Phillips was born at the Subic Bay Naval Station in the Philippines, the son of Lucita Umayam Arañas and Gerald Amon Upchurch, a Marine C-130 crew chief. His father was an American of Scots-Irish descent and his mother, a native of Candelaria, Zambales, is Filipina.\n', '

Phillips was named after United States Marine Corps legend Leland "Lou" Diamond. After his father died, he took his stepfather\'s surname Phillips as his own.\n', '

Phillips was raised in Texas. He graduated from Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi in 1980 and from the University of Texas at Arlington with a BFA in Drama.[citation needed]\n', '

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