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Phillip Rhee

American actor

菲利普·李 · 필립 리

Born
7 September 1960, San Francisco
Citizenship
United States
Sport
taekwondo
Occupation
actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, film actor

Phillip Rhee (born September 7, 1960) is a South Korean American martial artist, actor, director, screenwriter, and film producer, best known for his role as Tommy Lee in the 1989 American martial arts film Best of the Best, and its sequels Best of the Best 2 (1993), Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995), and Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998). Rhee's 1980 representation of the United States' Taekwondo Team against the South Korean team in the championships of the Asia Games formed the basis of his screenplay for the film Best of the Best.

Rhee has advanced training in taekwondo (sixth-degree black belt), hapkido (third-degree black belt), wing chun and boxing.

Films

FilmYearCredit
Ninja Turf1986cast
Best of the Best1989cast
Best of the Best 21993cast
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back1995cast
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back1995director
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning1998director
Underdog Kids2015cast
Underdog Kids2015director

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q374223 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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