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.

Filmography

• 2026Casa Grande
• Stranger Things: Tales from '85 — Daniel Fischer (voice)
• 2026Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Theatrical Preview — Daniel Fischer (voice)
• 2025Aguadilla — Benicio
• 2025Et Tu — Brent Barrymore
• 2025Gangland — Teddy Sharpe, Executive Producer
• The Chair Company — Jeff Levjman
• 2024Get Fast — The Cowboy
• 2024Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One — The Spectre / Owlman (voice)
• 2024Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three — The Spectre (voice)
• 2024Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two — The Spectre (voice)
• 2024Werewolves — Dr. Aranda
• 2022DC Showcase - Constantine: The House of Mystery — Spectre (voice)
• 2022Easter Sunday — Lou Diamond Phillips
• Quantum Leap — Shepherd Barnes
• The Cleaning Lady — Joe Fabroa
• The Legend of Vox Machina — Gentry (voice)
• 2021Adverse — Dr. Cruz
• Trese — Mayor Sancho Santamaria (voice)
• 2019Big Kill — Johnny Kane
• Prodigal Son — Gil Arroyo, Director
• The Masked Singer — Mantis
• 2018Urban Country — Warden Tono
• 2017Avenge the Crows — Casper
• 2017Cop and a Half: New Recruit — Detective Simmons
• 2017Created Equal — Monsignor Renzulli
• 2017Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins — Victor Delgado (voice)
• 2017Quest — Gus
• 2017The Last Train — Gunner
• Bull — Colonel Victor Taggert, Director
• Elena of Avalor — Victor Delgado (voice)
• Goliath — Oscar Suarez
• Graves
• Search Party — John
• 2016Sky — Duane
• 2016The Night Stalker — Richard Ramirez
• The Ranch — Clint
• Another Period — Langundo
• Blindspot — Saúl Guerrero
• Fear the Walking Dead — Director
• 2015The 33 — Luis Urzua 'Don Lucho'
• NCIS: New Orleans — Cedric Gossett
• 2014Sequoia — Colin
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Jeff Romero
• 2013Filly Brown — Jose Tonorio
• Ironside — Stuart White
• 2013Lucy in the Sky with Diamond — Lou Diamond Phillips
• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — Director
• 2013Sanitarium — James Silo
• Longmire — Henry Standing Bear
• 2011Metal Tornado — Michael Edwards
• Blue Bloods — Louis Delgado
• Hawaii Five-0 — Wes Lincoln
• 2010Takedown — David
• 2010The Invited — Garrett
• 2009Angel and the Badman — Quirt Evans
• 2009Carny — Sheriff Atlas
• Cougar Town — Lou Diamond Phillips
• 2009Love Takes Wing — Ray Russell, Director
• Southland — Officer Danny Ferguson
• Stargate Universe — David Telford
• The Beast — Capone
• 2008Che: Part Two — Mario Monje
• 2008Death Toll — Mayor Padial
• 2008Lone Rider — Bobby Hattaway
• 2008Never Forget — Frank Hill
• 2007Backyards & Bullets
• Chuck — Augusto Gaez
• 2007Termination Point — Dr. Daniel Winter
• 2006Aquaman — Tom Curry
• Aquaman — Tom Curry
• 2006El Cortez — Manny DeSilva
• 2006Fingerprints — Doug
• 2006One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll
• Psych — Lars Ewing
• 2006Striking Range — Eugene "Vash" Vasher
• 2005Alien Express — Vic Holden
• American Dad! — Rusty (voice)
• Criminal Minds — Sheriff Clifford Mason
• 2005Gone But Not Forgotten — Alan Page
• 2005Murder at the Presidio — CWO James Chandler
• Numb3rs — Agent Ian Edgerton
• The Triangle — Meeno Paloma
• Jack & Bobby
• 2004The Trail to Hope Rose — Keenan Deerfield
• 2003Absolon — Walters
• 2003Hollywood Homicide — Wanda
• 2003Red Water — John Sanders
• The Handler
• 2002An Untold Triumph: America's Filipino Soldiers — Narrator (voice)
• George Lopez — George L.
• 2002Lone Hero — Bart
• 2002Malevolent — Jack Lucas
• 2002Stark Raving Mad — Gregory
• The Twilight Zone — Ritchie Almarez, Director
• 24 — Mark DeSalvo
• 2001A Better Way to Die — William Dexter
• 2001Hangman — Detective Nick Roos
• 2001Knight Club — Dirk Gueron
• Night Visions — Tom Fallor (segment "Dead Air")
• 2001Route 666 — Jack La Roca
• Wolf Lake — John Kanin
• 2000Picking Up the Pieces — Officer Alfonso
• 2000Supernova — Yerzy Penalosa
• 1999Bats — Sheriff Emmett Kimsey
• 1999Brokedown Palace — Roy Knox
• Family Guy — Tribe Leader (voice)
• 1999In a Class of His Own — Ricardo 'Rich' Donato
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Victor Paul Gitano
• 1998Another Day in Paradise — Jewels (uncredited)
• 1998The Big Hit — Cisco
• 1997Hourglass — uncredited
• 1997Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes — Camel
• 1997The Trial of Adolf Eichmann — Abba Kovner / Eliahu Rosenberg (voices)
• Arli$$ — Gillis Limoges
• 1996Courage Under Fire — Staff Sergeant John Monfriez
• Spin City — Nate
• 1996The Wharf Rat — Petey Martin
• 1996Undertow — Jack Ketchum
• 1995Dangerous Touch — Mick Burroughs, Director, Writer
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Coatl (voice)
• The Outer Limits — Captain Cotter McCoy, Director
• 1994Boulevard — Hassan
• 1994Override — Cal
• 1994Sioux City — Jesse Rainfeather Goldman, Director
• 1994Teresa's Tattoo — Wheeler
• 1993Extreme Justice — Jeff Powers
• 1993Wind in the Wire
• 1992Shadow of the Wolf — Agaguk
• 1992The Dark Wind — Officer Jim Chee
• 1992The Panama Deception — English Voice-over
• 1991Ambition — Mitchell Osgood, Screenplay
• 1991Harley — Harley
• The General Motors Playwrights Theater — Clash
• 1990A Show of Force — Jesus Fuentes
• 1990Demon Wind — Demon
• 1990The First Power — Det. Russell Logan
• 1990Young Guns II — Jose Chavez y Chavez
• 1989Disorganized Crime — Ray Forgy
• 1989Renegades — Hank Storm
• Tales from the Crypt — Jerry
• 1988Dakota — John Dakota, Associate Producer
• 1988Stand and Deliver — Angel Guzman
• 1988Young Guns — Chavez y Chavez
• 1987La Bamba — Ritchie Valens
• 1987The Three Kings — Tag
• 1986Trespasses — Drifter
• 1985Interface — Punk no. 1
• Miami Vice — Detective Bobby Diaz
• 1984Time Bomb — Terrorist
• American Playhouse — Angel Guzman
• City Kid — Harley
• Drowning — Tommy Nuts
• One in a Million
• The Ambulance Chaser — Director
• Widow
• Young Guns 3: Alias Billy the Kid — Chavez

Appearances as themselves (24)

• 2026American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez — Self
• The Eisen Hour — Self - Guest
• The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale — Self - Special Guest
• 2015The Wiggles - Rock and Roll Preschool — Himself
• You're the Worst — Himself
• 2008Naked Movie — Self
• Hell's Kitchen — Self - Restaurant Patron
• The Reichen Show — Self
• 2004Grandpa's Place — Self
• 2004Stunt C*cks — Self
• The Tony Danza Show — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! — Self
• 1999"Bats" Abound — Self
• 1999Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self
• 1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western — Self
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self
• MADtv — Self
• 1993Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration — Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
• 1993Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Champs-Elysées — Self