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Lou Diamond Phillips: Biography
Phillips worked as an assistant director and instructor at the University of Texas, where he also studied Drama and Film Technique, between 1983-1986.
He is an alumnus of University of Texas at Arlington
Phillips' big break came with the starring role in 1987's La Bamba as doomed early rocker Ritchie Valens. Though the role garnered him laud from critics, he has since found it difficult to find another leading role in a big-budget Hollywood film.
The first low budget film in which he starred in was called Trespasses. During the making of this film, he met Julia Cypher, an assistant director who would later become his wife.
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