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).
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Rambo: First Blood Part II
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid Part II
The Karate Kid Part III
Wyatt Earp
The Last House on the Left
Death Race 2000
Seven
Middle Men
VFW
The White Buffalo
Capone
I'm in Love with a Church Girl
Crocodile 2: Death Roll
2 Lava 2 Lantula!
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death
Red Sky
Queen of the Ring
Traded
Little Murders
Tapped Out
Friend Request
White Line Fever
7 Mummies
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
Blood Tide
I Hate Christian Laettner
Steele Justice
Assault on Devil's Island
Fight Another Day
Partners
Project: Shadowchaser
Curse of the Forty-Niner
The Groove Tube
Mercenary
Killing Mary Sue
The Wild Party
D-Day217 credits on file
Television 24
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Murder, She Wrote
Dancing with the Stars
Diagnosis: Murder
Cobra Kai
Charlie's Angels
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
The Goldbergs
Quincy, M.E.
Walker, Texas Ranger
The Rockford Files
Renegade
V.I.P.
Tales from the Crypt
The Incredible Hulk
The Twilight Zone
Gunsmoke
Starsky & Hutch
Cagney & Lacey
CHiPs
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Kojak
Silk Stalkings
The RookiesIn their orbit 1
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About this person
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).
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