Lou Diamond Phillips is an actor best known for his his work in films such as 'La Bamba,' 'Stand and Deliver' and 'Young Guns.' Synopsis Born on a military base in the Philippines, Lou Diamond Philips rose to fame with a series of hit films in the late 1980s, including La Bamba, Stand and Deliver and Young Guns. After a few flops in the early 1990s, Philips earned a Tony nomination for his work in The King and I on Broadway.