In a conversation with Lao Dong reporter, Bui Thac Phong shared that he once wanted to pursue a football career and play professionally, but suffered a serious injury. Bui Thac Phong has a time working in the youth team of Hanoi FC, having been trained and competed for 4 years.
After being injured, the son of director Bui Thac Chuyen and actress Tu Oanh began to try his hand at acting. He has participated in the TV series "No Time" and the movie "Rain on the butterfly".
In the film Tunnel: Sun in the Dark by director Bui Thac Chuyen, Bui Thac Phong has a small role, appearing briefly. He played the role of a soldier in a communication team, on a wave- detection and intelligence signal broadcast mission in Binh An Dong battlefield.
Bui Thac Phong has a correct line in the film. When Ba Huong (Ho Thu Anh) opened the tunnel of the media group, she asked if she could borrow the tunnel to film for the tour team, Bui Thac Phong said: "It cannot be".
Appearing in a small role, only speaking a sentence, but Bui Thac Phong said that when following the film crew of "Tunnel: Sun in the dark", he learned a lot.

Bui Thac Phong said: "My father is a very demanding, meticulous and strict person." Not only Bui Thac Phong, actress Thai Hoa, Ho Thu Anh all agreed with the comment "comprehensive, meticulous, strict" when mentioning director Bui Thac Chuyen.
Thai Hoa said: “I really need that perfection and strictness of Mr. Chuyen. When I go to work, I don't care about the work, the director is cute or not, I only care about the final effect of the work. Therefore, when I am distracted, I have a bit of negligence, I really need the rigorousness of Mr. Chuyen to be the motivation to do better.
As of the morning of April 9, "geography: Sun in the dark" has approached the revenue of 90 billion VND. The film received a storm of compliments from the audience and experts. With a budget of 55 billion VND, the film needs to reach a revenue of more than 100 billion VND to break even.