Graduate of Drama Department of the university of Texas d' Arlington, Lou Diamond Phillips makes his first appearance with the screen by interpreting punk in Interface (1984), a science fiction film of Andy Anderson. But it is Bamba (1987) of Shine Valdez which reveals it with general public. Its service of the singer Richie Valens is worth Independent to him Spirit Award of the best actor of second role. Because of its attached eyes and its dye chechmate, Lou Diamond Phillips is often seen proposing roles of Indians. It appears as a retributive Indian in the westerns Young guns (1988) of Christopher Cain and Young guns 2 (1990) of Geoff Murphy, as a police officer navajo in the dark Wind of Errol Morris, or in Inuit tracked in Agaguk (1992) of Jacques Dorfmann. Parallel to its career of actor, Lou Diamond Phillips is tested with the realization and the writing of scenarios. Its first script to be carried to the screen is Ambition, of which it is one of the interpreters, in 1991. In 1994, it signs its first full-length film with Dangerous touch, a psychological thriller that it has coécrit. It also puts in scene and interprets the film Sioux city which obtains in 1994 t

e gold medal to the International Festival of Film of Houston. In 1996, its portrait of the Monfriez sergeant in military drama A the test of the fire of Edward Zwick is worth Blockbuster Audience Award to him. Amateur of physical roles, Lou Diamond Phillips incarne a hired killer in Big hit (1998) of Kirk Wong, as well as a sadistic and pitiless gangster in Flagrant is delirious (2001), a thriller of Drew Daywalt and David Schneider. He also appears in the credits of a few series B among which the Night of the bats (2000) of Louis Morneau and Supernova (id.) of Walter Hill.