Simon Rhee (born Minhi Y. Rhee, October 28, 1957) is an American actor and stuntman best known for Inception (2010), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), and Rush Hour 2 (2001).
His brother is martial artist/actor Phillip Rhee.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1977: The Kentucky Fried Movie as Klahn's Guard
- 1984: Furious as Simon (also stunts)
- 1985: Killzone as Crawford's Men (also stunts)
- 1988: Silent Assassins as Iga #1
- 1989: Best of the Best as Dae Han Park (also stunts)
- 1993: Best Of The Best II as Dae Han (also stunts)
- 1991: Showdown in Little Tokyo as Ito
- 1992: Universal Soldier as GR61
- 1994: Bad Blood as Thug Lee (also stunts)
- 1995: Fatal Choice as Fong
- 1996: The Glimmer Man as Carjacker/Thug (Uncredited Role) (also stunts)
- 1997: Spawn as Hong Kong Military Air Base Person (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1997: TNT as Choi (also stunts)
- 1998: Lethal Weapon 4 as Thug
- 1998: Blade as Henchman (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2000: Blowback as Henry Dang
- 2001: The Substitute Failure Is Not An Option as Lim (also stunts)
- 2001: Rush Hour 2 as Triad Gangster (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2002: Kung Pow! Enter the Fist as Young Master Pain's Henchman (also stunts)
- 2002: Landspeed as Hiro
- 2002: Windtalkers as Japanese Soldier (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2002: The Master of Disguise as Ninja Warrior (also stunts)
- 2003: The Italian Job as Armored Truck Guard
- 2003: Blind Horizon as Hotel Man
- 2004: Clementine as Korean Man in Crowd
- 2006: Eighteen Fingers Of Death as Asian Villain #1
- 2006: Mission: Impossible III as Chinese Guard at Hengshan Lu Building (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2007: Rush Hour 3 as Triad Assassin (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2007: Big Stan as Master Cho (also stunts)
- 2008: Redbelt as Bruno's Henchman (also stunts)
- 2008: Tropic Thunder as Flaming Dragon Compound Person (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2009: The Art Of War III Retribution as Kim's Bodyguard #1 (uncredited)
- 2009: Ballistica as Chinese Guard #2
- 2011: Game of Death as Agent #1 (also stunts)
- 2011: Three Musketeers as Commander
- 2012: Safe as Underground Casino Guard (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2012: The Dark Knight Rises as Bane's Henchman (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2012: Red Dawn as Capt. Cho Soldier (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2012: Alex Cross as Fan Yau Bodyguard #3
- 2013: Olympus Has Fallen as Kang's Korean Commando (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2013: Wedding Palace as Chairman (also stunts)
- 2014: The Gambler as Mister Lee's Heavy #2
- 2015: Ktown Cowboys as Henry
- 2015: Straight Outta Compton as Korean Store Owner (also stunts)
- 2015: Extraction as Jiu-Jitsu Instructor (also stunts)
- 2016: Beyond The Game as Trainer
- 2018: Fury Of The Fist And The Golden Fleece as Storm God
- 2018: The Nun as Holy Man #1 (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2020: Birds of Prey as Cell Guard (also stunts)
- 2020: The Opening Act as Will's Father (uncredited)
- 2022: Carter as Bus Passenger (also stunts)
Television Roles
- 1992: Growing Pains as Master Lee
- 1994-2000: Walker, Texas Ranger as Billy Lo's Man/Jiang Chu Tong Member/Chang from the Past/Tiger's Man (4 episodes) (also stunts)
- 1998: Nash Bridges as Thug #3
- 1998: Martial Law as Lee Hei's Thug (also stunts)
- 2002: The District as Tommy Ma
- 2003: CSI as Garrett Kwan
- 2004: The Shield as John Cho
- 2004: Boston Legal as Tokyo Guy
- 2005: Entourage as Asian Gangster
- 2006: NUMB3RS as Minh
- 2006: Watch Over Me as Men in Black #1
- 2007: 24 as Zhou's Team Member #2 (also stunts)
- 2008: Reno 911! as Candy's Father
- 2008: Lost as Shopkeeper
- 2010: Southland as Jae Chung
- 2010: Eastbound & Down as Sensei
- 2010: Undercovers as Kwen (also stunts)
- 2012: Up All Night as Kung Fu Master
- 2013: NTSF:SD:SUV:: as Bar Fighter (also stunts)
- 2016: Rush Hour as Quantou (also stunts)
- 2019: No Matter What as Master Rhee
- 2020: Dream Corp LLC as Driver
Shorts
- 2009: The Honeysting as Agent #2 (also stunts)
- 2011: Butterfinger The13th as The Butcher (also stunts)
- 2016: The Short Sale as The Man
- 2020: Pawns as Pedro's Father
Stunts
- 1980: The Octagon
- 1989: MacGyber
- 1990: Aftershock
- 1991: Double Impact
- 1995: Hologram Man
- 1995: Best Of The Best 3 No Turning Back
- 1995: To the Limit
- 1995: Cyber Tracker 2
- 1996: Midnight Heat
- 1996: Skyscaper
- 1996: The Silencers
- 1996: Escape from L.A.
- 1997: Beverly Hills Ninja
- 1997: The Big Fall
- 1997: Team Knight Rider
- 1997: Red Corner
- 1997: The Underground
- 1997: Psycho Sushi
- 1997-1998: LA Heat
- 1998: The Sender
- 1998: High Voltage
- 1998: The Assault
- 1998: Best Of The Best 4 Without Warning
- 1999: Pros And Cons
- 1999: The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All
- 1999: Body Shots
- 2000: The Chaos Factor
- 2000: Three Strikes
- 2000: Brother
- 2000: Get Carter
- 2000: Charlies Angels
- 2000: Daybreak
- 2001: Falcon Down
- 2002: We Were Soldiers
- 2002: Alias
- 2002: Malevolent
- 2003: Hulk
- 2003: Ride Or Die
- 2003: The Last Samurai
- 2004: Starsky & Hutch
- 2004: The Dark Agent And The Passing Of The Torch Chapter 7 (short)
- 2004: Next Action Star
- 2004: Collateral
- 2005: Deadwood
- 2005: Forbidden Warrior
- 2005: Memoirs of a Geisha
- 2005-2013: Bones (12 episodes)
- 2006: E-Ring
- 2006: Blades of Glory
- 2006: Flags of Our Fathers
- 2006: Letters from Iwo Jima
- 2007-2008: Heroes (3 episodes)
- 2007-2012: Chuck (7 episodes)
- 2008: Superhero Movie
- 2008: You Don't Mess with the Zohan
- 2008: Get Smart
- 2008: Pineapple Express
- 2008: MADtv
- 2008: My Own Worst Enemy
- 2009: Black Dynamite
- 2009: The Smell Of Success
- 2009: Crossing Over
- 2009: Race to Witch Mountain
- 2009: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- 2009: The Phone
- 2009: The Devils Tomb
- 2009: Hellbinders
- 2009: Little Hercules In 3 D
- 2009: FlashForward
- 2009: Jack And Te Beanstalk
- 2010: Hot Tub Time Machine
- 2010: Burning Palms
- 2010: Inception
- 2010: Group Sex
- 2010: No Ordinary Family
- 2011: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- 2011: The Muppets
- 2011: Jack and Jill
- 2011: Supah Ninjas
- 2011-2016: Pretty Little Liars (3 episodes)
- 2012: Criminal Minds
- 2012: Battleship
- 2012-2015: Grimm (6 episodes)
- 2013: Gangster Squad
- 2013: Revolution
- 2013: Dont Let Me Go
- 2013: Star Trek Into Darkness
- 2013: The Hangover Part III
- 2013: The Lone Ranger
- 2013: Teen Wolf
- 2013: Epic Chick Fight (short)
- 2013: Perception
- 2013: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
- 2013: Discarded
- 2013-2014: Sons of Anarchy (5 episodes)
- 2013-2017: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (3 episodes)
- 2014: Rake
- 2014: Trophy Wife
- 2014: Workaholics
- 2014: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- 2014: True Blood
- 2014: Nightcrawler
- 2014: Stretch
- 2015: Daredevil
- 2015: Terminator Genisys
- 2015: Underdog Kids
- 2015: True Detective
- 2015: Supergirl
- 2015: Jessica Jones
- 2015-2016: Rizzoli & Isles (2 episodes)
- 2016: House of Cards (US)
- 2016: Colony
- 2016: Face/Off
- 2016: Independence Day: Resurgence
- 2016: Uncle Buck
- 2016: Mistresses
- 2016: Third Law
- 2016: The Great Wall
- 2016-2017: MacGyver (2 episodes)
- 2016-2017: The Last Ship (3 episodes)
- 2016-2018: Fear the Walking Dead (2 episodes)
- 2016-2020: Westworld (4 episodes)
- 2017: Mom
- 2017: Iron Fist
- 2017: Alien: Covenant
- 2017: Shooter
- 2017: The Talk
- 2017: Lethal Weapon
- 2017: Fresh Off the Boat
- 2017-2018: Runaways (2 episodes)
- 2017-2021: Lucifer (12 episodes)
- 2018: Stuck in the Middle
- 2018: Here And Now
- 2018: Legion
- 2018: Reverie
- 2018: Hawaii Five-0
- 2018: Timeless
- 2018: Angie Tribeca
- 2019: The Big Break (short)
- 2019: Whiskey Cavalier
- 2019: Cobra Kai
- 2019: The Fix
- 2019: Always Be My Maybe
- 2019: L.A.'s Finest
- 2019: Spider-Man: Far From Home
- 2019: American Princess
- 2019: The Laundromat
- 2019: Treadstone
- 2019: The Rookie
- 2020: Sylvie's Love
- 2020: Magnum PI
- 2020: Boss Level
- 2020: Mulan
- 2020: The Doorman
- 2021: Bliss
- 2021: WandaVision
- 2021: Good Girls
- 2021: After Party
- 2021-2022: American Horror Stories (15 episodes)
- 2022: The Dropout
- 2022: The Afterparty
- 2022: Gaslit
- 2022: The Terminal List
