- 7th Dan Black Belt in Tae-Kwon Do and 3rd Dan Black Belt in Hap Ki Do.
- Phillip studied martial arts when he was four years old and became one of four chosen to represent the U.S. Tae Kwon Do team in the Korean Olympics/Asian Games, which became the genesis of the movie the "Best of the Best".
- Was considered for the lead role in Mortal Kombat (1995).
- Brother of award winning fight choreographer and stunt coordinator, Simon Rhee.
- As a martial arts master, Phillip's former students include the son of the late President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, Chuck Kay, Chairman of Warner Chappell, Hutch Parker, Co-Chair of 20th Century Fox, Jay Cooper, Chairman of Greenburg Traurig, Uber Manager Gavin Polone, Writer/Director Scott Frank, Boaz Yakin, Ed Solomon and family members of Samuel Goldwyn, Sly Stallone, Chaka Khan, Dionne Warick, Barbara Mandrell, Ted Mann and top 2nd Unit directors, Robert Alonzo and JJ Perry and celebrities such as Josh Brolin to name a few.
- In his earlier days, Phillip was a bodyguard to Tennis bad-boy John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal at the Las Vegas Thomas and Mac center.
- Phillip was off-shore post Stereoscopic 3D Producer on "Titanic 3D", "John Carter of Mars", "Transformers:Dark of the Moon", "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters", Smurfs", "Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter", "Hoodwink Too", "Chronicles of Narnia:Voyage of Dawn Treader" Jackie Chan's "Chinese Zodiac" and George Romero's Iconic picture "Dawn of the Dead 3D".
- His older brother Simon Rhee is an award winning fight choreographer for such movie as Terminator: Genisys and former President of the International Stunt Association. His stunt awards include "Rush Hour 3" and "Letters to Iwojima" directed by Clint Eastwood.
- In the early 90's, Rhee was set for a breakout role in the action film "Kato" AKA "Ballistic". Written by noted writer/director Steven DeSouza and David J. Schow, the film was to be produced by Oliver Stone and director by legendary Hong Kong action master John Woo. Warner Bros. were going to distribute. Sadly the production never happened.
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