Date of Birth
7 September 1960
Mini Biography
Phillip Rhee was raised in
San Francisco. He is a martial artist,
actor, director and producer who has created, produced and starred in
six films, including the
Best of the Best film series. Film has become a
cult classic
around the world and has spawned three sequels,
Best of the Best
II, Best of the Best
III and Best of the Best IV. Rhee began studying martial arts at the age of
four. He holds ranks of 6th degree
black belt in
Tae Kwon Do, a 3rd degree
Black Belt in Hap
Ki Do and a 1st degree black belt in Kendo. Rhee decided at an
early age to follow in the
footsteps of his uncle, who was
one of Korea's most prominent film directors. However, because Rhee realized that few opportunities existed for Asian
American lead actors in traditional
Hollywood films, he began creating, writing, and producing his own films. Rhee jokes that in his first picture, "we needed a convertible car, which was not budgeted, so we
just took a car and sawed off the top. . . we just did what we needed to do to make the picture." Armed with his camera and a script, he shot his first film on a shoestring budget. Today, his
trademark brand of action films are distributed around
the world by
Sony Pictures, 20th
Century Fox, and Miramax/Dimension Films.
IMDb Mini Biography By:
Spouse
Amy Rhee
(
1990 - present)
Trivia
Brother of
Simon Rhee.Blackbelts in
Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido.6th
Dan black belt in
Tae-Kwon Do and 3rd Dan
Black Belt in Hap
Ki Do.
Phillip Rhee as
Tommy Lee in
Best of ...
Phillip Rhee as
Tommy Lee in
Best of ...
Date of Birth
7 September 1960
Mini Biography
Phillip Rhee was raised in
San Francisco. He is a martial artist,
actor, director and producer who has created, produced and starred in
six films, including the
Best of the Best film series. Film has become a
cult classic
around the world and has spawned three sequels,
Best of the Best
II, Best of the Best
III and Best of the Best IV. Rhee began studying martial arts at the age of
four. He holds ranks of 6th degree
black belt in
Tae Kwon Do, a 3rd degree
Black Belt in Hap
Ki Do and a 1st degree black belt in Kendo. Rhee decided at an
early age to follow in the
footsteps of his uncle, who was
one of Korea's most prominent film directors. However, because Rhee realized that few opportunities existed for Asian
American lead actors in traditional
Hollywood films, he began creating, writing, and producing his own films. Rhee jokes that in his first picture, "we needed a convertible car, which was not budgeted, so we
just took a car and sawed off the top. . . we just did what we needed to do to make the picture." Armed with his camera and a script, he shot his first film on a shoestring budget. Today, his
trademark brand of action films are distributed around
the world by
Sony Pictures, 20th
Century Fox, and Miramax/Dimension Films.
IMDb Mini Biography By:
Spouse
Amy Rhee
(
1990 - present)
Trivia
Brother of
Simon Rhee.Blackbelts in
Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido.6th
Dan black belt in
Tae-Kwon Do and 3rd Dan
Black Belt in Hap
Ki Do.
Phillip Rhee as
Tommy Lee in
Best of ...
Phillip Rhee as
Tommy Lee in
Best of ...
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