Cast & creator
Eriq La Salle
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Saturday Night Live
Eriq La Salle (born July 23, 1962) is an American actor and director, known for Coming to America and ER.
Also known as: Eric LaSalle, Erik Ki La Salle , Eriq Lasalle , Eriq LaSalle, اریک لا سال
39
film credits
43
television credits
51
1975–2025 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (82)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Director
1999
Law & Order
Director
1990
Saturday Night Live
Smoker (uncredited)
1975
Chicago P.D.
Director
2014Chicago P.D.
Executive Producer
2014Chicago P.D.
Co-Executive Producer
2014
24
UN Secretary General
2001
FBI
Director
2018
Chicago Med
Director
2015
Lucifer
Director
2016
Once Upon a Time
Director
2011
CSI: NY
Director
2004
Without a Trace
Aaron Gibbs
2002Without a Trace
Director
2002
ER
Peter Benton
1994ER
Director
1994
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Quantum Leap
Bobby Lee
1989
Madam Secretary
Director
2014
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Director
2021
A Different World
Professor Paul Mann
1987
The Larry Sanders Show
Eriq La Salle
1992
Under the Dome
Hektor Martin
2013Under the Dome
Director
2013
Rosewood
Director
2015
Angie Tribeca
Dr. Brainerd
2016
The Twilight Zone
Ray Ellison
2002The Twilight Zone
Director
2002
The Librarians
Director
2014
ScreenPlay
Eric
1986
Logan
Will Munson
2017
The Night Shift
Director
2014
On Call
Sergeant Lasman
2025On Call
Executive Producer
2025On Call
Director
2025
Coming to America
Darryl Jenks
1988
Crisis
Director
2014
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
Jacob's Ladder
Frank
1990
Battle Creek
Director
2015
Color of Night
Anderson
1994
Soul Food
Director
2000
One Hour Photo
James Van Der Zee
2002
A Gifted Man
Director
2011
The Messengers
Director
2015
The Salton Sea
Producer
2002
Biker Boyz
Tariq "Slick Will" (uncredited)
2003The Human Factor
Michael Stoven
1992Retrosexual: The '80s
(archive footage)
2004
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
2005
A Second Chance at Love
Jack Roberts
2022
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Diego
1996Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Director
1996
Blackout
George
2012
Blackout
George
2011
Where are the Children?
Deputy Bernie Miles
1986
Cut and Run
Fargas
1985
MegaFault
Charley 'Boomer' Baxter
2009
Five Corners
Samuel Kemp
1987
Mind Prey
Lucas Davenport
1999
When We Were Young
Virgil Hawkins
1989
Notes from Dad
Director
2013
Johnny Was
Julius
2006
Out of the Darkness
Bobby
1985
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Self
2007
Crazy As Hell
2002Crazy As Hell
Director
2002Crazy As Hell
Producer
2002
ER: 24 Hours
Peter Benton
1994
Michael Jordan: Above and Beyond
Narrator
1996Eyes of a Witness
Mchumbo
1991
Teen Father
Charlie
1986
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Jack Spade
1990
Inside Out
Doctor Peoples
2005
Rappin'
Ice
1985
Drop Squad
Bruford Jamison Jr
1994
What Price Victory
Trumayne James
1988
Relative Stranger
Walter Clemons
2009
Murder in Oakland
Eric
1991
Empty Cradle
Detective Knoll
1993
Ultimate Jordan
Narrator
2001
Magic Moments
Dancing Guy (uncredited)
1989