Eriq La Salle (born July 23, 1962) is an American actor and director, known for Coming to America and ER.

KNOWN FOR

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2007
Law & Order
2022
Saturday Night Live
1986
Chicago P.D.
2016
24
2010
FBI
2024
Lucifer
2016
Chicago Med
2016
ER
1994
CSI: NY
2010
Once Upon a Time
2016
Without a Trace
2006

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
51
Directing
26
Producing
5
2025
On Call
as Sergeant Lasman
2022
A Second Chance at Love
as Jack Roberts
2022
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2017
Logan
as Will Munson
2016
Angie Tribeca
as Dr. Brainerd
2015
Under the Dome
as Hektor Martin
2012
Blackout
as George
2011
Blackout
as George
2010
24
as UN Secretary General
2009
MegaFault
as Charley 'Boomer' Baxter
2009
Relative Stranger
as Walter Clemons
2007
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Self
2006
Johnny Was
as Julius
2006
Without a Trace
as Aaron Gibbs
2005
Inside Out
as Doctor Peoples
2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self - Presenter
2004
Retrosexual: The '80s
as (archive footage)
2003
Biker Boyz
as Tariq "Slick Will" (uncredited)
2003
The Twilight Zone
as Ray Ellison
2002
One Hour Photo
as James Van Der Zee
2002
Crazy As Hell
2001
Ultimate Jordan
as Narrator
1999
Mind Prey
as Lucas Davenport
1998
The Larry Sanders Show
as Eriq La Salle
1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Diego
1996
Michael Jordan: Above and Beyond
as Narrator
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1994
Color of Night
as Anderson
1994
Drop Squad
as Bruford Jamison Jr
1994
ER: 24 Hours
as Peter Benton
1994
ER
as Peter Benton
1993
Empty Cradle
as Detective Knoll
1992
Quantum Leap
as Bobby Lee
1992
The Human Factor
as Michael Stoven
1991
Murder in Oakland
as Eric
1991
Eyes of a Witness
as Mchumbo
1991
ScreenPlay
as Eric
1990
Jacob's Ladder
as Frank
1990
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
as Jack Spade
1990
A Different World
as Professor Paul Mann
1989
Magic Moments
as Dancing Guy (uncredited)
1989
When We Were Young
as Virgil Hawkins
1988
Coming to America
as Darryl Jenks
1988
What Price Victory
as Trumayne James
1987
Five Corners
as Samuel Kemp
1986
Where are the Children?
as Deputy Bernie Miles
1986
Teen Father
as Charlie
1986
Saturday Night Live
as Smoker (uncredited)
1985
Cut and Run
as Fargas
1985
Rappin'
as Ice
1985
Out of the Darkness
as Bobby