Lou Diamond Phillips: A Brief Biography of an Actor of Popular TV Shows

The actor who is removed in the television series, it is much easier to achieve fame than his fellow actor. After all, viewers who see the same artist (albeit in an episodic role) every week, get used to it. Therefore, many stars are obliged to participate in the television series with success. Among them: Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Hugh Laurie and Lou Diamond Phillips. The actor, who was the last, although he did not become a star of the first magnitude, was able to achieve success in his profession. The most famous projects with his participation - "Law and order. Special Corps "," 24 hours "and" Stargate: The Universe ".

Lou Diamond Phillips: An Early Age Biography

This actor was born in the Philippines, in February 1962. His father was an American of Scottish-Irish descent. In addition, he was a quarter Cherokee. The origin of Lou Diamond's mother was even more interesting: in her family were the Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiians and even Spaniards. Thanks to such a genealogy, Lou Diamond Phillips (pictured below) inherited an unusual appearance that in the future allowed him to play Indians, Spaniards, Mexicans and other nationalities.

The boy's father died early - and the mother remarried. Relations with the "new" father of Lou Diamond formed good, and later he took the name of his stepfather - Phillips.

After leaving the Philippines, the actor's family traveled the United States for a long time, until they settled in the Texas town of Corpus Christi. Here, a young Lu Diamond graduated from a local school, and then went to study drama at the University of Texas at Arlington.

The beginning of acting career

For the first time on television, Lou Diamond Phillips appeared in the role of a terrorist in the "Bomb with a clockwork" in 1984.

In the same year, the actor starred in the horror film Andy Anderson "Interface". In this rather peculiar picture he got the role of punk # 1.

The following year, the artist played in one of the episodes of the famous television series "Dallas". Then the talented young man was noticed and invited to the main role in the picture "Sins". However, this project was low-budget and did not bring much fame to the novice actor.

But the next film with Lou Diamond in the title role - "La Bamba" - glorified him throughout the country. In this project, Phillips played the cult American musician Richie Walesa.

First successes

Drawing attention to himself, the young man begins to appear in more serious projects. In 1988, he played one of the main roles in the film on the basis of real events "Endure and achieve." For the role of the school hooligan Angel Guzman, the actor was nominated for the Golden Globe, which he never got, but he was awarded the Independent Spirit award.

After "Endure and Achieve" Lou Diamond Phillips was invited to the western "Young Arrows", and later in his sequel.

Career in the Nineties

Becoming rather famous in the actors' circles, Phillips dreamed of starring. That is why in the following years he often preferred small-budget pictures only because he was allowed to play the main character in them. Unfortunately, many of these projects were rather low-grade, which affected the reputation of the actor named Lou Diamond Phillips.

His filmography in the nineties contains a lot of second-rate paintings. Among them: "Demonstration of Power", "First Force", "Shadow of the Wolf", "Extreme Justice", "Dangerous Touch" and "Tattoo of Theresa."

However, in this decade the actor also played in worthy films, although on secondary roles. The most famous of his work in the cinema in the nineties is "Courage in battle" and "The Big Deed".

In the same years, Lou Diamond Phillips is filming a lot in television series ("Sesame Street", "Tales from the Crypt", "Rat Wharf", "Fairy Tales for All Children", "Spin City", "Beyond the Possible", "Law And the order: the Special case "), the truth, not in the basic structure, and as the invited actor.

In addition to film and television in this decade, the actor tried his hand at becoming a rock musician, becoming the vocalist of the famous American band The Pipefitters.

Lou Diamond Phillips: series and films in the two thousandth

With the advent of the new millennium, the popularity of the actor on television has increased dramatically. He was invited to appear in various television series not only as a guest star, but also in the main line-up.

The most famous projects in these years are "24 hours", "Twilight Zone", "George Lopez", "Jack and Bobby", "Numbers", "Clairvoyance", "Chuck", "Happily divorced", "Longmayer", " Southland "," Iron Side "," Other Time "and" Blind Zone ".

On the wave of popularity of Lou Diemonada as a serial actor, several projects with him in the lead role ("Wolf Lake", "Bermuda Triangle") were launched. Unfortunately, these TV series were not adequately appreciated by the audience, they were removed from the air.

Despite his busy time on television, Lou Diamond Phillips also appeared in films periodically. Films with his participation, like in the last decade, sinned with a small budget and weak direction, but fans of the artist's talent enjoyed watching them. The most famous ones are "Highway 666", "Lonely hero", "Reckless robbery", "Number of victims".

In 2015, Phillips played in a drama based on real events "33". And in 2016, the artist received the role of the famous criminal Richard Ramirez in the television movie "The Night Stalker".

The personal life of Lou Diamond Phillips

Like the career of the actor, so his personal life was quite stormy, but not always successful. To the altar, he walked three times.

The first choice of Lou Diamond was his colleague - director Julie Cypher. Unfortunately, this marriage lasted only 3 years, after which the couple divorced. Although the couple did not discuss the reason for parting in the press, the majority felt that the couple diverged due to bisexual inclinations of Julie, who soon after the divorce started an affair with Melissa Etheridge.

After the break, the actor met Jennifer Tilly for two years, but before marriage, it did not happen.

The second time married Lou Dysond on the model of the Penthouse magazine - Kelly Preston in 1993. The couple had daughters: twins Grace Moorea and Isabella Patricia, as well as Lily Jordan. In 2004, the couple departed, and the girls stayed with their mother, and three years later the Phillips officially divorced.

The reason for the divorce was the pregnancy of a new girlfriend Lou Diamond - makeup artist Yvonne Boismer. Soon after the divorce, the actor formalized the marriage with a new lover, and two months later the fourth daughter of the actor, Indigo Sanar, appeared.

Interesting facts

• The actor was named after the brave sailor, the hero of the First and Second World Wars, Leland Lu Diamond.
• Lou Diamond played King Arthur in the musical "Camelot".
• Among the hobbies of the actor is poker. Phillips often takes part in various tournaments devoted to gambling card games.
• In 2006, the artist was arrested on charges of family violence. The reason for this was a quarrel with Yvonne Boismeer, after hearing about which, the neighbors called the police. In December 2006, the actor was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment (probation), as well as 200 hours of community service.
• Lu Diamond in all the means available to him defends the rights of his fellow countrymen from the Philippines.
• In 1990, the actor was formally adopted by the Sioux Indian tribe, despite the fact that by origin he is the eighth part of the Cherokee.

Lou Diamond Phillips is a vivid example of how you can squander your talent for small things. Having proved himself well at the beginning of his career, he hurried too much, agreeing to participate in cheap projects, than to spoil his image. Despite this, the actor made a good career on television, but with his talent, he was able to achieve much more.