Early Life and Education
La Salle, one of four children, was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut by his mother, Ada Haynes. He is an alumnus of the Artists Collective, Inc. in Hartford. He attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division as a member of Group 13 (1980–1984) for two years, then attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1984.
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