# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-kove
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:47:30.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-kove"
name: "Martin Kove"
slug: "martin-kove"
description: "Martin Kove is an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for his role as John Kreese, the main antagonist of The Karate Kid (1984). Kove reprised the role in The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), and the television series Cobra Kai (2018–2025). He was a regular on the television series Cagney & Lacey (1982–1988), portraying Police Detective Victor Isbecki. Kove also appeared in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin_Kove_(44524134200).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1946-03-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump