Lou Diamond Phillips

Lou Diamond Phillips

Actor (b. 1962)
16
Movies
72.1%
Avg ThumbScore
Thriller
Top Genre

Audiences rate Lou Diamond Phillips’s films higher than 55% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): The First Power (Tubi) · Young Guns (Prime Video (free)) · La Bamba (Tubi) · Stand and Deliver (Tubi) · Hollywood Homicide (Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla) · The Big Hit (Tubi) and 3 more.

Frequent Collaborators

Kiefer Sutherland (3)Emilio Estevez (2)Robert Knepper (2)Denzel Washington (1)Meg Ryan (1)
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The ThumbScore for Lou Diamond Phillips (72.1%) is the average audience approval rating across 15 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Lou's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

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.

Born 1962-02-17 in Subic Bay Naval Base, Olongapo City, Zambales, Philippines.

On ThumbScore, Lou Diamond Phillips appears in 16 films with an average audience score of 72.1%, most frequently in the Thriller genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Lou Diamond Phillips movie, ranked by audience score

Young Guns II
Young Guns II
1990
👍 87%
The First Power
The First Power
1990
👍 87%
Young Guns
Young Guns
1988
👍 86%
La Bamba
La Bamba
1987
👍 84%
Stand and Deliver
Stand and Deliver
1988
👍 81%
Renegades
Renegades
1989
👍 79%
Hollywood Homicide
Hollywood Homicide
2003
👍 74%
The Big Hit
The Big Hit
1998
👍 71%
Sky
Sky
2015
👍 69%
Courage Under Fire
Courage Under Fire
1996
👍 68%
Brokedown Palace
Brokedown Palace
1999
👍 68%
The 33
The 33
2015
👍 63%
Supernova
Supernova
2000
👍 61%
Bats
Bats
1999
👍 58%
Werewolves
Werewolves
2024
👍 46%
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
2026
No Score