Scott Rhodes(1961-2024)
- Stunts
- Writer
- Producer
Scott Rhodes is an award winning Stunt Coordinator, Stuntman, Fight
Choreographer,Actor, Writer & Director. He was born and raised in
Hoboken, NJ and began his filmmaking career when he picked up the
family 8mm camera and began making short films at the age of 12. He
attended Saint Peters and Jersey City State College as well as an
intensive filmmaking program at NYU. He wrote and directed numerous
short films (Usually action or comedies) while in college and also
performed and coordinated stunts and fights for many shorts films and
student productions. He was once reprimanded for performing a fight
scene and flipping another actor through a classroom door while a class
was in session! Influenced by Bruce Lee, Scott began studying the
Martial Arts at the age of 9, studying Judo (Black Belt) at
the local Y.M.C.A. He also studied and excelled in Boxing (Winning
Golden Gloves titles 2 times) and High School Wrestling (Taking city,
regional and state titles). Scott has studied numerous other Martial
Arts over the years including, Jeet Kune Do, Kickboxing, Grappling &
MMA, Hapkido (Black Belt), Japanese Goju Ryu Karate (Black Belt), Kyokushikai Karate, Shotokan Karate and various Asian & European weapons
(Including swords and nunchaku). He has been featured in Black Belt
Magazine and has written numerous articles on Fight Choreography and
Martial Arts Movies for the magazines, Inside Kung Fu, Inside Karate,
Filmfax, Martial Arts Movies, Martial Arts and Combat Sports, Black
Belt and Action Films. He has also contributed to the books, "The
Jackie Chan Encyclopedia", "The Martial Arts Question And Answer Book"
& "The Martial Arts Sourcebook". Scott is a musician and plays drums
and bass guitar. One of his earliest show business jobs was playing
Paul McCartney (And sometimes Ringo Starr) in a Beatles sound alike
show. Other early jobs included: Fitness Trainer, flexibility trainer,
substitute school teacher, grammar school gym teacher, entertainment
reporter for the Hoboken Reporter newspaper and a summer stint in the
prop department at Screen Gems in NY. First professional acting job:
Extra in a Miller Lite beer commercial. First professional stunt job:
Performing a fight scene as a convict on the soap opera "One Life To
Live" Played Ron Raines' henchman "Fisk" for 6 months on the soap
opera, "Guiding Light" (1994-95). Scott appeared as a fighting cowboy
in the New York Metropolitan Opera production of "la Fanciulla del
West" (Starring Placido Domingo" (1993). Influenced by Bruce Lee to
become a Fight Choreographer. Influenced By The James Bond Films &
"Raiders Of The Lost Ark" to pursue stunt work. Played both an Alien &
Predator in "Batman: Dead End" Performed stunts on "Buffy The Vampire
Slayer" for 3 seasons as Vampires, Demon Monks, Zombies, Templar
Knights and other assorted creatures and humans! Drove a car through a
brick wall (Doubling for Matthew Perry) on a segment of "The Tonight
Show With Jay Leno". Painted feathers and test wore the angel wings
worn by Ben Affleck and Alan Rickman in "Dogma". For his work on
"Adventures Of Superseven", Scott won the following awards at the LA
Webfest, "Outstanding Direction"(2012), "Outstanding Series"(Producer -
2012), "Outstanding Editing"(2014) and at the Rome Web Awards, "Best
Action/War" series.