Eriq La Salle
Biography
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Eriq La Salle works across screen and stage as an actor, director, writer and producer. After two years at Juilliard and a BFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, he began in New York theater, including Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park staging of Henry V, and played a reporter on the daytime drama One Life to Live. He appeared as Darryl Jenks in Coming to America (1988), then spent eight seasons on ER as Dr. Peter Benton, winning three NAACP Image Awards and receiving Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy nominations. His film work includes Biker Boyz (2003), where he made a cameo as mechanic Slick Will, and the superhero feature Logan (2017), in which he played Will Munson. He has also directed television, starting with the HBO film Rebound: The Legend of Earl the Goat Manigault (1996), and published the 2012 novel Laws of Depravity.
64years old
Turns 65 on July 23in 279 days
- Born Hartford
- Star sign: LeoFirst day of the sign, on the Cancer cusp
- Also credited as Erik Ki La Salle
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 33 years1984 to 2017
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First role
When La Salle graduated from NYU, Joseph Papp cast him in a Shakespeare in the Park production of Henry V.
Behind the camera
La Salle's first directing job came in 1996, on the HBO made-for-TV movie Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault. Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones and Forest Whitaker starred in it.
Early training
La Salle spent two years in Group 13 of the Juilliard School's Drama Division, then earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1984 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Eriq La Salle movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together1 more actor
- Michael RalphRebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) and Drop Squad (1994)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Eriq La Salle's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.0 billion
10 of the 12 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 12 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$619M59.9% of the total
- 2$289M27.9% of the total
- 3$52M5.0% of the total
- 4$26M2.5% of the total
- 5$24M2.3% of the total
- 6$20M1.9% of the total
- 7$2.9M0.3% of the total
- 8$969K0.1% of the total
$1.1 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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