Lou Diamond Phillips Filmography

Born:: February 17, 1962 in Philippines
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Lou Upchurch
Biography:: Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is no stranger to the dramatic ups and downs and surprises of his profession. Just look at the way he burst onto the Hollywood scene in 1987 with the surprise hit biopic La Bamba after years of working in Fort Worth theater and small Texas-produced independent films. His...Read More

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Che

Actors: Benicio Del Toro, Demián Bichir, Santiago Cabrera, Jorge Minguez, Edgar Ramirez

Synopsis: Nearly 40 years after Che Guevara's execution in Bolivia, director Steven Soderbergh retraces the life of the iconic Cuban revolutionary across the span of two feature-length films -- The Argentine and Guerrilla. The Argentine begins on November 26, 1956, as Fidel Castro (Demián Bichir) sails into Read More

1/1/08
Lone Rider

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Vincent Spano, Samuel Bottoms

Synopsis: An honored soldier returns home attempting to pick up his life where he left off before the war, only to find that his oldest friend is his newest enemy in this western starring Lou Diamond Phillips. Bobby Hathaway (Phillips) served his country with pride; now all he wants is to rest easy while Read More

2008
Death Toll

Actors: DMX, Lou Diamond Phillips

Synopsis: A powerful drug dealer has taken control of New Orleans, but as the authorities scramble to stop the bloodshed things only get worse in this violent thriller starring DMX, Lou Diamond Phillips, Leila Arcieri, and Keshia Knight Pulliam. "The Dog" (DMX) is a drug dealer who will stop at nothing to Read More

2007
Never Forget

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips

Synopsis: Awakening drenched in blood and alone in the woods, a man accused of murder goes on the run in order to recover his memory and piece together the mystery behind a deadly conspiracy. Steven (Lou Diamond Phillips) has absolutely no memory of the crime he has been accused of committing, and as the Read More

2007
Numb3rs: Season 04

Actors: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard

2007
El Cortez

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Middendorf, Bruce Weitz, James McDaniel, Glenn Plummer

Synopsis: An autistic ex-con attempting to readjust to life on the outside finds that the past isn't so easy to escape as he becomes caught in the middle of a deadly triple-cross in director Stephen Purvis' labyrinthine thriller. For five long years Manny (Lou Diamond Phillips) has repaid his debt to Read More

10/6/06
Fingerprints

Actors: Leah Pipes, Kristin Cavalleri, Josh Henderson

Synopsis: Loosely based on an urban legend centering on haunted train tracks, director Harry Basil's sophomore feature follows a young girl who was recently released from rehab as she moves back in with her parents and sister. When strange things begin happening around town, the recovering addict discovers Read More

2006
Bloodlines

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Yancy Butler, Jeff Speakman

2006
Striking Range

Synopsis: The next generation of weaponry is here, and when Ted Billings (Glenn Morshower) goes toe-to-toe with a murderous group of terrorists who are willing to do anything and everything to possess such power, it's going to take a small army to ensure the safety of the entire planet. Billings has turned Read More

2006
Numb3rs: Season 03

Actors: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard

2006
Alien Express

Synopsis: Produced for cable's Sci-Fi Channel, Alien Express makes up in speed what it lacks in production finesse. Among the passengers on the maiden trip of a new, streamlined "bullet train" is a collection of millionaires, presidential candidates and beauty contest winners--not to mention a band of Read More

2005
Murder at the Presidio

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Martin Cummins, Victoria Pratt

Synopsis: A military detective uncovers some disturbing truths while investigating a shocking murder in this made-for-cable mystery, based on a true story. James Chandler (Lou Diamond Phillips is a criminal investigator attached to the Army who has a reputation as a hothead who is quick to use his fists, a Read More

2005
Numb3rs: Season 02

Actors: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard

2005
Numb3rs: Season 01

Actors: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard

2005
The Triangle

Actors: Eric Stoltz, Sam Neill, Lou Diamond Phillips, Catherine Bell, Bruce Davison, Michael Rodgers

Synopsis: When a series of cargo ships vanish into the open waters of the Bermuda Triangle, a team of determined specialists attempt to uncover the mystery of the planet's most perplexing phenomenon in Storm of the Century and Rose Red director Craig R. Baxley's spooky sci-fi miniseries. Billionaire Eric Read More

2005
Gone But Not Forgotten

Synopsis: The psychological thriller Gone But Not Forgotten concerns a serial killer who leaves behind a black rose and a note that reads "Gone But Not Forgotten" every time he claims a new victim. The murders were never solved, but years later when a crime fitting the same MO occurs in Oregon lives are Read More

2004
The Trail To Hope Rose

Actors: Ernest Borgnine, Lou Diamond Phillips, Lee Majors, Marina Black, Richard Tyson

Synopsis: An epic-Western in the grand tradition, the made-for-cable The Trail to Hope Rose stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Keenan Deerfield, a half-Indian outlaw just released from prison. Determined to start life anew, Keenan takes a grueling rock-mining job in a town controlled by the odious Driggers Read More

2004
Hollywood Homicide

Actors: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich

Synopsis: Further cementing 2003 as the year of Ron Shelton cop movies, the director continued his vacation from the sports genre with Hollywood Homicide, a police comedy that comes right on the heels of Shelton's Dark Blue, a decidedly grittier cop thriller. The film stars Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett Read More

6/13/03
An Untold Triumph: The Story of the 1st and 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, U. S. Army

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips

2003
Absolon

Actors: Christopher Lambert, Lou Diamond Phillips, Kelly Brook, Ron Perlman

Synopsis: Storyboard artist David Barto directs the sci-fi action thriller Absolon, released straight-to-video following a very brief television premiere. In the near future, a virus has killed billions of people. The remaining humans rely on a drug called "Absolon" in order to survive. Norman Scott (Christopher Lambert Read More

2003
Red Water

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Kristy Swanson, Coolio, Jaimz Woolvett, Rob Boltin

Synopsis: A treacherous Louisiana river is the setting where divorced couple Sanders (Lou Diamond Philips) and Kelly (Kristy Swanson) forget their differences long enough to search for a new source of energy. The couple is joined -- and later waylaid -- by a pair of crooks named Ice (Coolio) and Jerry (Jaimz Woolvett Read More

2003
Malevolent

Actors: Steven Bauer, Edoardo Ballerini, Lou Diamond Phillips, Kari Wuhrer

Synopsis: John Terlesky directs Lou Diamond Phillips in the action thriller Malevolent. Police officer Jack (Phillips) has been under investigation since he was forced to shoot a man in the line of duty. His problems are exacerbated when someone begins making it appear that he is responsible for a series of Read More

2002
Lone Hero

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Sean Patrick Flanery, Robert Forster, Tanya Allen

Synopsis: A let's-pretend villain becomes a real-life hero in this action drama. John (Sean Patrick Flanery) is a down-on-his-luck actor who is playing a black-hatted cowboy in an "Old West" show at an Arizona tourist trap. When a gang of violent bikers roars through the town, John is one of the few people Read More

2002
Stark Raving Mad

Actors: Patrick Breen, Timm Sharp, John Crye, Suzy Nakamura, Seann William Scott, Lou Diamond Phillips

Synopsis: The writing/directing team of Drew Daywalt and David Schneider are responsible for the straight-to-video heist comedy Stark Raving Mad. Seann William Scott plays Ben McGewen, a guy who needs to pay off some major debts. Mostly he needs to pay the crime lord Gregory (Lou Diamond Phillips), the Read More

2002
Route 666

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Lori Petty, Alex McArthur

Synopsis: The brutal murder of a prison chain gang reverberates through time, leaving an unsuspecting pair of special agents doing battle against the forces of the undead in this tale of highway horror from director William Wesley. When a pair of mafia hitmen force special agents Jack (Lou Diamond Phillips) Read More

2001
Wolf Lake

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Tim Matheson, Graham Greene, Sharon Lawrence, Scott Bairstow

Synopsis: Due to the round-the-clock coverage of the World Trade Center tragedy, the beginning of the fall 2001 TV season was delayed on all of the major networks. The first "new" primetime series to be unveiled was CBS's Wolf Lake, a quirky supernatural effort in the tradition of The X-Files and Twin Read More

2001
Knight Club

Actors: Glenn Plummer, Lou Diamond Phillips, Lochlyn Munro

Synopsis: A failed actor-turned-L.A. bouncer struggles with loyalty and temptation in director Russell Gannon's nightlife-fueled drama. When wannabe actor Gary Grieko is promoted to head bouncer at one of L.A.'s hottest clubs, it appears as if his bad luck has just taken a turn for the bright side. With Read More

2001
Supernova

Actors: James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter Facinelli

Synopsis: In the early years of the 22nd century, a medical rescue team is traveling the netherworlds of deep space, waiting to answer emergency calls aboard what amounts to an interstellar ambulance. Captain Marley (Robert Forster), pilot Vanzant (James Spader), medical officer Evers (Angela Bassett) Read More

1/14/00
A Better Way to Die

Actors: Andre Braugher, Joe Pantoliano, Natasha Henstridge, Lou Diamond Phillips

Synopsis: In this thriller, a policeman decides to quit the force so he can settle down with his girlfriend, but his idyllic new life becomes a nightmare when he's robbed and beaten within an inch of his life. The attack turns out to be only the beginning of his problems; when he tries to report the crime Read More

2000
Hangman

Actors: Rosemary Dunsmore, Robert Haley, Vincent Corazza, Lou Diamond Phillips, Mädchen Amick

Synopsis: A crazed murderer is playing strange games with his victims in this psychological thriller. Nick Roos (Lou Diamond Phillips) is a police detective who is on the trail of a serial killer, who, before murdering his victims, tortures them with a bizarre variation on the old word game "Hangman." One Read More

2000
Picking Up the Pieces

Actors: Woody Allen, David Schwimmer, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Cheech Marin, Kiefer Sutherland

Synopsis: A crime of passion unwittingly leads to a "miracle" in this satirical comedy. Tex (Woody Allen) is a butcher who is married to Candy (Sharon Stone), a former exotic dancer who has no skill or enthusiasm for fidelity. Unhappy with her extramarital affairs, Tex kills Candy while performing a "sawing Read More

2000
Bats

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton, Leon, Carlos Jacott, Marcia Dangerfield

Synopsis: Beware of what goes "bump" (and "squeak" and "flap flap flap") in the night. Dr. Sheila Casper (Dina Meyer) is a respected zoologist dispatched by the government to Gallup, TX, a small community suffering from an unusual number of reported bat attacks. Casper finds this news puzzling, since bats Read More

10/22/99
Brokedown Palace

Actors: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Jacqueline Kim, Lou Diamond Phillips

Synopsis: Two carefree Americans embark on an overseas vacation that soon becomes a nightmare in this powerful drama. Alice (Claire Danes) is a headstrong teenager who wants to do something different to celebrate her high school graduation, so she persuades her more reserved best friend Darlene (Kate Beckinsale Read More

8/13/99
The Outer Limits: Blank Slate

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Dale Midkiff stars as Tom Cooper, a victim of amnesia who is being hotly pursued by unknown assailants. Hiding out in a shelter for the homeless, Cooper contemplates the small metal case which he carries with him at all times. The case contains five vials, into which have been deposited all of his Read More

1999
In a Class of His Own

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Cara Buono, Joan Chen

Synopsis: Lou Diamond Phillips stars in the true story of a high school janitor who never graduated high school and now must get his GED or lose his job. With the help of his wife (Cara Buono), a teacher (Joan Chen), and the school's students, he perseveres and eventually earns his degree. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1999
The Big Hit

Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Avery Brooks, Bokeem Woodbine, Antonio Sabato, Jr., Lela Rochon

Synopsis: Kirk Wong directed this comedy actioner about mild-mannered, beleaguered hitman Melvin Smiley (Mark Wahlberg), who very much wants to be liked. However, the naive Mel is being taken advantage of by both his girlfriends and associates (who cheat him out of his bonuses). Mel and his "Odd Squad" Read More

4/24/98
Teens At-Risk: Chill Out

1997
Courage Under Fire

Actors: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, Matt Damon

Synopsis: A soldier discovers how elusive the truth can be in this first major film about America's role in the Gulf War. Lt. Col. Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) was the commander of a unit during Operation Desert Storm who mistakenly ordered the destruction of what he believed to be an enemy tank Read More

1996
Undertow

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Mia Sara, Charles Dance

Synopsis: Lost in a storm, transient Jack (Lou Diamond Phillips) seeks shelter in a remote woodland cabin and suddenly finds himself held at gunpoint by a deranged mountain man who lives there with his child bride. The storm is but the harbinger of a hurricane and though the reclusive Lyle Yates (Charles Dance Read More

1996
The Wharf Rat

1995
Boulevard

Actors: Rae Dawn Chong, Kari Wuhrer, Joel Bissonnette, Lou Diamond Phillips, Lance Henriksen

Synopsis: This suspenseful thriller follows the exploits of a young wife as she tries to escape from an abusive mate and ends up on the gritty city streets. Jenefer manages to get away from her husband but must give her baby up for adoption before she can do so. Alone on the scary streets she encounters Read More

1994
Teresa's Tattoo

Actors: Adrienne Shelly, C. Thomas Howell, Nancy McKeon, Lou Diamond Phillips, Casey Siemaszko

Synopsis: It's the old switcheroo in this action comedy that follows the exploits of desperate extortionists. Gloria is a fluffhead with a Chinese dragon tattooed upon her chest. She wears lovely holograph earrings that just happen to contain classified detail of the U.S. space program. She is taken hostage Read More

1994
Sioux City

Crew: Director

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Ralph Waite, Melinda Dillon, Salli Richardson, Adam Roarke

Synopsis: A young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cultural roots and solves a mystery in this thriller. Because of his upbringing, Jesse Rainfeather Goldman knows almost nothing of Native American traditions. He is doing his internship when he Read More

1994
The Dark Wind

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Fred Ward, Gary Farmer, John Karlen, Lance Baker

Synopsis: Noted documentary filmmaker Errol Morris made his dramatic feature debut with this story about murder and other dirty dealings on an American Indian reservation. Recent college graduate Jim Chee (Lou Diamond Phillips) has just taken a job with the Navajo Reservation Police in Arizona, where he Read More

1993
Tales From the Crypt: Oil's Well That Ends Well

1993
Extreme Justice

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Glenn, Yaphet Kotto

Synopsis: Filmed just before the Rodney King incident, Extreme Justice is a violent tale of "police procedure" gone bonkers. Troublesome LAPD cop Jeff Powers (Lou Diamond Phillips) is assigned to an elite squad headed by his old friend Dan Vaughn (Scott Glenn). Ostensibly organized to collar violent repeat Read More

1993
Dangerous Touch

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Kate Vernon, Lou Diamond Phillips

Synopsis: Radio sex therapist Kate Vernon could use a slice of her own advice in the R-rated Dangerous Touch. Against her better judgement, she falls hard for charismatic Lou Diamond Phillips. As the relationship intensifies (and we see plenty of that intensification), Phillips inveigles Vernon in a hellish Read More

1993
Shadow of the Wolf

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Toshiro Mifune, Jennifer Tilly, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Donald Sutherland

Synopsis: Based on a best-selling novel, this drama, set amongst a remote Eskimo tribe in 1935, was -- at the time it was produced -- the most expensive Canadian motion picture ever made, with a budget of $31 million. Lou Diamond Phillips stars as Agaguk, the rebellious son of tribal leader Kroomak (Toshiro Mifune Read More

1992
The Panama Deception

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery

Synopsis: Barbra Trent's Oscar-winning documentary takes a harsh look at a black period in 20th-century democracy, the late '80s and early '90s when during "Operation Just Cause," the U.S. invaded Panama, ostensibly to oust dictator and known arms and drug kingpin General Manuel Noriega, whom the U.S. aided Read More

1992
Ambition

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Clancy Brown, Cecilia Peck, Richard Bradford, Willard E. Pugh, Grace Zabriskie

Synopsis: Lou Diamond Phillips stars in this contrived but entertaining thriller (which he also wrote) as Mitchell Osgood, an aspiring writer who runs a Los Angeles bookstore. When a heartfelt book about his father Haing S. Ngor fails to win him a publishing deal, Osgood decides to write something more Read More

5/31/91
The Untold West: Outlaws, Rebels and Rogues

Synopsis: Head back to the days of the old, wild West with this insightful look at the villains of the day. Part of The Untold West three-part series, this program documents such scoundrels as Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and Belle Starr. Narrated by Lou Diamond Phillips and shot in a Read More

1991
Young Guns 2

Actors: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, William L. Petersen

Synopsis: Only three of the original five "young guns" -- Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez), Jose Chavez y Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips), and Doc Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland) -- return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group Read More

8/1/90
A Show of Force

Actors: Amy Irving, Robert Duvall, Andy Garcia, Lou Diamond Phillips, Kevin Spacey

Synopsis: In this thriller, television reporter Kate Ryan de Melendez (Amy Irving) investigates the death of two radical Puerto Rican activists, whom she begins to believe may have been framed and murdered by undercover American agents. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

5/11/90
The First Power

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober, Mykelti Williamson, Elizabeth Arlen

Synopsis: This lackluster attempt at blending equal parts action movie and supernatural thriller ends up sacrificing the merits of both genres. The plot finds baby-faced homicide detective Logan (Lou Diamond Phillips) on the trail of "Pentagram Killer" Patrick Channing (Jeff Kober), negligibly assisted by Read More

4/6/90
Harley

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Eli Cummins, Kim Valentine

Synopsis: Lou Diamond Phillips stars as the title character, a Los Angeles motorcycle gang member sent to a Texas ranch for rehabilitation. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Renegades

Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jami Gertz, Robert Knepper, Bill Smitrovich

Synopsis: Director Jack Sholder followed his surprise sleeper hit The Hidden (1987) with this action drama that re-teamed Young Guns (1988) co-stars Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips. Sutherland stars as Buster McHenry, a Philadelphia cop working undercover as a thief in the gang of wealthy Read More

6/2/89
Disorganized Crime

Actors: Hoyt Axton, Corbin Bernsen, Rubén Blades, Fred Gwynne

Synopsis: When a conniving Montana thief (Corbin Bernsen) decides to rob the local bank, he organizes a gang of four to meet at a remote cabin to initiate the crime. The ringleader is delayed, however, by a pair of ineffective cops. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

4/14/89
Dakota

Crew: Associate Producer

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Eli Cummins, Dee Dee Norton, Jordan Burton, Steve Ruge

Synopsis: Dakota (Lou Diamond Phillips) is a troubled teen on the run. He takes a job on a Texas ranch to work off his debts. While Dakota works on restoring an antique car and other chores, he becomes a surrogate big brother for Casey (Jordan Burton), the young rancher's son who lost a leg to bone cancer. Read More

12/2/88
Young Guns

Actors: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Jack Palance

Synopsis: In this Western based loosely on actual events and people, Emilio Estevez stars as William H. Bonney (aka Billy the Kid). Sought for a petty crime in Lincoln County, Billy is taken in by John Tunstall (Terrence Stamp), a British ranch owner seeking to make it in the cattle business. Tunstall Read More

8/12/88
Stand and Deliver

Actors: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna de Soto, Andy Garcia, Will Gotay

Synopsis: Edward James Olmos portrays the real-life Jaime Escalante, a no-nonsense mathematic teacher in a tough East LA high school. Handed a classroom full of "losers" and "unteachables," Escalante is determined to turn his young charges' lives around. Drawing from his own cultural heritage, Escalante Read More

3/11/88
La Bamba

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna de Soto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe Pantoliano

Synopsis: Lou Diamond Phillips plays legendary 1950s rocker Ritchie Valens (born Ricardo Valenzuela), in this musical biography. Before scoring radio and concert success with hits like "La Bamba", "C'mon Let's Go", and "Donna", Valens was a 15-year-old migrant worker who worked with his mother Connie (Rosana De Soto Read More

7/22/87
Trespasses

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Robert Kuhn, Van Brooks, Mary Pillot, Adam Roarke, Lou Diamond Phillips

Synopsis: Sharon Rae (Mary Pillot) is a Texas rancher who seeks vengeance against the two drifting rapists (Adam Roarke and Lou Diamond Phillips) who attacked her while her spineless husband Richard (Van Brooks) watched. Her neighbor Franklin (Robert Kuhn) loses his son Johnny (Thom Meyer) when he is Read More

1/23/87