'A Gifted Man' Books Former 'ER' Star Eriq La Salle (Exclusive)

Jason Merritt/Getty Images for LA PhilharmonicEriq La Salle Eriq La Salle is playing physician again. ER's Dr. Peter Benton has reserved a multiepisode arc on CBS' approaching Patrick Wilson medical drama A Gifted Guy, The Hollywood Reporter has learned solely. La Salle will recur as Evan Morrison, a neuropsychiatrist -- your physician who goodies individuals with emotional and behavior disturbances. Morrison is referred to like a great medical detective who concentrates on the nuances of human behavior. He'll come in four or five instances of the series. The role reunites La Salle with Gifted Guy executive producer Neal Baer, who also was an Air on ER. "I'm thrilled to become working again with Eriq La Salle," Baer told THR. "I've very fond reminiscences in our time together on ER and anticipate getting Eriq portray another memorable character on the Gifted Guy." Gifted Guy involves Wilson's Michael, an aggressive surgeon whose world is switched upside lower when his ex-wife (Jennifer Ehle) starts teaching him this is of existence in the hereafter. La Salle, who helmed a chapter of ER, may also direct a minumum of one episode from the drama, which executive producers Baer and Sarah Timberman stated is going to be equally about medicine and science with a little spirituality. La Salle, who's presently pointing a chapter from the CW's Sarah Michelle Gellar action drama Ringer, is repped by APA, Principato-Youthful Entertainment and Fred Toczek. A Gifted Guy premieres Friday, Sept. 23 on CBS. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit RELATED: Fall TV Preview: The Entire Broadcast Premiere Calendar A Gifted Guy Fall TV Preview