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Alias Name(s): Eriq LaSalle, Erik LaSalle
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Birthday: 7-23-1962
Birth Name: Erik Ki La Salle
Eriq La Salle La Salle is one of four children. He has a B.F.A. Degree in theatre from New York University. In adition, he studied two years at Juillard. La Salle acted in many plays on and off brodway. His big break came when he played "Mike Rivers" in the soap opera One Life to Live in 1968. Following that he moved to LA and began acting on television.

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Thursday 3 April 2008 on Syndicated

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Happy Birthday to Eriq.

La Salle turns 44 today. Read more »
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Eriq has been nominated for 5 SAG awards. From 1997-2001 he was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for his work on ER. He won in 1997, 1998 and 1999. (edit)
Eriq played Darryl Jenks in the Eddie Murphy movie Coming to America in which he sported a "jheri curl". (edit)
While on ER, Eriq appeared in six NBC The More You Know public service announcements on the topics of drug abuse, child abuse, family violence, mentoring, teacher appreciation, and violence prevention. (edit)
Eriq shares a birthday with Slash, the guitarist for Guns N' Roses, and professional baseball player Nomar Garciaparra. (edit)
Eriq did some on and off Broadway work to support himself until he became established as an actor. (edit)

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Eriq La Salle: Acting, directing and producing in a film when you have no budget and only nineteen days makes it extremely, extremely difficult. (edit)
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