Lou Diamond Phillips

Louis Diamond Phillips (born Upchurch; February 17, 1962) is an American actor. His breakthrough came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film La Bamba (1987). For Stand and Deliver (1988), Phillips was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won an Independent Spirit Award.

17 February 1962

Born on the same birth day (17 February): Al-Juwayni • André Maginot • Case Keenum • Chaim Potok • Francis, Duke of Guise • Jiřina Jirásková • John Pinkerton • Joseph Gordon-Levitt • Karin Büttner-Janz • Lindy Ruff • Luc Robitaille • Oskar Seidlin • René Laennec • Shahrnush Parsipur • Wu'erkaixi • Zina Bethune

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