Lou Diamond Phillips
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Lou Diamond Phillips

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Biography

Lou Diamond Phillips is an American film, television, and stage actor as well as director and writer. His breakthrough role came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the film La Bamba. His other best known film roles are as Jose Chavez y Chavez in Young Guns I and II, Angel Guzman in Stand and Deliver for which he earned a supporting actor Golden Globe Award nomination, Hank Storm in Renegades, Jesse Rainfeather Goldman in Sioux City in which he was also director, Staff Sergeant John Monfriez in Courage Under Fire, Roy Knox in Brokedown Palace, and Wanda in Hollywood Homicide. He has also starred in many TV movies.

His best known TV roles are as Lt. Gil Arroyo on Prodigal Son, Henry Standing Bear on Longmire, Col. David Telford on Stargate Universe, Agent Ian Edgerton on Numb3rs, and John Kanin on Wolf Lake. He voices for animated series as Chief Bill Bayani on Firebuds, Victor Delgado on Elena of Valor, and Surak on The Lion Guard.

He's had recurring roles on TV shows including Trese, Blindspot, Blue Bloods, Goliath, NCIS: New Orleans, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Ranch, Southland, George Lopez, and 24. He has starred as himself on Cougar Town and You're the Worst. He's also guest starred on a number of shows including Bull, The Cleaning Lady, Search Party, Criminal Minds, Graves, Training Day, Ironside, Chuck, Psych, Law & Order: SVU, The Handler, The Twilight Zone (2002), Spin City, The Outer Limits, Tales from the Crypt, Miami Vice, and Dallas (1985).

He earned a Tony Award nomination for his role in The King and I. Outside of acting, he has become notable for finishing 186th in the 2009 World Series of Poker World Championships "No Limit Texas hold 'em" main event.

Films Featuring Lou Diamond Phillips

Supernova

20005.0

Courage Under Fire

19966.6

Bats

19994.6

Absolon

20034.1

Renegades

19895.3

Striking Range

20064.2

Disorganized Crime

19895.4

Angel and the Badman

20095.0

Hollywood Homicide

20035.2

El Cortez

20065.6

Red Water

20034.1

Easter Sunday

20225.7

Young Guns

19886.7

Death Toll

20083.3

Che: Part Two

20086.6

The Big Hit

19986.0

Aquaman

20066.0

Young Guns II

19906.5

Fingerprints

20065.7

Stand and Deliver

19887.8

The First Power

19905.7

Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes

1997

Carny

20094.8

Gone But Not Forgotten

20054.8

Stark Raving Mad

20026.1

Murder at the Presidio

20055.2

La Bamba

19877.3

Knight Club

20014.0

Never Forget

20085.8

Shadow of the Wolf

19925.8

Brokedown Palace

19996.4

Takedown

20104.5

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

19977.0

The Trail to Hope Rose

20045.6

Boulevard

19944.9

Young Guns III

Termination Point

20074.6

The Dark Wind

19925.4

Route 666

20015.1

Filly Brown

20136.2

In a Class of His Own

19997.4

Lone Hero

20024.2

The Three Kings

19874.0

Extreme Justice

19935.0

Hangman

20014.0

Malevolent

20025.0

DC Showcase - Constantine: The House of Mystery

20226.8

Et Tu

20254.3

Teresa's Tattoo

19944.9

Sanitarium

20134.7

Lucy in the Sky with Diamond

20133.5

Sequoia

20145.8

Dangerous Touch

19953.9

Harley

19914.0

Lone Rider

20084.0

Override

19948.0

Undertow

19965.7

Picking Up the Pieces

20004.3

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One

20247.2

Grandpa's Place

20045.5

Ambition

19914.3

Werewolves

20245.8

Naked Movie

20083.7

The Invited

20103.9

Alien Express

20054.8

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two

20246.7

Trespasses

19864.9

The Night Stalker

20166.8

The 33

20156.4

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three

20247.2

A Show of Force

19905.3

Sky

20166.2

Gangland

20256.9

The Wiggles - Rock and Roll Preschool

201510.0

Wind in the Wire

19938.5

Sioux City

19945.0

Another Day in Paradise

19986.2

City Kid

City Kid

Dakota

19884.5

Created Equal

20176.0

Love Takes Wing

20097.0

Quest

20176.0

Hourglass

19974.9

Interface

19853.4

Cop and a Half: New Recruit

20175.5

Avenge the Crows

20174.7

Big Kill

20196.0

Urban Country

20186.4

Backyards & Bullets

Backyards & Bullets

200710.0

Time Bomb

19846.3

A Better Way to Die

20015.6

The Last Train

20174.0

The Wharf Rat

19965.3

Adverse

20214.8

Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died

Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died

1999

An Untold Triumph: America's Filipino Soldiers

200210.0

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

19938.0

Metal Tornado

20114.7

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

19975.6

Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins

2017

Get Fast

20246.0

The Panama Deception

19927.0

Stunt C*cks

20047.0

Demon Wind

19904.9

Aguadilla

2025

Casa Grande

20267.0

Drowning

Drowning

The Ambulance Chaser

The Ambulance Chaser

One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll

One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll

20068.0

Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration

19937.0

Widow

Widow

One in a Million

One in a Million

Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Theatrical Preview

20266.3

"Bats" Abound

1999

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

2026