page_title: Lou Diamond Phillips
section_title: Activism
hierarchical_section_title: Lou Diamond Phillips / Activism
caption_attribution_description: Lou Diamond Phillips speaking at the Filipino American Library Spirit Awards and Dinner GALA in Los Angeles, California.
context_page_description: Louis Diamond Phillips is a Filipino-American actor and film director. His breakthrough came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film La Bamba. For the Academy Award-nominated Stand and Deliver, Phillips was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won an Independent Spirit Award.
  Phillips made his Broadway debut with the 1996 revival of The King and I, earning a Tony Award nomination for his portrayal of King Mongkut of Siam. Phillips' other notable films include Stand and Deliver, Young Guns, Young Guns II, Courage Under Fire, The Big Hit, Brokedown Palace, Che, and The 33. In the television series Longmire, he played a main character named Henry Standing Bear.
context_section_description: Indian Country Today has reported that Phillips is part Cherokee on his father's side. He has remained close to the Native American community and was adopted by an Oglala Lakota Sioux family in a traditional ceremony in 1991. His Lakota name translates to "Star Keeper". In 1990, Phillips had organized a concert called "The Winds of Life" to benefit Native American causes.
  Phillips is also a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism. In 2020, he appeared in the NoH8 LGBTQ equality campaign.
caption: Phillips speaking at the Filipino American Library Spirit Awards and Dinner Gala in Los Angeles in October 2006.
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