A handsome, multi-ethnic leading player, Phillips made his film debut as both actor and co-screenwriter with "Trespasses" (filmed in 1983, released in 1987), a crime melodrama set in Texas. He rose to prominence as doomed 1950s rock-and-roll star Ritchie Valens in "La Bamba" (1987). A charismatic and conscientious performer, he subsequently distinguished himself as gang member…
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