Eriq La Salle Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$25,000,000

Eriq La Salle is a Famous American actor, director, producer, and writer whose net worth is $25 million. He is well known for his role in the American medical drama TV series “ER” as Dr. Peter Benton, for which he received three NAACP awards along with Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. La Salle has also directed episodes of several TV series including “Chicago Med,” “CSI: Cyber,” and “The Night Shift.”

Key facts:

Eriq La Salle is an actor, director, producer, and writer.

He is best known for his role as Dr. Peter Benton on the medical drama TV series 'ER', for which he received several NAACP Image Awards, Emmy, and Golden Globe nominations.

Behind the camera, he has directed several episodes of popular TV shows, including 'Chicago Med', 'CSI: Cyber', and 'The Night Shift'.

In the late 80s, La Salle had significant roles in films such as 'Coming to America,' and in the 90s appeared in movies like 'Jacob's Ladder', 'Drop Squad', and 'Color of Night.'

After 'ER,' he stayed busy with guest roles on shows such as '24,' 'The Twilight Zone,' and 'How to Make it in America.'

Basic Information About Eriq La Salle

Category	Celebrities › Actors
Professions	Actor, Television Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Film director
Net worth	$25,000,000
Date of birth	1962-07-23 (62 years old)
Place of birth	Hartford
Nationality	United States of America
Gender	Male
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Eriq La Salle win?

Oscar	Golden Globe	Golder Raspberry	BAFTA	Other
0	0	0	0	10

Eriq La Salle awards

Award Name	State	Movie / Series Name	Year
Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series	Nominee	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	2009
Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Nominee	ER	2000
Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Winner	ER	1997
Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Nominee	ER	1995
Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	Winner	ER	2002
Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	Nominee	ER	2001
Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	Winner	ER	2000
Image Award - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Winner	ER	1999
OFTA TV Hall of Fame - Television Programs	Winner	ER	2014
Magnolia Award - Best Supporting Actor	Winner	ER	1996

Eriq La Salle roles

Movie / Series	Role
Jacob's Ladder	Frank
Coming to America	Darryl Jenks
Logan	Will Munson
One Hour Photo	Det. James Van Der Zee
Color of Night	Anderson
Biker Boyz	Tariq 'Slick Will' (uncredited)
Under the Dome	Director
Under the Dome	Hektor Martin 5 episodes, 2015
Quantum Leap	Bobby Lee 1 episode, 1992
Once Upon a Time	Director
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Director
Covert Affairs	Christopher McAuley 1 episode, 2010
Chicago P.D.	Director
ER	Director
ER	Peter Benton / ... 171 episodes, 1994-2009
A Different World	Prof. Paul Mann 1 episode, 1990
CSI: NY	Director
Law & Order: Organized Crime	Director
The Messengers	Director
Battle Creek	Director
Ringer	Director
The Larry Sanders Show	Eriq La Salle 1 episode, 1998
24	UN Secretary General 2 episodes, 2010
How to Make It in America	Everton Thompson 3 episodes, 2011
Spenser: For Hire	Jeffrey Miller 1 episode, 1986
Leg Work	Goro Asato 1 episode, 1987
CSI: Cyber	Director
The Twilight Zone	Director
The Twilight Zone	Writer
The Twilight Zone	Ray Ellison 1 episode, 2003
Crisis	Director
The Night Shift	Director
Murder in the First	Director
Madam Secretary	Director
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Self 1 episode, 1995
Lucifer	Director
One Life to Live	Mike Rivers 1 episode, 1986
Another World	Charles Thompson 1 episode, 1987
The Librarians	Director
Training Day	Director
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest 1 episode, 1999
L.A. Law	Kenny Webster 1 episode, 1991

Eriq La Salle's Movie/Shows Salary

Movie / Series	Salary
ER (1994)	$27,000,000 (for 3 seasons - 1999-2002)

Eriq La Salle's Quotes

The Sixth Sense is not a good white film. Insomnia is not a good white film. They're just good films. So why we can't we have good films that happen to have black people, or Asian, or Latino, or any other minority group in them?
It's my company and I believe in the company that's why I started it.
I think American cinema, particularly, has become so disposable. It's not even cinema, It's just moviemaking.
Art should offend people because art should challenge people.
Normally, we see characters that have God complexes. How interesting, I thought, it would be to capitalize on that. And say, OK, well fine, you have a God complex, well this person has a Satan complex. And the doctor chooses to treat him scientifically.

Interesting Facts about Eriq La Salle

Skilled in martial arts.
Wrote, directed and produced two short films that won awards at the Worldfest Houston film competition and the USA Film Festival.
Auditioned for the role of Ben in Night of the Living Dead (1990).
BFA in Drama - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1984)
He was nominated for a 1993 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for "Two Trains Running" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Friends with Michael Beach.