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| Born | Eric Gerard Laneuville (1952-07-14)July 14, 1952 (age 73) New Orleans,Louisiana, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1968–present |
Eric Gerard Laneuville (born July 14, 1952) is an American television director, producer and actor. His first acting roles were in the science-fiction filmThe Omega Man (1971) withCharlton Heston, and the ABC television seriesRoom 222 (1970–1973). His role as Luther Hawkins in the television seriesSt. Elsewhere is his best known role. He also starred inA Force of One (1979) playing Charlie, the adopted son ofChuck Norris's character. Laneuville and Norris had previously appeared in an episode ofRoom 222. In more recent years, he frequently directs such one-hour dramas asBlue Bloods andNCIS: Los Angeles. He directedBody of Proof episode "Missing". He also appeared inLove at First Bite.
Laneuville was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Mildred, a guidance counselor, and Alexander Laneuville.[1] He began acting while attending Audubon Junior High School in theCrenshaw, Los Angeles, District. He often played juvenile characters younger than his own age. He appeared in several musicals staged at Audubon by drama teacher Mario Lomeli, includingBye Bye Birdie,Annie Get Your Gun, andOklahoma!. While taking drama courses at nearbySusan Miller Dorsey High School, Laneuville began acting professionally, co-starring as a troubled youth in an award-winning television movie and becoming a semi-regular cast member onRoom 222, including one episode in which he appeared with his futureForce of One co-star Chuck Norris. He appeared in three episodes ofSanford and Son as Esther's adopted son. In 1982, Laneuville landed the role of Luther Hawkins in the television seriesSt. Elsewhere. He stayed with the series until it ended in 1988.
In addition to his appearance inThe Omega Man (1971), Laneuville's other films includedBlack Belt Jones (1974),Death Wish (1974) oppositeCharles Bronson,Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue (1974),A Piece of the Action (1977),Love at First Bite (1979),A Force of One, (1979),The Baltimore Bullet (1980) andBack Roads (1981).
Laneuville began directing in 1984. His first directing assignments were for episodes ofSt. Elsewhere. He has subsequently directed episodes ofL.A. Law (1986),Quantum Leap (1989),Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990),NYPD Blue (1993),ER (1995),413 Hope St. (1997),Gilmore Girls (2004),Lie to Me (2009),Monk (2005),The Mentalist (2009–12),Invasion,Medium,Lost (2005–08),Girlfriends,Everybody Hates Chris,Prison Break,Blue Bloods,Ghost Whisperer,Grimm (2012–14) andTommy,Chicago Fire.
In 1988, Laneuville became the first African-American television director to film in Russia, as he directed a two-part episode "Mission to Moscow" for the series,Head of the Class. In 1992 he won anEmmy for directing the episode "All God's Children" of theNBC seriesI'll Fly Away.[2] He also directed the 2004 television film,America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story.
As his directing career took off, Laneuville's acting career continued only sporadically, usually in small cameo roles. His most recent on-camera appearance was on October 3, 2014, in a guest role on "Blue Bloods" in an episode he also directed. Prior to that, he had appeared as Dr. Lamar in the TV seriesScrubs. He also appeared in theFear of a Black Hat (1994), amockumentaryparodying 1990ship-hop culture.
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