Eriq La Salle

Eriq La Salle

1962-07-23 Hartford, Connecticut, USA 37 Credits

Biography

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

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A Second Chance at Love

A Second Chance at Love

2022

as Jack Roberts

5.8
Acting

The film centers around Alicia and Arnold’s picture-perfect marriage, but underneath the surface, there is something amiss. Arnold is ready to grow th...

Logan

Logan

2017

as Will Munson

7.8
Acting

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and ...

Notes from Dad

Notes from Dad

2013

Director

5.8
Directing

Trumpet player Roy Allen starts anew as a music teacher in a school full of kids with little exposure to music. Roy connects with a talented virtuoso ...

Blackout sur Los Angeles

Blackout sur Los Angeles

2012

as George

7.2
Acting

After being charged with hacking into the Pentagon security system, computer-whiz Josh Martin is kidnapped during house arrest and delivered to a shad...

MegaFault

MegaFault

2009

as Charley 'Boomer' Baxter

5.3
Acting

When miner Charley 'Boomer' Baxter sets off a series of massive mining detonations in West Virginia, a gigantic earthquake is soon rocking the North A...

Relative Stranger

Relative Stranger

2009

as Walter Clemons

4.4
Acting

After the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned years earlier.

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

2007

as Self

8.5
Acting

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War documents the work Martin Luther King did in attempting to bring peace to people during the turmoil of the Vietnam...

Johnny Was

Johnny Was

2006

as Julius

4.4
Acting

Johnny Doyle escapes a violent past in Ireland to lie low in London, until his former mentor Flynn breaks out of Brixton Prison...

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

2005

as Self - Presenter

2.0
Acting

A one-hour, commercial-free benefit concert television special that aired simulcast worldwide on September 9, 2005, at 8 pm ET/CT live.

Inside Out

Inside Out

2005

as Doctor Peoples

5.5
Acting

Families in an idyllic suburban neighborhood are taunted by a mysterious doctor who moves in to town and spins a web of psychological chaos that chang...

Biker Boyz

Biker Boyz

2003

as Tariq "Slick Will" (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son", this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle clu...

Crazy As Hell

Crazy As Hell

2002

5.4
Acting

A famous psychiatrist (Ty Adams) takes on the job of trying to cure patients at the Sedah State Hospital, run by it's folksy doctor (Sam Delazo). All ...

Crazy As Hell

Crazy As Hell

2002

Director, Producer

5.4
Directing Producing

A famous psychiatrist (Ty Adams) takes on the job of trying to cure patients at the Sedah State Hospital, run by it's folksy doctor (Sam Delazo). All ...

One Hour Photo

One Hour Photo

2002

as Det. James Van Der Zee

6.7
Acting

Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy...

The Salton Sea

The Salton Sea

2002

Producer

6.6
Producing

After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriend...

Ultimate Jordan

Ultimate Jordan

2001

as Narrator

7.4
Acting

Marking 20 years since Michael Jordan's celebrated arrival in the NBA, this truly historic 3-disc Collector's Edition chronicles the amazing career of...

Mind Prey

Mind Prey

1999

as Lucas Davenport

6.0
Acting

A mentally deranged man takes his former psychiatrist and her two children hostage in revenge for the torment he feels he suffered while being incarce...

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996

as Diego

7.1
Acting

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison...

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996

Director

7.1
Directing

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison...

Michael Jordan: Above and Beyond

Michael Jordan: Above and Beyond

1996

as Narrator

7.4
Acting

"Michael Jordan Above and Beyond" provides a much-needed look at Michael Jordan's fantastic return from retirement in 1995. The first 20 minutes or so...

Drop Squad

Drop Squad

1994

as Bruford Jamison Jr

2.8
Acting

Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage. Spi...

Color of Night

Color of Night

1994

as Anderson

5.8
Acting

A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group and becomes embroiled in an intense a...

Empty Cradle

Empty Cradle

1993

as Detective Knoll

5.8
Acting

Jane Morgan gives birth to her baby at the hospital. When she wakes up the next morning, the hospital tells her, that her son died at birth. However f...

Murder in Oakland

Murder in Oakland

1991

as Eric

Acting

Oakland, California is the murder capital of the USA - there were 161 homicides in 1990 in a city the size of Cardiff. Blue and Eric are new additions...

Eyes of a Witness

1991

as Mchumbo

Acting

Roy Baxter is concerned for his daughter Christina's safety. She's working as a doctor among the Masai in Kenya. Poaching gangs are slaughtering prote...

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade

1990

as Jack Spade

Acting

After he retires from the police force, a veteran cop is framed for robbery but his friends, a rookie and three ex-cops, come to his rescue.

Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

1990

as Frank

7.4
Acting

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rap...

When We Were Young

When We Were Young

1989

as Virgil Hawkins

Acting

A group of young people in 1959 get ready to set out on their journey to adulthood.

Magic Moments

Magic Moments

1989

as Dancing Guy (uncredited)

4.0
Acting

A successful magician is approached to do a TV special, which he has not done before. He and the beautiful producer of the show fall in love with each...

Coming to America

Coming to America

1988

as Darryl Jenks

6.9
Acting

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise...

What Price Victory

What Price Victory

1988

as Trumayne James

Acting

What Price Victory is about the effect that unscrupulous college football recruiting practices have on two star high school athletes.

Five Corners

Five Corners

1987

as Samuel Kemp

5.8
Acting

A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who pr...

Where Are the Children?

Where Are the Children?

1986

as Deputy Bernie Miles

6.0
Acting

In Cape Cod, Missy and Michael, the two children of Nancy Eldridge, are kidnapped by a man who has disturbing intentions for them. Local police chief ...

Teen Father

Teen Father

1986

as Charlie

Acting

College bound 18-year-old has his life turned upside down when his 16-year-old girlfriend announce she is pregnant.

Out of the Darkness

Out of the Darkness

1985

as Bobby

6.4
Acting

A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked Ne...

Cut and Run

Cut and Run

1985

as Fargas

5.4
Acting

A reporter and her cameraman connect a surviving Jonestown leader and a TV exec's missing son to a drug war where jungle installations are being massa...

Rappin'

Rappin'

1985

as Ice

5.1
Acting

An ex-con and break-dancer helps save a neighborhood from a greedy developer while trying to win a rap contest.