Diamond Phillips Biography
Lou Diamond Phillips is an actor from Athe United States well known for his roles in the biographical drama film La Bamba marked the beginning of his career. Phillips received an Independent Spirit Award and a Golden Globe nomination for Stand and Deliver.
How old is Diamond Phillips? Age
The actor is 62 years old as of 17 February 2024. He was born in 1962 in U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippines.
Childhood, Family – Education
Phillips was the son of Marine KC-130 crew leader Gerald Amon Upchurch and Lucita Umayam Aranas at the Subic Bay Naval Station in the Philippines. His father was an American, descended from Cherokee and Scots-Irish. Leland “Lou” Diamond, a US Marine, is the reason behind Phillips’ name. His stepfather adopted him after his father passed away, and he assumed the Phillips surname. He earned his diplomas in drama from the University of Texas at Arlington and Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi in 1980.
Diamond Phillips Marriage
Phillips got to know assistant director Julie Cypher while filming Trespasses. On September 17, 1987, they tied the knot; on August 5, 1990, they got divorced. Cypher came out as a lesbian and started a committed relationship with Melissa Etheridge following their divorce. He briefly became engaged to Jennifer Tilly, whom he met on the Shadow of the Wolf (1992) film set.
He got married to makeup artist Kelly Phillips in 1994, and the two of them have three daughters. After a long mediation, their divorce was finally formalized in July 2007, even though they had separated in 2003. In 2004, Phillips started dating makeup artist Yvonne Boismier. In 2006, he was accused of misdemeanor domestic assault against her. Their daughter was born in October 2007 and they were married in August of the same year. Together, they are coauthoring and illustrating Lou’s debut book.
Diamond Phillips Wealth
Lou has made a fortune of $6 million.
Diamond Phillips Poker
Since college, Phillips has regularly participated in poker. Phillips finished 31st out of 403 players in the 2009 California State Poker Championship Limit Texas hold ’em in May of 2009. The $10,000 World Series of Poker World Championship No Limit main event in July 2009 was won by him. He was eliminated in the phase from 407 to 185 out of a field of 6,494. He got busted on the last hand of the day, finishing in 186th place and collecting $36,626. He began the day in 114th place out of 407 players.
Diamond Phillips’s ole on Law & Order
Phillips guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode “Fault” as Victor Paul Gitano, a rapist, kidnapper, and spree killer, and a registered sex offender. After killing the rest of their family, Gitano—a compulsive liar and registered sex offender—kidnapped Rebecca and Ryan Clifford. One of the kids from Rebecca’s elementary school was the child he had previously confronted, flashing her and other females before masturbating on the playground. Detective Elliot Stabler was traumatized by Gitano’s murder of Ryan after he thrashed Detective Olivia Benson in a police attempt to arrest him at a bus terminal.
Diamond Phillips Prodigal Son
In Prodigal Son, Diamond Phillips plays Gil Arroyo. Malcolm Bright’s lifelong mentor Gil Arroyo was Martin Whitly’s arresting officer during his father’s attempted murder in the 1990s. Martin was found to have killed 23 women, and he is currently incarcerated. In spite of this, he remained close to Malcolm until he left to attend Harvard University and joined the FBI as an agent. Since then, they’ve gotten back in touch and are coworkers at the NYPD.
After Malcolm Bright was let go by the FBI, Gil Arroyo pays him a visit in order to look into a murder case. JT Tarmel and Dani Powell, who subsequently meet Malcolm in the morgue, are introduced to him by him. They discover Malcolm’s night terrors and consenting BDSM. Malcolm follows up on Liam Houser, who bursts into an exotic animal warehouse, and confronts JT about his distaste for him. Liam’s attorney, Jon Littman, gets in touch with Gil and offers to help his client. Malcolm later comes to suspect Liam committed suicide and asks the family attorney for assistance.
Malcolm provides lollipops as Gil and his team investigate a murder victim in a wilderness. They find that a large number of victims were involved in covert LSD research conducted by graduate students. Jessica Whitly interrupts them to talk about Malcolm’s impending trouble with his father. Following their discovery of the dead model’s body in an opulent New York apartment, Malcolm confronts Axel X on the arrangement of the body.
Malcolm is high, so they follow him to a drug dealer’s murder and encounter Saulo and Dani. The mother’s boyfriend is accused of being the one who stabbed the corpse more than a hundred times. It is found that Dani is attempting to hide her son’s crime when she is arrested on murderous accusations.
Diamond Phillips’ Arrest
On August 11, 2006, Phillips was taken into custody for violating the peace at his Los Angeles residence after hearing loud noises coming from the residence he shared with Yvonne Boismier, his future wife and live-in girlfriend. After entering a not guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace in December 2006, he was given a three-year probationary period.
On November 3, 2017, while inebriated, Phillips pulled over to ask a police officer for directions in Portland, Texas, and was subsequently taken into custody. He was accused of driving recklessly. Phillips posted bail and was sent free. After reaching a plea agreement, Phillips received a two-year probationary sentence in April 2018.
Diamond Phillips’ Film Appearances
Movies
♦ 2024 – Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths
♦ 2024 – Keep Quiet
♦ 2024 – Werewolves
♦ 2023 – Et Tu
♦ 2022 – Easter Sunday
♦ 2019 – Big Kill
♦ 2018 – Urban Country
♦ 2017 – Cop and a Half: New Recruit
♦ 2017 – Created Equal
♦ 2017 – Avenge the Crows
♦ 2016 – Tao of Surfing
♦ 2015 – The 33
♦ 2015 – Sky
♦ 2014 – Sequoia
♦ 2014 – The Wisdom to Know the Difference
♦ 2013 – Sanitarium
♦ 2012 – Filly Brown
♦ 2010 – The Invited
♦ 2010 – Transparency
♦ 2008 – Che: Part Two
♦ 2008 – Death Toll
TV Shows
♦ 2015, 2020 – Blindspot
♦ 2023 – The Masked Singer
♦ 2022 – The Cleaning Lady
♦ 2022 – Bull
♦ 2022 – Firebuds
♦ 2021 – Trese
♦ 2020 – Family Guy
♦ 2020 – The George Lucas Talk Show
♦ 2019 – Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
♦ 2019 – The Lion Guard
♦ 2019–2021 – Prodigal Son
♦ 2018 – Criminal Minds
♦ 2018 – NCIS: New Orleans
♦ 2018 – Goliath
♦ 2018–2020 – Blue Bloods