Lou Diamond Phillips
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.
174 acting credits · 10 directing credits
Acting · 174
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Criminal Minds
2005
Family Guy
1999
American Dad!
2005
24
2001
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Blue Bloods
2010
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Psych
2006
The Cleaning Lady
2022
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
Miami Vice
1984
Blindspot
2015
Numb3rs
2005
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Bull
2016
Chuck
2007
Hell's Kitchen
2005
Champs-Elysées
1982
Longmire
2012
Spin City
1996
The Outer Limits
1995
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Goliath
2016
The Masked Singer
2019
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022
Elena of Avalor
2016
Cougar Town
2009
The Twilight Zone
2002
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Arli$$
1996
Stargate Universe
2009
The Reichen Show
2005
Prodigal Son
2019
Search Party
2016
Southland
2009
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
2026
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Quantum Leap
2022
The Ranch
2016
Jack & Bobby
2004
You're the Worst
2014
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
George Lopez
2002
Another Period
2015
The Chair Company
2025
Graves
2016
Night Visions
2001
Ironside
2013
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018
The Handler
2003
Wolf Lake
2001
The Triangle
2005
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One
2024
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two
2024
Trese
2021
The 33
2015
Werewolves
2024
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three
2024
Young Guns
1988
La Bamba
1987
Young Guns II
1990
Route 666
2001
The Eisen Hour
2021
Stand and Deliver
1988
DC Showcase - Constantine: The House of Mystery
2022
The Beast
2009
Che: Part Two
2008
Courage Under Fire
1996
The Big Hit
1998
Brokedown Palace
1999
Aquaman
2006
Shadow of the Wolf
1992
Hollywood Homicide
2003
MADtv
1995
Supernova
2000
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2003
Casa Grande
2026
Renegades
1989
Get Fast
2024
Bats
1999
Disorganized Crime
1989
A Show of Force
1990
Demon Wind
1990
Sky
2016
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
Easter Sunday
2022
Sanitarium
2013
Dangerous Touch
1995
The First Power
1990
Another Day in Paradise
1998
Avenge the Crows
2017
Takedown
2010
Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Theatrical Preview
2026
Extreme Justice
1993
Teresa's Tattoo
1994
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
Absolon
2003
Fingerprints
2006
Adverse
2021
Cop and a Half: New Recruit
2017
Stark Raving Mad
2002
Big Kill
2019
Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins
2017
Aquaman
2006
The Three Kings
1987
Red Water
2003
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
Keep Quiet
2025
The Night Stalker
2016
Termination Point
2007
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
Sioux City
1994
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
A Better Way to Die
2001
In a Class of His Own
1999
Young Guns III
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Angel and the Badman
2009
Boulevard
1994
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
Metal Tornado
2011
Filly Brown
2013
Backyards & Bullets
2007
Love Takes Wing
2009
Sequoia
2014
Murder at the Presidio
2005
Lone Rider
2008
The Trail to Hope Rose
2004
Death Toll
2008
Urban Country
2018
Hangman
2001
Created Equal
2017
Never Forget
2008
Carny
2009
The Dark Wind
1992
Ambition
1991
Et Tu
2025
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Lone Hero
2002
Time Bomb
1984
Alien Express
2005
Override
1994
Striking Range
2006
Drowning
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Naked Movie
2008
Dakota
1988
Wind in the Wire
1993
Undertow
1996
Interface
1985
Hourglass
1997
The Invited
2010
El Cortez
2006
Malevolent
2002
Trespasses
1986
Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died
1999
Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes
1997
The Wiggles - Rock and Roll Preschool
2015
The Panama Deception
1992
Quest
2017
Knight Club
2001
The Wharf Rat
1996
Widow
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One in a Million
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Aguadilla
2025
Grandpa's Place
2004
Stunt C*cks
2004
One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll
2006
The Last Train
2017
An Untold Triumph: America's Filipino Soldiers
2002
Harley
1991
Lucy in the Sky with Diamond
2013
City Kid
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The Ambulance Chaser
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