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.
Born: 17 February 1962
Played In
Movie
Jul 2026
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Self
Movie
May 2026
Casa Grande
TV Show
Apr 2026
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
Daniel Fischer (voice)
Movie
Apr 2026
Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Theatrical Preview
Daniel Fischer (voice)
TV Show
Oct 2025
The Chair Company
Jeff Levjman
Movie
Aug 2025
Gangland
Teddy Sharpe
Movie
Jul 2025
Et Tu
Brent Barrymore
Movie
Mar 2025
Aguadilla
Benicio
Movie
Dec 2024
Get Fast
The Cowboy
Movie
Dec 2024
Werewolves
Dr. Aranda
Movie
Jul 2024
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three
The Spectre (voice)
Movie
Apr 2024
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two
The Spectre (voice)
Movie
Jan 2024
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One
The Spectre / Owlman (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2022
Quantum Leap
Shepherd Barnes
Movie
Aug 2022
Easter Sunday
Lou Diamond Phillips
Movie
May 2022
DC Showcase - Constantine: The House of Mystery
Spectre (voice)
TV Show
Jan 2022
The Legend of Vox Machina
Gentry (voice)
TV Show
Jan 2022
The Cleaning Lady
Joe Fabroa
TV Show
Jun 2021
Trese
Mayor Sancho Santamaria (voice)
Movie
Feb 2021
Adverse
Dr. Cruz
TV Show
Jan 2021
The Eisen Hour
Self - Guest
Movie
Oct 2019
Big Kill
Johnny Kane
TV Show
Sep 2019
Prodigal Son
Gil Arroyo
TV Show
Jan 2019
The Masked Singer
Mantis
Movie
Aug 2018
Urban Country
Warden Tono
TV Show
Feb 2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
Self - Special Guest
Movie
Dec 2017
Avenge the Crows
Casper
Movie
Sep 2017
Quest
Gus
Movie
Aug 2017
Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins
Victor Delgado (voice)
Movie
Aug 2017
Cop and a Half: New Recruit
Detective Simmons
Movie
Apr 2017
Created Equal
Monsignor Renzulli
Movie
Jan 2017
The Last Train
Gunner
TV Show
Nov 2016
Search Party
John
TV Show
Oct 2016
Graves
TV Show
Oct 2016
Goliath
Oscar Suarez
TV Show
Sep 2016
Bull
Colonel Victor Taggert
TV Show
Jul 2016
Elena of Avalor
Victor Delgado (voice)
Movie
Jul 2016
The Night Stalker
Richard Ramirez
Movie
Apr 2016
Sky
TV Show
Apr 2016
The Ranch
Clint
TV Show
Sep 2015
Blindspot
Saúl Guerrero
Movie
Aug 2015
The 33
Luis Urzua 'Don Lucho'
TV Show
Jun 2015
Another Period
Langundo
Movie
Feb 2015
The Wiggles - Rock and Roll Preschool
Himself
TV Show
Sep 2014
NCIS: New Orleans
Cedric Gossett
TV Show
Jul 2014
You're the Worst
Himself
Movie
Mar 2014
Sequoia
Colin
TV Show
Oct 2013
Ironside
Stuart White
TV Show
Sep 2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Jeff Romero
Movie
Apr 2013
Filly Brown
Jose Tonorio
Movie
Mar 2013
Sanitarium
James Silo
Movie
Feb 2013
Lucy in the Sky with Diamond
Lou Diamond Phillips
TV Show
Jun 2012
Longmire
Henry Standing Bear
Movie
Jul 2011
Metal Tornado
Michael Edwards
TV Show
Sep 2010
Blue Bloods
Louis Delgado
TV Show
Sep 2010
Hawaii Five-0
Wes Lincoln
Movie
Apr 2010
Takedown
David
Movie
Jan 2010
The Invited
Garrett
TV Show
Oct 2009
Stargate Universe
David Telford
TV Show
Sep 2009
Cougar Town
Lou Diamond Phillips
Movie
Jul 2009
Angel and the Badman
Quirt Evans
Movie
Apr 2009
Carny
Sheriff Atlas
TV Show
Apr 2009
Southland
Officer Danny Ferguson
Movie
Apr 2009
Love Takes Wing
Ray Russell
TV Show
Jan 2009
The Beast
Capone
Movie
Dec 2008
Che: Part Two
Mario Monje
Movie
Apr 2008
Death Toll
Mayor Padial
Movie
Apr 2008
Lone Rider
Bobby Hattaway
Movie
Mar 2008
Never Forget
Frank Hill
Movie
Feb 2008
Naked Movie
Self
Movie
Dec 2007
Termination Point
Dr. Daniel Winter
TV Show
Sep 2007
Chuck
Augusto Gaez
Movie
May 2007
Backyards & Bullets
Movie
Oct 2006
Fingerprints
Doug
Movie
Oct 2006
El Cortez
Manny DeSilva
Movie
Jul 2006
Aquaman
Tom Curry
TV Show
Jul 2006
Aquaman
Tom Curry
TV Show
Jul 2006
Psych
Lars Ewing
Movie
Jun 2006
Striking Range
Eugene "Vash" Vasher
Movie
Jan 2006
One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll
TV Show
Dec 2005
The Triangle
Meeno Paloma
TV Show
Nov 2005
The Reichen Show
Self
TV Show
Sep 2005
Criminal Minds
Sheriff Clifford Mason
Movie
Aug 2005
Alien Express
Vic Holden
TV Show
May 2005
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron
Movie
May 2005
Murder at the Presidio
CWO James Chandler
TV Show
Feb 2005
American Dad!
Rusty (voice)
TV Show
Jan 2005
Numb3rs
Agent Ian Edgerton
Movie
Jan 2005
Gone But Not Forgotten
Alan Page
TV Show
Sep 2004
The Tony Danza Show
Self
TV Show
Sep 2004
Jack & Bobby
Movie
Sep 2004
Stunt C*cks
Self
Movie
Feb 2004
Grandpa's Place
Self
Movie
Jan 2004
The Trail to Hope Rose
Keenan Deerfield
TV Show
Sep 2003
The Handler
Movie
Aug 2003
Red Water
John Sanders
Movie
Jun 2003
Hollywood Homicide
Wanda
TV Show
Jun 2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
Movie
Mar 2003
Absolon
Walters
TV Show
Feb 2003
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Self
TV Show
Sep 2002
The Twilight Zone
Ritchie Almarez
Movie
Jun 2002
Malevolent
Jack Lucas
Movie
May 2002
Stark Raving Mad
Gregory
Movie
Apr 2002
Lone Hero
Bart
TV Show
Mar 2002
George Lopez
George L.
Movie
Jan 2002
An Untold Triumph: America's Filipino Soldiers
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Nov 2001
24
Mark DeSalvo
Movie
Oct 2001
Route 666
Jack La Roca
Movie
Sep 2001
A Better Way to Die
William Dexter
TV Show
Sep 2001
Wolf Lake
John Kanin
TV Show
Jul 2001
Night Visions
Tom Fallor (segment "Dead Air")
Movie
Feb 2001
Hangman
Detective Nick Roos
Movie
Feb 2001
Knight Club
Dirk Gueron
Movie
May 2000
Picking Up the Pieces
Officer Alfonso
Movie
Jan 2000
Supernova
Yerzy Penalosa
Movie
Oct 1999
Bats
Sheriff Emmett Kimsey
Movie
Oct 1999
"Bats" Abound
Self
Movie
Oct 1999
In a Class of His Own
Ricardo 'Rich' Donato
TV Show
Sep 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Victor Paul Gitano
Movie
Aug 1999
Brokedown Palace
Roy Knox
TV Show
Mar 1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self
Movie
Feb 1999
Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died
Self
TV Show
Jan 1999
Family Guy
Tribe Leader (voice)
Movie
Dec 1998
Another Day in Paradise
Jewels (uncredited)
Movie
Apr 1998
The Big Hit
Cisco
Movie
Sep 1997
Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes
Camel
Movie
Jul 1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
Movie
Apr 1997
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Abba Kovner / Eliahu Rosenberg (voices)
Movie
Feb 1997
Hourglass
uncredited
TV Show
Sep 1996
Spin City
Nate
TV Show
Sep 1996
Spin City
Nate (archive footage)
TV Show
Aug 1996
Arli$$
Gillis Limoges
TV Show
Jul 1996
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
Movie
Jul 1996
Courage Under Fire
Staff Sergeant John Monfriez
TV Show
Jun 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
Movie
Mar 1996
Undertow
Jack Ketchum
Movie
Mar 1996
The Wharf Rat
Petey Martin
TV Show
Oct 1995
MADtv
Self
Movie
May 1995
Dangerous Touch
Mick Burroughs
TV Show
Mar 1995
The Outer Limits
Captain Cotter McCoy
TV Show
Mar 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Coatl (voice)
Movie
Oct 1994
Override
Cal
Movie
May 1994
Boulevard
Hassan
Movie
Apr 1994
Sioux City
Jesse Rainfeather Goldman
Movie
Mar 1994
Teresa's Tattoo
Wheeler
Movie
Oct 1993
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Movie
Aug 1993
Wind in the Wire
Movie
Jun 1993
Extreme Justice
Jeff Powers
Movie
May 1993
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
Movie
Jul 1992
The Panama Deception
English Voice-over
Movie
May 1992
The Dark Wind
Officer Jim Chee
Movie
Mar 1992
Shadow of the Wolf
Agaguk
Movie
Jun 1991
Ambition
Mitchell Osgood
Movie
Jan 1991
Harley
Harley
Movie
Aug 1990
Young Guns II
Jose Chavez y Chavez
Movie
Jul 1990
Demon Wind
Demon
Movie
May 1990
A Show of Force
Jesus Fuentes
Movie
Apr 1990
The First Power
Det. Russell Logan
TV Show
Jun 1989
Tales from the Crypt
Jerry
Movie
Jun 1989
Renegades
Hank Storm
Movie
Apr 1989
Disorganized Crime
Ray Forgy
Movie
Dec 1988
Dakota
John Dakota
TV Show
Sep 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Movie
Aug 1988
Young Guns
Chavez y Chavez
Movie
Mar 1988
Stand and Deliver
Angel Guzman
Movie
Dec 1987
The Three Kings
Tag
Movie
Jul 1987
La Bamba
Ritchie Valens
Movie
Jul 1986
Trespasses
Drifter
Movie
Sep 1985
Interface
Punk no. 1
TV Show
Sep 1984
Miami Vice
Detective Bobby Diaz
Movie
Mar 1984
Time Bomb
Terrorist
TV Show
Jan 1982
Champs-Elysées
Self
Movie
Young Guns III
Chavez
Movie
City Kid
Harley
Movie
Drowning
Tommy Nuts
Movie
The Ambulance Chaser
Movie
Widow
Movie
One in a Million