Lou Diamond Phillips

Lou Diamond Phillips
Biographical information
Birth name	Lou Diamond Upchurch
Alias	Lou Diamond Upchurch Lou D. Phillips
Nickname(s)	LDP
Date of birth	February 17, 1962
Place of birth	Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines
Gender	Male
Height	6' 1"
Hair colour	Black
Nationality	American
Other information
Notable role(s)	Agent Ian Edgerton in Numb3rs
Stargate universe information
Character(s)	David Telford

Lou Diamond Phillips is an American actor whose career was launched with the role of Ritchie Valens in the 1987 movie La Bamba. He is of mixed descent; Scottish-Irish, Hawaiian, and Cherokee from his father's side; and Filipino, Spanish and Chinese from his mother's side. He plays the role of Colonel David Telford in the series Stargate Universe.

Roles

Colonel David Telford
(See: List of Appearances)

David Telford from Alternate timelines
(SGU: "Twin Destinies", "Alliances", "Hope", "Seizure", "Blockade", "Gauntlet")

Trivia

• Early character descriptions led some fans to compare the character of Colonel David Telford to that of Colonel Marshall Sumner. Sumner was played by Robert Patrick, who beat Phillips to the role of Agent John Doggett in the series The X-Files.

External links

• Lou Diamond Phillips's official account on Twitter

• loudphillips's official account on Instagram

• Lou Diamond Phillips on Wikipedia
• Lou Diamond Phillips on The Internet Movie Database

Phillips with Beau Bridges, who plays Major General Henry Landry