Phillip Edward Van Lear | |
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Born | Aurora, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1992–present |
Children | 3 |
Phillip Edward Van Lear is an American actor. He plays corrections officer Louis Patterson on the show Prison Break. He has also played in various other movies such as: Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Chicago Cab, Night of the Lawyers, A Family Thing and Thieves Quartet. He also starred alongside Oprah Winfrey, in the film There Are No Children Here, where he plays a thug and a vandal hell-bent on corrupting youth for his own personal gain. He is the father of three, Nathaniel, Tasha and Ethan.
Van Lear was born in Aurora, Illinois.