The Filipino-American actor Lou Diamond Phillips was named after him by his father, an officer in the U.S. Navy.
He has appeared on screen in several movies, including La Bamba starring Lou Diamond Phillips as '50s rock star Ritchie Valens.
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The novel was made into a movie with the title Shadow of the Wolf by Jacques Dorfmann in 1992, with Lou Diamond Phillips, Toshiro Mifune, Jennifer Tilly, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, and Donald Sutherland.
The series features the voice talents of award-winning stars including Tom Bosley, John Schneider, George Newbern, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rene Auberjonois, Peter Strauss, and Tim Curry.
She has acted with Sean Penn and Robert Duvall in Colors, a film about gangs in Los Angeles, with Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips in the critically acclaimed drama Stand and Deliver, and had the lead role in the made-for-television movie Sweet 15, portraying a young Mexican American teenager preparing for her quinceañera.
Wong made his American directing debut in 1998 film The Big Hit along with Mark Wahlberg and Lou Diamond Phillips.
Among many recognized films by regional and international filmmakers, the festival has hosted many celebrities over the years such as Val Kilmer, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jeffery Tambor, Mark Medoff, Chris McDonald and Linda Hamilton.