Lou Diamond Phillips

Actor / Sound Department / Producer

Birthdate – February 17, 1962 (62 Years Old)

Birthplace – Subic Bay Naval Base, Olongapo City, Zambales, Philippines

Louis Diamond Phillips is an American actor and film director. His breakthrough came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film La Bamba (1987). For Stand and Deliver (1988), Phillips was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won an Independent Spirit Award. Phillips made his Broadway debut with the 1996 revival of The King and I, earning a Tony Award nomination for his portrayal of King Mongkut of Siam. Phillips’ other notable films include Young Guns (1988), Young Guns II (1990), Courage Under Fire (1996), The Big Hit (1998), Brokedown Palace (1999), Che (2008), and The 33 (2015). In the television series Longmire, he played a main character named Henry Standing Bear. He played New York City Police Lieutenant Gil Arroyo on Prodigal Son on FOX from 2019 to 2021.

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Filmography

Easter Sunday

Lou Diamond Phillips (2022)

La Bamba

Ritchie Valens (2021)

Supernova

Yerzy Penalosa (2021)

The 33

Luis "Don Lucho" Urzúa (2015)

Adverse

Dr. Cruz (2021)

Werewolves

Dr. Aranda (2024)