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Underrated, should've been a bigger star


I wonder why he never made it bigger than he did. He's had a successful career, to be sure, but he should've been more successful and landed bigger roles.

I mostly know him from Longmire, Courage Under Fire, The Big Hit, Young Guns and La Bamba. He was excellent in them all.

While he's occasionally broken through to big roles, most of his career has been made up of guest starring appearances on TV shows and roles in small movies that no one's heard of.

It's a shame that Longmire's been cancelled, as that was a great character for him. I hope that he gets at least a few more big opportunities before he calls it a career.

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He had his glory days in the late 80s & early 90s. The films he had a lead in was never a success financially and he turned down a few projects as he did not want to be typecast as an Indian. He spoke out of turn regarding "Supernova" as he wanted to support Walter Hill and this landed him in hot water with United Artists. He is a working actor now. Not a star or brand name.

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La Bamba was definitely a financial success, grossing about 9x it's budget. Stand and Deliver made money, too.

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we need a bats legacy sequel

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Did he ever thank Ritchie Valens 4 dying in that plane crash and giving him (lou) a chance 2 b a bigger star???

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