
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.
Known For

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Outer Limits

Blue Bloods

Bull

Family Guy

Criminal Minds

Chuck

Hawaii Five-0

The Masked Singer

American Dad!

Tales from the Crypt

Search Party

Quantum Leap

24

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Miami Vice

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Hell's Kitchen

Ironside

The Twilight Zone

Celebrities Uncensored

The Legend of Vox Machina

Southland

Wolf Lake

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Cougar Town

NCIS: New Orleans

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

MADtv

You're the Worst

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

The Handler

Psych

The Cleaning Lady

The Ranch

Trese

Stargate Universe

Blindspot

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Goliath

Another Period

The Chair Company

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two

Sky

Constantine: The House of Mystery

The Triangle

Supernova

Longmire

A Show of Force

Young Guns

Courage Under Fire

Stand and Deliver

The Big Hit

Malevolent

La Bamba

Bats

Route 666

Undertow

The Wharf Rat
Production Credits
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