Showing posts with label Best of the Best Series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best of the Best Series. Show all posts

Monday, July 25, 2022

Sven-Ole Thorsen

Sven-Ole Thorsen (born 24 September 1944) is a Danish actor, stuntman, bodybuilder and strongman competitor. Thorsen won Denmark's Strongest Man in 1983.

Sven-Ole has appeared in many Arnold Schwarzenegger movies (in credited and uncredited roles): Conan the Barbarian (1982), Conan the Destroyer (1984), Red Sonja (1985), Raw Deal (1986), Predator (1987), The Running Man (1987), Red Heat (1988), Twins (1988), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Last Action Hero (1993), Eraser (1996), End of Days (1999), and Collateral Damage (2002). He also did stunts in Red Sonja (1985), Raw Deal (1986), Eraser (1996), Jingle All The Way (1996), Batman & Robin (1997), and End of Days (1999).

Other credits (acting and stunts) include Ghostbuster II (1989), Lethal Weapon (1987), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Nowhere to Run (1993), Hard Target (1993), On Deadly Ground (1994), Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998), The 13th Warrior (1999), Gladiator (2000), and The Sum of All Fears (2002).

I pre-ordered Sven's autograph from Evolve Events Private Signings in May 2021. I received the signed Running Man photos below many months later in 2022. Apparently one autograph got lost in the mail and I received two as a replacement.

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Sunday, July 24, 2022

Phillip Rhee

Phillip Rhee (born September 7, 1960) is a South Korean-American martial artist, actor, director, screenwriter, and film producer, most famous for his role as Tommy Lee in Best of the Best (1989, also producer and storywrite) and its sequels Best of the Best II (1993, also producer), Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995, also director and producer), and Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998, also director, producer and screenwriter).

I purchased Phillip's autograph from RACC Trusted Seller #108 Ilya Zeta in November 2021.

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As Tommy Lee in Best of the Best II; also signed by Ralf Moeller

Friday, January 21, 2022

Ralf Moeller

Ralf Rudolf Moeller (born Möller; 12 January 1959 in Recklinghausen, West Germany) is a German actor and former competitive bodybuilder. I know him best for his roles as Brick Bardo in Cyborg (1989), GR74 in Universal Soldier (1992), Gustave Brakus in Best of the Best II (1993) and Hagen in Gladiator (2000). He starred as Conan in the TV series Conan the Adventurer (1997-98).

I purchased Ralf's autograph from RACC Trusted Seller #108 Ilya Zeta in November 2021.

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As Gustave Brakus in Best of the Best II; also signed by Phillip Rhee

Friday, November 12, 2021

Simon Rhee

Simon Rhee (born Minhi Y. Rhee; 29 October 1957 in San Jose, California, USA) is a martial artist, actor, stuntman, stunt coordinator and fight choreographer. I know him best for his role as Dae Han Park in Best of the Best (1989) and Best of the Best II (1993). He also had acting credits in films such as Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), Universal Soldier (1992) and Straight Outta Compton (2015). He is the brother of martial artist Phillip Rhee.

I purchased Mr Rhee's autograph from RACC Trusted Seller #108 Ilya Zeta in November 2021.

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Sunday, March 17, 2019

Eric Roberts

Eric Anthony Roberts (born 18 April 1956 in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA) is an American actor. According to IMDb he has more than 500 credits as an actor including The Coca-Cola Kid (1985) Runaway Train (1985), Best of the Best (1989) and its sequel Best of the Best II (1993), The Ambulance (1990), Final Analysis (1992), The Specialist (1994), The Nature of the Beast (known as Bad Company in Europe and Hatchet Man in the UK)(1995), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Expendables (2010).

I met Eric at Comic Con Liverpool in March 2019, where he signed the Specialist DVD sleeve for me. I used the Showmasters send-in service to get the Best of the Best press photo signed when he appeared at Collectormania Milton Keynes in May 2014.

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