• Eriq La Salle is an American actor, director and producer who starred for 8 years as Dr. Peter Benson on the Emmy Award-winning television show E.R.. La Salle is returning to direct an episode of the show, which is in its 15th and final season. His episode is scheduled to air in February 2009TVGuide.com: Eriq La Salle Back in the ER — to Direct

  • Notable Roles

  • Acting Career

    Eriq La Salle began his career in New York City, appearing on Broadway in Death and the King, and in such films as Coming to America and Jacob's Ladder. He had consistent work on the CBS soap opera One Life to Live as well, but eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he landed a role on E.R.NBC.com: Eriq La Salle Biography La Salle's extensive resume also includes appearances in the television shows A Different World, Quantum Leap and The Twilight Zone as well as the films Color of Night and One Hour Photo.

  • Directing Career

    La Salle also has experience behind the camera, and has directed episodes for such television shows as Without a Trace and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as well as the 2002 film Crazy as Hell, in which he also starred alongside Sinbad and John C. McGinley.

  • E.R.

    E.R. is a long-running NBC television show that follows the lives of a group of doctors and nurses working in the emergency room at a Chicago hospital. La Salle played Dr. Peter Benton for the show's first 8 seasons and received 3 Emmy nominations.

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