Real name: Louis Diamond Upchurch

Born: February 17, 1962, Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines

Lou Diamond Phillips is a multi-ethnic American actor, best known for playing the doomed rocker Ritchie Valens in La Bamba with Elizabeth Peña, and a Mexican-Indian desperado in Young Guns with Kiefer Sutherland.

He was named in honor of Leland "Lou" Diamond, a US Marine gunnery sergeant who fought in both World Wars, including heroics at Guadalcanal.