| Lou Diamond Phillips  AKA Louis Diamond Upchurch
Born: 17-Feb-1962
Birthplace: Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Young Guns II Lou Diamond Phillips is a multi-ethnic American actor, best known for playing the doomed rocker Ritchie Valens in La Bamba with Elizabeth Peña, and a Mexican-Indian desperado in Young Guns with Kiefer Sutherland.
Phillips' father was of Scottish, Irish, and Cherokee heritage, and his mother was part-Filipino, part-Hawaiian, part-Chinese, and part-Spanish. His smorgasbord ethnicity has allowed Phillips to play a Latino kid taught calculus by Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver, an Eskimo in Shadow of the North with Toshirô Mifune, and a Navajo in The Dark Wind with Fred Ward. He was Tony-nominated for his Broadway turn as the King of Siam in The King and I.
As a struggling actor Phillips taught drama, and he was asked to rescue an independently-made film that was unable to find a distributor. He re-wrote the script, added a few scenes, and cast himself as one of the villains, remolding the film into a curious but undenibly improved low-budget thriller called Trespasses.
After several early-1990s successes, his career has faltered. On TV's short-lived Wolf Lake, he played a cop dealing with werewolves. Much of his recent résumé, however, consists of forgettable TV films and low- and lower-budget films that have barely been released, including Route 666 with Lori Petty and Alien Express with Todd Bridges. Phillips has also directed several episodes of Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone. In his spare time, he plays with a rock band, The Pipefitters.
In December 2006 he pled guilty to domestic battery on his live-in girlfriend, who was not publicly identified. He was sentenced to three years' probation, one year of counseling, and 200 hours of community service.
He was named in honor of Leland "Lou" Diamond, a US Marine gunnery sergeant who fought in both World Wars, including heroics at Guadalcanal. Father: Gerald Upchurch (US Naval officer)
Mother: Lucita Upchurch Phillips (homemaker, Filipino-born, naturalized American citizen)
Father: George Phillips (stepfather, US Naval officer)
Wife: Julie Cypher (music video director, m. 1986, div. 1990, later gf. of Melissa Etheridge)
Slept with: Jerri Manthey (contestant on Survivor, one-night stand in early 1990s)
Wife: Kelly Preston (make-up artist, m. 24-Apr-1994, sep. 27-Jan-2005, div. 30-Jul-2007, three daughters)
Daughter: Grace Moorea Phillips (b. 5-Oct-1997, twin)
Daughter: Isabella Patricia Phillips (b. 5-Oct-1997, twin)
Daughter: Lili Jordan Phillips (b. 26-Sep-1999)
Wife: Yvonne Marie (make-up artist, m. 2007, one daughter)
Daughter: Indigo Sanara (b. 9-Oct-2007 with Marie)
High School: Flour Bluff High School, Corpus Christi, TX
University: BFA Drama, University of Texas at Arlington
Teacher: Southern Methodist University (1985-86)
Whataburger
Gore 2000
TELEVISION
Longmire Henry Standing Bear (2012-)
SGU Stargate Universe Col. David Telford (2009-11)
Numb3rs Agent Ian Edgerton (2005-10)
Wolf Lake John Kanin (2001-02)
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Love Takes Wing (4-Apr-2009)
Sioux City (Apr-1994)
Dangerous Touch (1994)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The 33 (2-Aug-2015)
Sanitarium (1-Mar-2013)
Filly Brown (20-Jan-2012)
Metal Tornado (22-Jul-2011)
Transparency (16-Apr-2010)
Love Takes Wing (4-Apr-2009)
Che: Part Two (21-May-2008)
Lone Rider (12-Apr-2008)
Death Toll (2008) · Mayor Padial
Termination Point (2007)
Fingerprints (16-Oct-2006) · Doug
El Cortez (5-Oct-2006)
Aquaman (24-Jul-2006)
The Triangle (5-Dec-2005)
Murder at the Presidio (2-May-2005)
The Trail to Hope Rose (3-Jul-2004) · Keenan Deerfield
Gone But Not Forgotten (2004)
Red Water (17-Aug-2003) · John Sanders
Hollywood Homicide (10-Jun-2003) · Wanda
Absolon (10-Mar-2003)
Stark Raving Mad (23-Aug-2002) · Gregory
Malevolent (27-Jun-2002) · Jack Lucas
Lone Hero (12-Apr-2002) · Bart
Route 666 (30-Oct-2001) · Jack
A Better Way to Die (13-Feb-2001)
Hangman (9-Feb-2001)
Knight Club (Feb-2001)
Picking Up the Pieces (26-May-2000)
Supernova (14-Jan-2000) · Yerzy Penalosa
Bats (22-Oct-1999)
In a Class of His Own (17-Oct-1999)
Brokedown Palace (13-Aug-1999) · Roy Knox
The Big Hit (24-Apr-1998) · Cisco
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) · Himself
Courage Under Fire (12-Jul-1996) · Monfriez
Undertow (1996) · Jack Ketchum
The Wharf Rat (3-Sep-1995) · Petey Martin
Boulevard (May-1994) · Hassan
Sioux City (Apr-1994) · Jesse Rainfeather Goldman
Teresa's Tattoo (Mar-1994)
Dangerous Touch (1994)
Extreme Justice (1993) · Jeff Powers
Shadow of the Wolf (12-Nov-1992)
The Panama Deception (1992) [VOICE]
Ambition (31-May-1991)
The Dark Wind (1991)
Young Guns II (1-Aug-1990) · Chavez y Chavez
A Show of Force (11-May-1990)
The First Power (6-Apr-1990)
Renegades (2-Jun-1989) · Hank
Disorganized Crime (14-Apr-1989)
Dakota (2-Dec-1988)
Young Guns (12-Aug-1988) · Chavez y Chavez
Stand and Deliver (11-Mar-1988) · Angel
The Three Kings (17-Dec-1987)
La Bamba (24-Jul-1987) · Ritchie Valens
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