Lou Diamond Phillips
Filipino, Actor
Louis Diamond Phillips (né Upchurch; born February 17, 1962) is an American actor, director, and writer. His breakthrough came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film La Bamba (1987). For his performance as Angel David Guzman in Stand and Deliver (1988), he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.
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Lou Diamond Phillips was born on Saturday, 17 February 1962 in U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, Olongapo, Zambales, Philippines. His full name at birth was Louis Diamond Upchurch. He is best known as an actor. Phillips' country of citizenship (nationality) is Filipino. Lou attended high school at Flour Bluff High School, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. For university, he studied at University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA. He is 6' 1" (185 cm) tall and weighs 168 lbs (76 kg) with an athletic build. He has dark brown eyes and black hair (color). His net worth is reported to be $6,000,000 US dollars. Lou Diamond Phillips is 63 years old and his zodiac star sign is Aquarius.
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| Full name at birth | Louis Diamond Upchurch
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| Claim to fame | his roles as Ritchie Valens in the 1987 biographical drama film La Bamba, Detective Bobby Diaz in the NBC crime drama series Miami Vice, Angel David Guzman in the 1988 biographical comedy-drama film Stand and Deliver, Jose Chavez y Chavez in the 1988 Western action film Young Guns and its 1990 sequel film Young Guns II, John Dakota in the 1988 drama film Dakota, Ray Forgy in the 1989 heist comedy film Disorganised Crime, Hank Storm in the 1989 action crime drama film Renegades, Russell Logan in the 1990 neo-noir horror film The First Power, Jesus Fuentes in the 1990 thriller drama film A Show of Force, Jesse Rainfeather Goldman in the 1994 mystery drama film Sioux City, Staff Sergeant John Monfriez in the 1996 war drama film Courage Under Fire, Cisco in the 1998 action comedy film The Big Hit, Roy Knox in the 1999 drama film Brokedown Palace, John Kanin in the CBS supernatural drama series Wolf Lake, Agent Mark DeSalvo in the Fox action drama series 24, Wanda in the 2003 buddy cop action comedy film Hollywood Homicide, FBI Agent Ian Edgerton in the CBS crime drama series Numb3rs, Colonel David Telford in the SyFy military science fiction drama series Stargate Universe, Henry Standing Bear in the A&E/Netflix neo-Western crime drama series Longmire, LDP in the 2013 comedy short film Lucy in the Sky, Luis "Don Lucho" Urzua in the 2015 biographical disaster-survival drama film The 33, Richard Ramirez in the 2016 drama television film The Night Stalker, New York City Police Lieutenant Gil Arroyo in the Fox procedural crime drama series Prodigal Son, and Shepherd Barnes in the NBC science fiction series Quantum Leap
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| Date of birth | 17 February 1962
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| Place of birth | U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, Olongapo, Zambales, Philippines
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| Occupation | Actor, Screenwriter, Film Director, Television Director, Businessman
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| Height | 6' 1" (185 cm)
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| Weight | 168 lbs (76 kg)
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| Net worth | $6,000,000 USD
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| High school | Flour Bluff High School, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
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| University | University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
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| Talent agency | Thruline Entertainment, Inc.
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Partner:
Yvonne Boismier Phillips
(Married)
1 child
2004-
(on being a working actor) I play poker with some guys, like (Charles Durning), and they say, "Are ya working?" They ask that - and they don't care what it is - you're just fortunate to be a working actor in Hollywood. With every new job I get, I feel the same way. I have that same excitement. I have that same gratitude for being asked to the dance.
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- Although Stand and Deliver was filmed before La Bamba, it released a year later in 1988.
- In 1988, he acted alongside Edward James Olmos in the inner-city high school drama Stand and Deliver. In the film, he played the character of Angel David Guzman, a cholo gangster who is inspired by his math teacher, Jaime Escalante, to excel at calculus and for mastering the subject, he develops a friendship with his teacher. Lou was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for “Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture” and went on to win the Independent Spirit Award for “Best Supporting Male” for the same.
- After working in the films, he got a chance to star in the Miami Vice‘s episode titled Red Tape in March 1987, where he portrayed detective Bobby Diaz and also acted in a movie titled American Me.
- The first film he did was called Trespasses and was a low budget film.
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