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 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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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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Named by his father for highly decorated Gunnery Sergeant Leland "Lou" Diamond, USMC, who enlisted in the Marines at age 27 in 1917, and saw action in both world wars. To this day "Lou" Diamond is considered one of the finest Marines of all time, and is known as "Mr. Leatherneck".Is 1/8 Cherokee.Lou's father, Gerald Amon Upchurch, was an American, from Georgia, and had English and Scots-Irish ancestry. Lou's mother, Lucita Umayam Ara?a, was Filipino, from Candelaria.Was nominated for Broadway's 1996 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for playing one of the title roles, the King, in a revival of "The King and I."Grew up in Corpus Christi, TexasWas very good friends with the late Brandon Lee & Miguel Ferrer.Good friends with Kiefer Sutherland.He was once engaged to Jennifer Tilly.Contributed Native American vocals on the Jon Bon Jovi solo album Young Guns II (1990) soundtrack.Graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington with a BFA in DramaThe name Phillips is from his step-father.Met wife, Yvonne, while shooting a Radio Shack commercial in Vancouver, British Columbia.Worked at Whataburger as a teen, becoming a shift leader during his term of employment.Has 3 daughters with second wife Kelly Phillips: twins Grace and Isabella (born 5 October 1997) and Lili Jordan (born 26 September 1999).Lou and his wife, Yvonne, became the parents of a girl, Indigo Sanara, on October 9, 2007.In May 2011 Phillips accepted the GI Spirit Award from Brandon Millet and Laura Law-Millet, who are founders of the the GI Film Festival. The award is presented to actors embodying "the spirit of an American GI in their creative and philanthropic work." Prior recipients of the award include Gary Sinise, Jon Voight, Karri Turner and Rich Schroder.The part of Ritchie Valens in the film 'La Bamba' went to the then 25 year old unknown Lou Diamond Phillips who put on 15lbs to get a chubbier face and learned how to sing and play the guitar after he'd passed the audition. During the filming Lou married his own 'Donna' Julie Cyphers who was a production assistant on 'La Bamba'.He started acting in theater at the Stage West in Fort Worth, Texas.He plays with the group, "The Pipefitters with Lou Diamond Phillips".Starring as King Arthur in the national tour of Camelot. (November 2007)Loves playing poker and has held games at his Los Angeles home for nearly two decades for his friends and others.Graduated from Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi, Texas.(June 1996 - ?) Stars as the King on the revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and IMentor was actor Adam Roarke. They lived in Arlington, TX and Philips helped run Roarke's Film Actors Lab. Philips was also a graduate.Dubbed an "Honorary Latino" by Remezcla, a website targeting Latino Millennials.Turned down his role in Supernova (2000) a few times before eventually accepting it.Enjoys doing theater.As guest starring, he have appeared in 14 police-detective procedural dramas/thrillers: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), 24 (2001), The Handler (2003), Numb3rs (2005), Criminal Minds (2005), Psych (2006), Chuck (2007), Blue Bloods (2010), Hawaii Five-0 (2010), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013), Ironside (2013), NCIS: New Orleans (2014), Blindspot (2015) and Training Day (2017). The episodes where he appeared (in chronological order) are: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (2002), 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (2002), Jar of Spiders (2003), Sniper Zero (2005), Toxin (2005), Fault (2006), Spree (2006), Two Daughters (2006), Pandora's Box (2007), Psy vs. Psy (2007), High Exposure (2008), Angels and Devils (2009), Ultimatum (2009), Cause and Effect (2010), Chuck Versus the Cat Squad (2011), Hidden Agenda (2013), Sent on Tour (2015), Authentic Flirt (2015), Sunset (2017), Ka Laina Ma Ke One (2017), The Big House Pt. 1 (2017), The Big House Pt. 2 (2017), Submerged (2018), Checkmate, Part 1 (2018), Checkmate, Part 2 (2018), Playing with Fire (2018), By Hook or by Crook (2018), Common Enemies (2019) Iunne Ennui (2020) and Where the Truth Lies (2020). As regular cast, he appeared in two series: Longmire (2012) and Prodigal Son (2019).Went to the same college as Ray Corasani, Jonny Cruz, and Kim Matula.Good friends with Bill Allen.Auditioned for the role of Richard LeStrange in The Blue Lagoon (1980). |
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Lou Diamond Phillips |
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Actor,Director,Writer (IMDB) |
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All World |
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Lou Diamond Phillips profile
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5' 11' (1.81 m) |
| Biography: |
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 w |
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Named by his father for highly decorated Gunnery Sergeant Leland "Lou" Diamond, USMC, who enlisted in the Marines at age 27 in 1917, and saw action in both world wars. To this day "Lou" Diamond is considered one of the finest Marines of all time, and is known as "Mr. Leatherneck".Is 1/8 Cherokee.Lou's father, Gerald Amon Upchurch, was an American, from Georgia, and had English and Scots-Irish ancestry. Lou's mother, Lucita Umayam Ara?a, was Filipino, from Candelaria.Was nominated for Broadway's 1996 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for playing one of the title roles, the King, in a revival of "The King and I."Grew up in Corpus Christi, TexasWas very good friends with the late Brandon Lee & Miguel Ferrer.Good friends with Kiefer Sutherland.He was once engaged to Jennifer Tilly.Contributed Native American vocals on the Jon Bon Jovi solo album Young Guns II (1990) soundtrack.Graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington with a BFA in DramaThe name Phillips is from his step-father.Met wife, Yvonne, while shooting a Radio Shack commercial in Vancouver, British Columbia.Worked at Whataburger as a teen, becoming a shift leader during his term of employment.Has 3 daughters with second wife Kelly Phillips: twins Grace and Isabella (born 5 October 1997) and Lili Jordan (born 26 September 1999).Lou and his wife, Yvonne, became the parents of a girl, Indigo Sanara, on October 9, 2007.In May 2011 Phillips accepted the GI Spirit Award from Brandon Millet and Laura Law-Millet, who are founders of the the GI Film Festival. The award is presented to actors embodying "the spirit of an American GI in their creative and philanthropic work." Prior recipients of the award include Gary Sinise, Jon Voight, Karri Turner and Rich Schroder.The part of Ritchie Valens in the film 'La Bamba' went to the then 25 year old unknown Lou Diamond Phillips who put on 15lbs to get a chubbier face and learned how to sing and play the guitar after he'd passed the audition. During the filming Lou married his own 'Donna' Julie Cyphers who was a production assistant on 'La Bamba'.He started acting in theater at the Stage West in Fort Worth, Texas.He plays with the group, "The Pipefitters with Lou Diamond Phillips".Starring as King Arthur in the national tour of Camelot. (November 2007)Loves playing poker and has held games at his Los Angeles home for nearly two decades for his friends and others.Graduated from Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi, Texas.(June 1996 - ?) Stars as the King on the revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and IMentor was actor Adam Roarke. They lived in Arlington, TX and Philips helped run Roarke's Film Actors Lab. Philips was also a graduate.Dubbed an "Honorary Latino" by Remezcla, a website targeting Latino Millennials.Turned down his role in Supernova (2000) a few times before eventually accepting it.Enjoys doing theater.As guest starring, he have appeared in 14 police-detective procedural dramas/thrillers: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), 24 (2001), The Handler (2003), Numb3rs (2005), Criminal Minds (2005), Psych (2006), Chuck (2007), Blue Bloods (2010), Hawaii Five-0 (2010), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013), Ironside (2013), NCIS: New Orleans (2014), Blindspot (2015) and Training Day (2017). The episodes where he appeared (in chronological order) are: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (2002), 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (2002), Jar of Spiders (2003), Sniper Zero (2005), Toxin (2005), Fault (2006), Spree (2006), Two Daughters (2006), Pandora's Box (2007), Psy vs. Psy (2007), High Exposure (2008), Angels and Devils (2009), Ultimatum (2009), Cause and Effect (2010), Chuck Versus the Cat Squad (2011), Hidden Agenda (2013), Sent on Tour (2015), Authentic Flirt (2015), Sunset (2017), Ka Laina Ma Ke One (2017), The Big House Pt. 1 (2017), The Big House Pt. 2 (2017), Submerged (2018), Checkmate, Part 1 (2018), Checkmate, Part 2 (2018), Playing with Fire (2018), By Hook or by Crook (2018), Common Enemies (2019) Iunne Ennui (2020) and Where the Truth Lies (2020). As regular cast, he appeared in two series: Longmire (2012) and Prodigal Son (2019).Went to the same college as Ray Corasani, Jonny Cruz, and Kim Matula.Good friends with Bill Allen.Auditioned for the role of Richard LeStrange in The Blue Lagoon (1980). |
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The only power an actor has is the ability to say, "No".
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[on getting his part in 24 (2001)] That was a funny situation, because Kiefer [Kiefer Sutherland] and I are still very tight. We've done something like five projects together over the years, and we see each other socially every so often since Young Guns (1988). We got the call from the people at "24", saying, "Listen, we don't have a script yet, but the episodes are going to revolve around Kiefer, Dennis Hopper and a role that we'd like you to do". That's really all I needed to hear. So I made one phone call -- to Kiefer's cell phone on the set -- and said, "Listen, man, they want me to come on the show. Is that cool with you?" And he said, "Yeah, c'mon, let's go!"
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[on working with Harrison Ford] I've got to say, Harrison is probably the most relaxed actor I've worked with in my life. He's truly amazing. They say "Action!"--boom! There's Harrison Ford. I was doing a scene, I'm sitting across a table from him, and between takes I kind of looked over, and I had one of those moments where the hair stood up on the back of my neck and I went, "Oh my God, that's Harrison Ford!" When you're working, you don't really think about those things, but I just had one of those starstruck moments where it's just like, "Look where I'm at".
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[on his success] I felt I was the luckiest guy in the world when I landed La Bamba (1987), and I still feel the same way. I feel fortunate to be employed in the film business, and still be standing. There's a lot of guys that were around when I made "La Bamba" who aren't as fortunate - and it's not a matter of talent or hard work, it's just the breaks sometimes, you know? I've been fortunate that the right film has come along for me every couple of years. I've been lucky, I think.
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[on selecting roles] There's very few things that I'll turn my nose up at, because some of my biggest successes have been ones totally out of left field. Stand and Deliver (1988) was a tiny little film made for less than $1 million. If I can find something in the script or the character, or even in the cast, that I go, "All right, this is worth doing", then I'll do it. Unfortunately, there was a time in my career when I felt responsible for how a film came out, and I'm just now starting to grasp the concept that there's only so much you can do. You can only show up and do the best work that you can do, be responsible for your character, and be as giving and supportive of the cast and the crew as you can. But when all is said and done, did they have enough money to make the movie? Did the director have a clear vision of it? And even if it turned out to be not a bad film, is it going to be seen, or is it going to fall between the cracks? There's some little films of mine that didn't see the light of day, and yet I still think they were good movies. I think there's this philosophy in Hollywood that if it doesn't make $100 million, it's not a success. And unfortunately, there's quite a few $100-million films that just aren't that good. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Director,Writer |
| Others works: |
(1987) Music video: Appeared in Los Lobos' video "La Bamba"
Stage: Appeared (as "The King") in "The King and I" on Broadway.
(2004) TV commercial (PSA): California PTA
DVD commentary: Audio commentary for the film Bat |
| Spouse: |
Yvonne Boismier Phillips (August 16, 2007 - present) (1 child)Kelly Phillips (April 24, 1994 - July 30, 2007) (divorced, 3 children)Julie Cypher (June 27, 1987 - 1990) (divorced) |
| Children: |
Grace PhillipsIsabella PhillipsLili PhillipsIndigo Sanara Phillips |
| Parents: |
Gerald Amon Upchurch
Lucita Umayam Ara?a |
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