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Lou Diamond Phillips

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Actor b. 1962

Louis Diamond Phillips (né Upchurch; born February 17, 1962) is an American actor, director, and writer. His breakthrough came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film La Bamba (1987). For his performance as Angel David Guzman in Stand and Deliver (1988), he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. Phillips made his Broadway debut with the 1996 revival of The King and I, earning a Tony Award nomination for his portrayal of King Mongkut of Siam. Phillips's other notable films include Young Guns (1988), Young Guns II (1990), Courage Under Fire (1996), The Big Hit (1998…

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  • Cast: Donna Murphy, Lou Diamond Phillips, Randall Duk Kim, Taewon Kim, Joohee Choi, Jose Llana, John Curless, Guy Paul, Ryan Hopkins, John Changebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • “He’s not short, and I hear he did fine in The King and I . But good or adequate is not what it’s about, not what it’s supposed to be about. And Lou Diamond Phillips, after Yul Brynner, is small .”—KIM HUNTER (A Streetcar Named Desire , on stage and screen)ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
  • Left: Donna English (as Julie Andrews), Bryan Batt (as Lou Diamond Phillips), David Hibbard (as Nathan Lane), and Christine Pedi (as Elaine Paige). Right: Donna English, Bryan Batt, Christine Pedi, and Tom Plotkin lead the protest to "Stop Cats!"ebooks/Portantiere, Gerard Alessandrini;Michael/B0030EGEYY EBOK - Gerard Alessandrini;Michael Portantiere.txt
  • But that’s not the full story... I had booked The King and I in September of 1995. We were supposed to start rehearsal in November, but then Lou Diamond Phillips got a movie, so they pushed us to February. Suddenly, I had all this time free, because I had left school already. I had just gotten an agent, and he said, “You know, there’s thi…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer Ashley/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 2, The - Jennifer Ashley Tepper.txt
  • With no disrespect to her own Broadway king, Lou Diamond Phillips, Murphy said the production tried to shift the balance of power back to its narrator.ebooks/Viagas, Robert/I'm the Greatest Star_ Broadway's Top Musical Legends from 1900 to Today - Robert Viagas.txt
  • Top: Charlayne Woodard, Lou Diamond Phillips in Good Person of Setzuan Center: Angie Phillips in Therese Raquin Right: Lillias White, Matthew Broderick in How to Succeed...theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1994-95 Season, v. 51 (Willis).txt

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