# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-macchio
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:46:17.501Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-macchio"
name: "Ralph Macchio"
slug: "ralph-macchio"
description: "Ralph George Macchio Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Daniel LaRusso in four Karate Kid films (1984–2025) and in Cobra Kai (2018–2025), a sequel television series. For his work in the latter, Macchio was nominated for two Critics' Choice Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. He is also known for portraying Johnny Cade in Francis Ford Coppola's ensemble 1983 film, The Outsiders, and Bill Gambini in Joe Pesci's 1992 film My Cousin Vinny. Additional notable performances were in Eight Is Enough (1980–1981), Crossroads (1986), Ugly Betty (2008–2009), and The Deuce (2017–2019). He has also worked as a director and has produced two short films. Macchio received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024."
tagline: "American actor (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ralph_Macchio_01_(9514696578).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1961-11-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 177
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump