Acclaimed
Hollywood actor Lou Diamond Phillips is of dual heritage -- his late father was
an American sailor and his mother Lucita is Filipina. He was born Lou Upchurch
at a U.S. navy hospital in the Philippines in 1962. His step-father, from whom
he acquired the surname he is currently using, was also a navy sailor. While testifying
on behalf of Filipino WWII veterans before Congress, he revealed that five uncles
on the Filipino side of his family had served in the U.S. Navy!
leading role of Ritchie Valens in the movie La Bamba
Tony-winner