Uncle Lou on Law & Order: SVU

Remember Uncle Lou (AKA LDP, Lou Diamond Phillips)? Well it's been almost three years since we talked about him in a spotlight piece. In my efforts to be contacted by celebrities by me making up stories about them, I decided it was time to re-visit my favorite uncle.

For the past few years, Uncle Lou has been up to things. He's been putting up some great TV guest spots. I'll admit, I didn't see him on The George Lopez Show, but he played a guy named George Lopez, so you know it was a more interesting episode. Was he like a doppleganger? Becuase I would LOVE an anti-George Lopez.

I did catch him on Law & Order: SVU. That was quite a show. Not only did he almost kill Olivia and Elliot, but he may or may not have broken up one of Law & Order's most recognizable partners. We'll have to wait and see next season. Uncle Lou also showed up twice on Numb3rs, which was cool. Since I watch that show anyway, it was improved even more by Uncle Lou. He was a sniper/expert. His witty retourts really put the Eppes Brothers on the spot.

Besides that TV work, Uncle Lou is working on two potential new series. One troubles me, and the other one seems to be shrouded in mystery. Aquaman sounds like a terrible idea (but the trailer looks like it could be a cool movie). No one really likes Aquaman. Every group has the one person that they all make fun of, and that was Aquaman in the Justice League. LDP is slated to star as Aquaman's father. The show is set to be on the new WB/UPN hybrid, CW. Rather, I should say, he was. It seems that the show will be put on hold until a time opens up. I'll be watching. The other show, Laws of Chance, seems to have no information online. I think we fans need to get some info!

What else is Uncle Lou working on? Well Some guy on MySpace messaged me to tell me that he met Uncle Lou in Baton Rouge, LA. Turns out, he's making a movie down there with DMX called Death Toll. That's not the cool part. He's working with Keshia Knight Pulliam-- YES, Rudy from The Cosby Show! Even though it's a straight to DVD release, it's adding to the diversity of his career. He's not just a TV man or film man or DVD star-- he can do it all.

(fake) picture of me & Uncle Lou!

The TV movies seem to be easy work for Uncle Lou though. Murder at the Presidio was a nice little ride. It wasn't too much in any direction. It was a straight movie about our renegade LDP trying to find out who killed a kid at a military base. Uncle Lou was the highlight, for sure, but Jason Priestley was in it too. That's gotta count for something.

The SciFi Channel has been good to Uncle Lou too. He starred in the dreadfully funny Alien Express, about CGI aliens on a train. This movie had some of the worst CGI effects I've ever seen, and I think it started the trend of getting SciFi movies on The Soup. Still, Absolon was pretty good, from what I remember. That was a 2003 release. You can catch it June 30th at 3:00 AM on the SciFi Channel, if you want. The Triangle was another SciFi epic, that probably satisfied Uncle Lou's contractual obligations to SciFi, sadly. In it, he played a father and blue-collar worker. He sufferec from the rifts in time and space when the Bermuda Triangle got out of control.

The winner in the past three years was Red Water. In it, LDP starred opposite Kristy Swanson to defeat a shark that swims up the Louisiana river chewing up some people along the way. Coolio even got in on this picture, as the money-hungry oil digger. This was one of the better SciFi/LDP crossovers, and I would watch it again... obviously.

As for the future, Uncle Lou is digging in his dramatic heels for El Cortez. In it, he plays an autistic man, struggling to make it after getting out of jail. Not only is he an easy target for being an ex-con (followed by the cop who arrested him), but he's autistic, and seemingly easy to take advantage of.

There's also Ouiji Board, which will be renamed. That should be another one that Uncle Lou has to save single-handedly. Still, I have all the faith that he can. There's Fingerprints too, an urban legend movie about ghost children. But most importantly, don't forget Uncle Lou's King and I revival. I mean, you missed the shows, but he did it.

And with all this work, it's hard to make relationships last. Uncle Lou and Aunt Kelly got a divorce last year. It was rough for the whole family, but we pulled Uncle Lou through by pushing him to drown his emotions in more acting.

I'll always do my part to keep you updated on ol' Uncle Lou, but I promise you it's all for my own selfish reasons. One day he will find me, and he'll want to be my uncle. I won't hit him up for cash, or even beg for love. From one Phillips to another, we can be family.