Lou Diamond Phillips

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-02-17 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Subic Bay Naval Base, Olongapo City, Zambales, Philippines

Lou Diamond Phillips

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 ar...

Acting

2000

Supernova

as Yerzy Penalosa

1996

Courage Under Fire

as Staff Sergeant John Monfriez

2003

Absolon

as Walters

1999

Bats

as Sheriff Emmett Kimsey

1989

Renegades

as Hank Storm

2006

Striking Range

as Eugene "Vash" Vasher

1989

Disorganized Crime

as Ray Forgy

2009

Angel and the Badman

as Quirt Evans

2003

2006

El Cortez

as Manny DeSilva

2022

Easter Sunday

as Lou Diamond Phillips

2003

Red Water

as John Sanders

1988

Young Guns

as Chavez y Chavez

2008

Death Toll

as Mayor Padial

2008

Che: Part Two

as Mario Monje

1998

The Big Hit

as Cisco

2006

Aquaman

as Tom Curry

1990

Young Guns II

as Jose Chavez y Chavez

2006

1988

Stand and Deliver

as Angel Guzman

1990

The First Power

as Det. Russell Logan

2009

Carny

as Sheriff Atlas

2005

2002

2005

Murder at the Presidio

as CWO James Chandler

1987

La Bamba

as Ritchie Valens

2001

Knight Club

as Dirk Gueron

2008

Never Forget

as Frank Hill

1992

1999

Brokedown Palace

as Roy Knox

2010

Takedown

as David

2004

The Trail to Hope Rose

as Keenan Deerfield

1994

Boulevard

as Hassan

-

2007

Termination Point

as Dr. Daniel Winter

1992

The Dark Wind

as Officer Jim Chee

2001

Route 666

as Jack La Roca

2013

Filly Brown

as Jose Tonorio

1999

In a Class of His Own

as Ricardo 'Rich' Donato

2002

Lone Hero

as Bart

1987

1993

Extreme Justice

as Jeff Powers

2001

Hangman

as Detective Nick Roos

2002

Malevolent

as Jack Lucas

2022

2025

Et Tu

as Brent Barrymore

1994

Teresa's Tattoo

as Wheeler

2013

Sanitarium

as James Silo

2013

Lucy in the Sky with Diamond

as Lou Diamond Phillips

2014

Sequoia

as Colin

1994

Dangerous Touch

as Mick Burroughs

1991

Harley

as Harley

2008

Lone Rider

as Bobby Hattaway

1994

Override

as Cal

1996

Undertow

as Jack Ketchum

2000

Picking Up the Pieces

as Officer Alfonso

2024

2004

1991

Ambition

as Mitchell Osgood

2024

Werewolves

as Dr. Aranda

2008

2010

The Invited

as Garrett

2005

Alien Express

as Vic Holden

1986

Trespasses

as Drifter

2016

The Night Stalker

as Richard Ramirez

2015

The 33

as Luis Urzua 'Don Lucho'

1990

A Show of Force

as Jesus Fuentes

2015

2025

Keep Quiet

as Teddy Sharpe

1994

Sioux City

as Jesse Rainfeather Goldman

1998

Another Day in Paradise

as Jewels (uncredited)

-

City Kid

as Harley

1988

Dakota

as John Dakota

2017

Created Equal

as Monsignor Renzulli

2009

Love Takes Wing

as Ray Russell

2017

Quest

as Gus

1997

Hourglass

as uncredited

1985

Interface

as Punk no. 1

2017

Cop and a Half: New Recruit

as Detective Simmons

2017

2019

Big Kill

as Johnny Kane

2018

Urban Country

as Warden Tono

1984

Time Bomb

as Terrorist

2001

A Better Way to Die

as William Dexter

2017

1996

The Wharf Rat

as Petey Martin

2021

Adverse

as Dr. Cruz

2011

Metal Tornado

as Michael Edwards

1997

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

as Abba Kovner / Eliahu Rosenberg (voices)

2017

Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins

as Victor Delgado (voice)

2024

Get Fast

as The Cowboy

1992

The Panama Deception

as English Voice-over

2004

1990

Demon Wind

as Demon

2025

Aguadilla

as Benicio

-

Drowning

as Tommy Nuts

Production

2009

Love Takes Wing

as Director

1994

Dangerous Touch

as Director

1994

1994

Sioux City

as Director

1991

Ambition

as Screenplay

1988

Dakota

as Associate Producer

2025

Keep Quiet

as Executive Producer

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