# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-ian-griffith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:57:15.609Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-ian-griffith"
name: "Thomas Ian Griffith"
slug: "thomas-ian-griffith"
description: "Thomas Ian Griffith is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and martial artist. His best-known roles include Terry Silver in John G. Avildsen's 1989 martial arts film The Karate Kid Part III, which he later reprised in the fourth through sixth and final season of the Netflix television series Cobra Kai (2021–2025), as well as voicing his character in the video game Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising (2022); head vampire Jan Valek in John Carpenter's 1998 neo-Western action horror film Vampires; warrior Taligaro in Raffaella De Laurentiis' 1997 sword and sorcery picture Kull the Conqueror; recurring character Larry Sawyer in the first season of The WB's teen drama series One Tree Hill (2004); and Catlin Ewing in NBC's soap opera Another World from 1984–1987. He also portrayed screen legend Rock Hudson in ABC's 1990 television biopic Rock Hudson, and serial killer Doug Clark in CBS's 2000 television biopic A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle."
tagline: "American actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and martial artist (born 1962)"
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birthDate: "1962-03-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump