Lou Diamond Phillips has been acting for decades. But his breakout role was so iconic, it’s one he’s still largely associated with.
Phillips played Ritchie Valens in 1987’s “La Bamba” and then went on to shine in “Stand and Deliver” and “Young Guns.” More recently, he starred in the TV series “Longmire.”
His latest film is “Keep Quiet,” in which Phillips plays a tribal police officer. It screened at the Dallas International Film Festival – where he was presented with the Dallas Star Award — and is also screening at Austin’s Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, where he says he’s set to receive a city of Austin proclamation…