jack Spade, Hammer, Slammer, and Slade, ABC, 1990.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 1995.

Presenter, The 18th Annual CableACE Awards, TNT, 1996.

The 1996 Essence Awards, Fox, 1996.

Presenter, The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1996.

The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, CBS, 1997.

Host, The 1998 Essence Awards, Fox, 1998.

The 31st Annual NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 2000.

The 32nd NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 2001.

Television Work; Movies:

Director, Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat " Manigault (also known as Rebound ), HBO, 1996.

Producer, Mind Prey (also known as John Sandford's Mind Prey ), ABC, 1999.

Also directed Angel of Harlem, HBO.

Television Director; Episodic:

"The More Things Change" (pilot episode), Soul Food, Showtime, 2000.

"Memphis," The Twilight Zone, UPN, 2003.

Film Appearances:

Ice, Rappin', Cannon, 1985.

Fargas, Inferno in diretta (also known as Amazon: Savage Adventure, Cut and Run, and Straight to Hell ), Racing Pictures, 1985.

Deputy Bernie Miles, Where Are the Children?, Columbia/TriStar, 1986.

Samuel Kemp, Five Corners, Handmade Films, 1987.

Darryl Jenks, Coming to America (also known as Prince in New York ), Paramount, 1988.

Frank, Jacob's Ladder (also known as Dante's Inferno ), TriStar, 1990.

Bruford Jamison, Jr., Drop Squad (also known as DROP Squad ), Gramercy, 1994.

Detective Anderson, Color of Night, Buena Vista, 1994.

Psalms from the Underground (short film), Humble Journey Films, 1996.

Detective James Van Der Zee, One Hour Photo, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.

The man, Crazy As Hell, Artistic License/Loose Screw Films, 2002.

(Uncredited) Tariq "Slick Will," Biker Boyz, Dream-Works, 2003.

Film Producer:

(And director) Psalms from the Underground (short film), Humble Journey Films, 1996.

(And director) Crazy As Hell, Artistic License/Loose Screw Films, 2002.

The Salton Sea, Warner Bros., 2002.

Producer and director of other short films.

Stage Appearances:

Olunde, Death and the King's Horseman, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1987.

Sterling, Two Trains Running, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1992–1993.

Appeared in Shakespeare in the Park productions, New York City; also appeared in Broadway and off–Broadway productions.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Narrator, Michael Jordan, Above and Beyond, 1996.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Psalms from the Underground (short film), Humble Journey Films, 1996.

(With others) Crazy As Hell, Artistic License/Loose Screw Films, 2002.

Television Episodes:

"Memphis," The Twilight Zone, UPN, 2003.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 12, Gale, 1996.

Newsmakers 1996, Gale, 1996.

Periodicals:

Ebony, August, 1999, p. 52.

Entertainment Weekly, May 16, 1997, p. 94.

Essence, July, 1995, p. 54.

Jet, February 17, 1997, pp. 56–59.

People Weekly, May 20, 1996, p. 78.