Lou Diamond Phillips (né Upchurch; born February 17, 1962 in Olongapo, Philippines) is a Filipino-American screen actor and voice actor.
Filmography:
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Film roles
- La Bamba: Ritchie Valens
- Stand and Deliver: Angel David Guzman
- Young Guns & Young Guns II: Jose Chavez y Chavez
- A Show Of Force: Jesus Fuentes
- The First Power: Russell Logan
- Demon Wind: Demon (cameo)
- The Dark Wind: Officer Jim Chee
- Ambition: Mitchell Osgood (also writer)
- Shadow Of The Wolf: Agaguk
- Dangerous Touch: Mick Burroughs
- Sioux City: Jesse Rainfeather Goldman
- Teresas Tattoo: Wheeler
- Boulevard: Hassan
- Courage Under Fire: Staff Sergeant John Monfriez
- The Big Hit: Cisco
- Another Day In Paradise: Jewels (uncredited)
- Brokedown Palace: Roy Knox
- Bats: Sheriff Emmett Kimsey
- The Dark Wind: Officer Jim Chee
- The 33: Luis "Don Lucho" Urzúa
- Lone Hero: Bart
- Malevolent (2002): Detective Jack Lucas
- Absolon: Agent Walters
- Carny (2009): Atlas
Television roles
- Dallas: Sidewalk Thug
- Miami Vice: Det. Bobby Diaz
- Sesame Street: Guest
- Tales from the Crypt: Jerry
- Spin City: Nate
- The Outer Limits (1995): Capt. Cotter McCoy
- Wolf Lake: John Kanin/Noah Cassidy
- Night Visions: Tom Fallor
- 24: Mark DeSalvo
- The Twilight Zone (2002): Ritchie Almares
- The George Lopez Show: George Lopez II
- NUMB3RS: Ian Edgerton (recurring)
- The Triangle: Meeno Paloma
- Psych: Special Agent Lars Ewing
- Stargate Universe: Colonel David Telford
- Chuck: Augusto Gaez
- Cougar Town: Himself
- Happily Divorced: David
- Longmire: Henry Standing Bear
- Southland: Officer Danny Ferguson
- Hell's Kitchen: Himself
- Blindspot: Saul Guerrero
- Hawaii Five-0: Deputy Marshall Wes Lincoln
- Training Day: Thurman Ballesteros
- The Ranch: Clint, traveling musician
- You're the Worst: Himself
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Jeff Romero
- Criminal Minds: Sheriff Clifford Mason
- NCIS: New Orleans: Deputy Chief Gossett
- Goliath: Oscar Suarez
- Blue Bloods: Louis Delgado
- Prodigal Son: Lt. Gil Arroyo
- The Cleaning Lady: Joe Fabroa
- Bull as Col. Victor Taggert
- The Masked Singer as the Mantis
Voice roles
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Martin
- American Dad!: Rusty
- Elena of Avalor: Victor Delgado
- The Lion Guard: Surak
- Trese: Mayor Sancho Santamaria
- DC Showcase – Constantine: The House of Mystery: The Spectre
Music videos
- "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons
Director
Tropes associated with his roles include:
- Fake Nationality: You can count on one hand the number of times he's played a Filipino.
- Plays Great Ethnics: He's half Filipino from his mother's side and Caucasian from his father's side, but a lot of his roles have him playing characters of Latino and/or indigenous descent. He's also claimed Cherokee ancestry, and he's been adopted by the Lakota Sioux in an official ceremony in 1991.
- Star-Making Role: His role as Ritchie Valens in La Bamba.
