Lou Diamond Phillips

Lou Diamond Phillips in Another Day in Paradise

Lou Diamond Phillips (1962 - )

Film Deaths

• Time Bomb (1984) [Terrorist]: Killed in a car crash when Billy Dee Williams shoots at Lou's car, causing it to flip over.

• La Bamba (1987) [Ritchie Valens]: Killed in a plane crash, along with Marshall Crenshaw and Stephen Lee off-screen.

• Young Guns II (Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory) (1990) [Jose Chavez Y Chavez]: Bleeds out from a gunshot wound inflicted earlier in a shootout. (Historically inaccurate, Jose actually died in 1924 from old age). (Thanks to Gary)

• Courage Under Fire (1996) [Sgt. Monfriez]: Commits suicide by driving his jeep into the path of an oncoming train, after a confrontation with Denzel Washington.

• Another Day in Paradise (1998) [Jewels]: Shot in the head by Vincent Kartheiser while Lou is threatening to kill Paul Hipp during a robbery.

• The Big Hit (1998) [Cisco]: Stabbed to death with his own knife during a fight on a suspended structure with Mark Wahlberg in a video store (he manages to activate a bomb while talking to Mark while dying). (Thanks to Ernesto)

• A Better Way to Die (2000) [William Dexter]: Shot in the head (after first being shot in the hand by Andre Braugher with a sniper rifle) by Scott Wiper with Joe Pantoliano’s modified pistol.

• Supernova (2000) [Yerzy Penalosa]: Skull crushed when the superhumanly-strong Peter Facinelli smashes Lou's head between his fists; Peter then shoots Lou's body into space. (The DVD includes an alternate version of this scene in which the skull-crushing is more graphic.) (Thanks to Gary)

• The Night Stalker (2016; TV film) [Richard Ramirez]: Dies of B-cell lymphoma after seeing Bellamy Young stood on his side.

TV Deaths

• Miami Vice: Red Tape (1987) [Bobby Diaz]: Shot to death by Scott Plank on a pier; he dies while talking to Philip Michael Thomas. (Thanks to Andy)

• Tales from the Crypt: Oil's Well that Ends Well (1993) [Jerry]: Killed in an explosion (along with the rest of his gang) when Priscilla Presley deliberately drops a lit cigarette into a pool of oil. (Thanks to PortsGuy)

• 24: 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (2002) [Mark DeSalvo]: Shot by Zeljko Ivanek after Zeljko holds him hostage to force Kiefer Sutherland to release Dennis Hopper.

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Fault (2006) [Victor Paul Gitano]: Shot to death by a police sniper while he's holding a gun to Christopher Meloni's head. (Thanks to Robert, PortsGuy and Alex)

• The Beast: Capone (2009) [Capone]: Commits suicide by shooting himself in the head off-screen after a brief confrontation with Patrick Swayze and to avoid arrest by the police squadron. [I vaguely recall this being what happened.]

• Carny (2009) [Atlas]: Impaled when a spike from the Ferris wheel falls while he uses his truck to kill the monster. Dies shortly after talking to Simone-Élise Girard.

• Blindspot: Authentic Flirt (2015) [Sal Guerrero]: Stabbed to death with a knife by partially seen assailant after arriving in a prison hallway.

Deaths in Music Videos

• Radioactive (2012) [Owner of underground puppet-fighting ring]: Killed by puppets after being surrounded and attacked by them.

Notable Connections

• Ex-Mr. Julie Cypher.