Lou Diamond Phillips As Bobby Diaz
Eddie Trumbull’s partner, Bobby Diaz, aspired to become a sergeant along with his trusty friend. The two had a very bad ending during the “Red Tape” episode, with Trumbull getting killed by an explosion and Diaz being shot to death by Glenn McIntyre, a Metro-Dade SID Officer who had switched sides and turned into a bad guy.
Bobby Diaz was a memorable character, and we wish he would have survived for at least a few more episodes. Lou Diamond Phillips, the talented actor who portrayed Diaz, ended up appearing in many other crime shows over the years.
Viggo Mortensen As Eddie Trumbull
Viggo Mortensen assumed the role of Eddie Trumbull in Miami Vice, an aspiring young detective who worked for Metro-Dade. He was the partner of Bobby Diaz, and the two planned on one day becoming sergeants. Unfortunately, Trumbull got his one and only chance to appear in Miami Vice during an episode called "Red Tape". He was then killed before we got to know him by a bomb in a booby-trapped room.
Luckily for Mortensen, he would go on to become a highly decorated actor even though he only appeared in an episode on Miami Vice. Trumbull was quite an interesting character, and audiences were bummed that he never got the chance and become a sergeant during the show.
Viggo Mortensen– After the show
Viggo Mortensen is one of the most multi-talented actors in Hollywood and spends his time acting, writing, singing, taking photographs and painting. The Danish celebrity has been the recipient of various accolades including a Screen Actors Guild Award and has been nominated for three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.
Mortensen has appeared in numerous films over the years, but none are as memorable as his iconic role as Aragorn in the epic fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings. The actor is still highly active in Hollywood, even at over 60 years of age. His most recent film, Green Book, went on to win a few Oscar awards for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor.
Lou Diamond Phillips– After the show
Lou Diamond Phillips has appeared in more than a hundred films and TV shows from 1984 up to today but mostly takes small and short-lived roles. He recently appeared in a few episodes of crime shows such as NCIS: New Orleans, Criminal Minds and Blue Bloods. Phillips is an avid activist for the Native American community and was actually adopted by a Native American family.
Some of the actor's best roles are as Cisco in The Big Hit, Yerzy Penalosa in Supernova, and Jose Chavez y Chavez in Young Guns, arguably his best role to date. One of Lou Diamond Phillips's most successful recent films is 2015's biographical disaster film The 33, where he plays as Luis "Don Lucho" Urzúa.
Dennis Farina As Albert Lombard
It's hard to believe that Albert "Al" Lombard, a crime boss who owns much of Miami's underground gambling world, was actually played by Dennis Farina, an actor who used to be a real-life cop for almost two decades. Lombard is your classic rags-to-riches crime lord story and had a similar story to that of Al Pacino's Tony Montana in Scarface.
The crime boss lasted for two of the last episodes in Miami Vice’s first season and was presumed to be dead after being shot by Federico Librizzi. Lombard eventually made a surprising comeback during season five in the episode "World of Trouble", but ended up dying for good towards the end of it.