Cast & creator
Eric Laneuville
Best known for The Mentalist, Grey's Anatomy, Hawaii Five-0
Eric Laneuville (born July 14, 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American television director, actor and martial artist. His first prominent acting roles were in the science-fiction film The Omega Man (1971) with Charlton Heston and the ABC television series Room 222 (1969–74). Although his role as Luther Hawkins in the television series St. Elsewhere is probably his best known role. He also starred in A Force of One playing Charlie, the stepson of Chuck Norris. In more recent years, he frequently directs such one-hour dramas as Ghost Whisperer and Lost.
Also known as: Eric Gerard Laneuville, Eric G. Laneuville, Eric L'aneville
37
film credits
96
television credits
36
1966–2021 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (133)
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The Mentalist
Director
2008
Grey's Anatomy
Director
2005
Hawaii Five-0
Director
2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
Director
2009
Chicago P.D.
Director
2014
Chicago Fire
Director
2012
FBI
Director
2018
Blue Bloods
Marcus Greene
2010Blue Bloods
Director
2010
Prison Break
Director
2005
Lost
Director
2004
Gilmore Girls
Director
2000
Grimm
Director
2011
Monk
Director
2002
Scrubs
Dr. Lamar
2001
Psych
Director
2006
Heroes
Director
2006
FBI: Most Wanted
Director
2020
Medium
Director
2005
Ghost Whisperer
Director
2005
ER
Director
1994
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Director
2013
NYPD Blue
Director
1993
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Director
2016
Quantum Leap
Director
1989
How to Get Away with Murder
Director
2014
L.A. Law
Director
1986
Hill Street Blues
1981Hill Street Blues
Wilbur Harmon
1981
Station 19
Director
2018
St. Elsewhere
Luther Hawkins
1982St. Elsewhere
Director
1982
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Vendor
1993
The Equalizer
Director
2021The Equalizer
Executive Producer
2021
Warehouse 13
Director
2009
Emergency!
Tim Johnson
1972
Lie to Me
Director
2009
Lethal Weapon
Director
2016
Revenge
Director
2011
Girlfriends
Director
2000
A Million Little Things
Director
2018
Eureka
Director
2006
The District
Director
2000
Everybody Hates Chris
Director
2005
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Director
1989
Royal Pains
Director
2009
American Dreams
Director
2002
Black Lightning
Director
2018
Body of Proof
Director
2011
The Rookies
1972
Rosewood
Director
2015
The Glades
Director
2010
The Partridge Family
Judge
1970
Zoo
Director
2015
My Wife and Kids
Director
2001
The Wonderful World of Disney
Director
1997
Sanford and Son
1972
Dream On
Director
1990
Room 222
1969
What's Happening!!
Kid
1976
Kevin Hill
Director
2004
Raising the Bar
Director
2008
The Client List
Director
2012
Mistresses
Director
2013
Head of the Class
Director
1986
Midnight Caller
Director
1988
Invasion
Director
2005
The White Shadow
Gordy
1978
Moonlight
Director
2007
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Bruce Dayton
1969
Hooperman
Director
1987
Nichols
Stove Boy
1971
I'll Fly Away
Director
1991
The Untouchables
Director
1993
TV 101
Director
1988
Bull
Director
2000Bull
Producer
2000CBS Playhouse
Macy Stander
1966
Wisdom of the Crowd
Director
2017
Reasonable Doubts
Director
1991
Trauma
Director
2009
Equal Justice
Director
1990
The Code
Director
2019
Six Degrees
Director
2006
Death Wish
Subway Station Mugger #2 (uncredited)
1974
Beverly Hills Buntz
Director
1987
Run, Joe, Run
1974
The Client List
Director
2010
Push
Director
1998
The Omega Man
Richie
1971
413 Hope St.
Producer
1997
California Fever
1979
Love at First Bite
Russell
1979
Pandora's Clock
Director
1996
Rescue 77
Director
1999Under One Roof
Director
1995
McKenna
Director
1994
Brand New Life
Director
1989
The Ernest Green Story
Director
1993
The George McKenna Story
Director
1988
Back Roads
Pinball Wizard
1981
A Force of One
Charlie Logan
1979Popi
Bat Masterson
1976
A Piece of the Action
Gerald
1977
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Director
1994A Case for Life
Director
1996
Black Belt Jones
Quincy
1974
Someone She Knows
Director
1994
The Baltimore Bullet
Purvis
1980
Trapped in a Purple Haze
Director
2000
Secret Witness
Director
1988
If Someone Had Known
Director
1995
Scared Straight! Another Story
James
1980
L.A. Confidential
Director
2003
Naughty or Nice
Director
2004The Knife and Gun Club
Director
1990
America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story
Director
2003
Twisted Desire
Det. Daniels
1996
Twice in a Lifetime
Lewis
1974
Critical Assembly
Director
2003Bar Girls
Director
1990
Stolen Babies
Director
1993
Murder and the Computer
Mitch
1973
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
Lamont
1974
Sunnyside
Gearbox
1979
Born Into Exile
Director
1997The Omega Man: Introduction
2003
Rewrite for Murder
Director
1991
Staying Afloat
Shelter Attendant
1993Staying Afloat
Director
1993
Foster & Laurie
Max
1975
The Mighty Pawns
Director
1987