Lou Diamond Phillips Biography

Fast Facts

• Is of Scotch-Irish, Cherokee, Filipino and Hawaiian decent
• His father named him after United States Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant Lou Diamond; his surname comes from his stepfather
• Although he was offered scholarships to the U
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• Naval Academy and Yale, he decided to attend the University of Texas at Arlington
• Once borrowed a bellhop's uniform to sneak up to a hotel room to meet Robert De Niro
• Won a Best Supporting Actor Independent Spirit award for his work in 1989's Stand and Deliver
• Crowned the winner of NBC's I'm a Celebrity
• Get Me Out of Here! in 2009; donated the winnings to the Art Has Heart Foundation, which provides college scholarships to low-income students
• Defeated Coolio in the Season 1 finale of Rachael vs
• Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off in 2012, winning $50,000 for the charity Share Our Strength, which strives to end childhood hunger in America
• Plays on the World Poker Tour