Lou Diamond Phillips is an born Louis Diamond Upchurch on February 17, 1962, is a Filipino-American actor, director, and writer, known for his roles in films like "La Bamba" and "Stand and Deliver". 

Lou's father, Gerald Amon Upchurch, was an American, from Georgia, and had English and Scots-Irish ancestry. Lou's mother, Lucita Umayam Araña, was Filipino, from Candelaria.