Lou Diamond Phillips

ActorProducerDirectorWriterProduction Feb 17 (age 64) Subic Bay Naval Base, Olongapo City, Zambales, Philippines 1982–2026 (44 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Fear the Walking Dead

Director

Film

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Director

Film

Prodigal Son

Gil Arroyo

Film

La Bamba

Ritchie Valens

Film

Stand and Deliver

Angel Guzman

Film

Young Guns

Chavez y Chavez

Film

Courage Under Fire

Staff Sergeant John Monfriez

Film

Longmire

Henry Standing Bear

Filmography

Acting (175)

Movies (113)

Casa Grande

2026 Upcoming

May 1

Keep Quiet

2025

as Teddy Sharpe

The Chair Company

as Jeff Levjman

Et Tu

as Brent Barrymore

Aguadilla

as Benicio

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three

2024

as The Spectre (voice)

7.2

Werewolves

2024

as Dr. Aranda

5.8

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One

2024

as The Spectre / Owlman (voice)

7.3

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two

2024

as The Spectre (voice)

Get Fast

as The Cowboy

Easter Sunday

as Lou Diamond Phillips

5.8

DC Showcase - Constantine: The House of Mystery

as Spectre (voice)

Adverse

as Dr. Cruz

Big Kill

as Johnny Kane

Urban Country

as Warden Tono

Cop and a Half: New Recruit

as Detective Simmons

Quest

as Gus

Avenge the Crows

as Casper

Created Equal

as Monsignor Renzulli

6.0

Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins

2017

as Victor Delgado (voice)

The Last Train

as Gunner

The Night Stalker

as Richard Ramirez

The 33

as Luis Urzua 'Don Lucho'

6.4

Sky

2015

6.2

The Wiggles - Rock and Roll Preschool

as Himself

Sequoia

as Colin

Filly Brown

as Jose Tonorio

Sanitarium

as James Silo

Lucy in the Sky with Diamond

2013

as Lou Diamond Phillips

Metal Tornado

as Michael Edwards

Takedown

as David

The Invited

as Garrett

Carny

as Sheriff Atlas

Love Takes Wing

as Ray Russell

Angel and the Badman

as Quirt Evans

Che: Part Two

as Mario Monje

Lone Rider

as Bobby Hattaway

Naked Movie

as Self

Death Toll

as Mayor Padial

Never Forget

as Frank Hill

Backyards & Bullets

Termination Point

as Dr. Daniel Winter

El Cortez

as Manny DeSilva

Fingerprints

as Doug

Aquaman

as Tom Curry

Striking Range

as Eugene "Vash" Vasher

3.9

One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll

2006

Gone But Not Forgotten

as Alan Page

Alien Express

as Vic Holden

Murder at the Presidio

2005

as CWO James Chandler

4.7

The Trail to Hope Rose

as Keenan Deerfield

Grandpa's Place

as Self

Stunt C*cks

as Self

Hollywood Homicide

as Wanda

Absolon

as Walters

Red Water

as John Sanders

Lone Hero

as Bart

Stark Raving Mad

as Gregory

Malevolent

as Jack Lucas

An Untold Triumph: America's Filipino Soldiers

2002

as Narrator (voice)

Hangman

2001

as Detective Nick Roos

A Better Way to Die

as William Dexter

Route 666

as Jack La Roca

Knight Club

as Dirk Gueron

Supernova

as Yerzy Penalosa

Picking Up the Pieces

2000

as Officer Alfonso

4.2

In a Class of His Own

1999

as Ricardo 'Rich' Donato

Brokedown Palace

as Roy Knox

Bats

as Sheriff Emmett Kimsey

4.6

Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died

1999

as Self

The Big Hit

1998

as Cisco

5.9

Another Day in Paradise

1998

as Jewels (uncredited)

6.2

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

1997

as Self

5.0

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997

as Abba Kovner / Eliahu Rosenberg (voices)

5.8

Hourglass

1997

as uncredited

4.5

Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes

1997

as Camel

Courage Under Fire

1996

as Staff Sergeant John Monfriez

The Wharf Rat

as Petey Martin

Undertow

as Jack Ketchum

Dangerous Touch

as Mick Burroughs

Boulevard

as Hassan

Sioux City

as Jesse Rainfeather Goldman

Teresa's Tattoo

as Wheeler

Override

as Cal

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

1993

as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")

6.0

Extreme Justice

1993

as Jeff Powers

4.7

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

1993

as Self

Wind in the Wire

1993

7.0

The Panama Deception

1992

as English Voice-over

Shadow of the Wolf

as Agaguk

The Dark Wind

as Officer Jim Chee

Harley

as Harley

Ambition

as Mitchell Osgood

Young Guns II

as Jose Chavez y Chavez

A Show of Force

as Jesus Fuentes

The First Power

as Det. Russell Logan

Demon Wind

as Demon

Renegades

as Hank Storm

Disorganized Crime

as Ray Forgy

Young Guns

as Chavez y Chavez

Dakota

as John Dakota

Stand and Deliver

as Angel Guzman

La Bamba

as Ritchie Valens

The Three Kings

as Tag

Trespasses

as Drifter

Interface

as Punk no. 1

Time Bomb

as Terrorist

The Ambulance Chaser

One in a Million

Young Guns III

as Chavez

Widow

City Kid

as Harley

Drowning

as Tommy Nuts

Television (62)

The Chair Company

2025

as Jeff Levjman

7.1

The Legend of Vox Machina

as Gentry (voice)

The Cleaning Lady

as Joe Fabroa

Quantum Leap

as Shepherd Barnes

Trese

as Mayor Sancho Santamaria (voice)

The Eisen Hour

as Self - Guest

The Masked Singer

as Mantis

Prodigal Son

as Gil Arroyo

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

2018

as Self - Special Guest

5.8

Bull

2016

as Colonel Victor Taggert

Goliath

as Oscar Suarez

The Ranch

as Clint

Search Party

as John

Elena of Avalor

as Victor Delgado (voice)

Graves

Blindspot

as Saúl Guerrero

Another Period

as Langundo

NCIS: New Orleans

as Cedric Gossett

You're the Worst

as Himself

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Jeff Romero

Ironside

as Stuart White

Longmire

as Henry Standing Bear

Hawaii Five-0

as Wes Lincoln

Blue Bloods

as Louis Delgado

Cougar Town

as Lou Diamond Phillips

6.5

Southland

2009

as Officer Danny Ferguson

Stargate Universe

as David Telford

The Beast

as Capone

Chuck

as Augusto Gaez

Psych

as Lars Ewing

Aquaman

as Tom Curry

Criminal Minds

as Sheriff Clifford Mason

American Dad!

as Rusty (voice)

Numb3rs

as Agent Ian Edgerton

7.0

Hell's Kitchen

2005

as Self - Restaurant Patron

The Reichen Show

as Self

The Triangle

as Meeno Paloma

The Tony Danza Show

as Self

Jack & Bobby

The Handler

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

2003

as Self

5.0

Celebrities Uncensored

as Self

The Twilight Zone

as Ritchie Almarez

George Lopez

as George L.

as Mark DeSalvo

Night Visions

as Tom Fallor (segment "Dead Air")

Wolf Lake

as John Kanin

Wolf Lake

as Noah Cassidy

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Victor Paul Gitano

7.9

Family Guy

1999

as Tribe Leader (voice)

7.4

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self

Arli$$

as Gillis Limoges

Spin City

as Nate

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

as Self

3.9

The Outer Limits

1995

as Captain Cotter McCoy

7.7

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Coatl (voice)

MADtv

as Self

Tales from the Crypt - Uncut

1992

Tales from the Crypt

1989

as Jerry

8.0

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

as Self - Guest

5.4

Miami Vice

1984

as Detective Bobby Diaz

7.5

Champs-Elysées

1982

as Self

6.3

Crew (14)

Movies (8)

Keep Quiet

2025

Executive Producer

Love Takes Wing

Director

Dangerous Touch

Director

Dangerous Touch

Writer

Sioux City

Director

Ambition

Screenplay

Dakota

Associate Producer

The Ambulance Chaser

Director

Television (6)

Prodigal Son

Director

Bull

Director

Fear the Walking Dead

2015

Director

7.6

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Director

The Twilight Zone

Director

The Outer Limits

Director