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Martin Kove

Martin Kove is an American actor and martial artist best known for The Karate Kid (1984), in which he played John Kreese, the head teacher of the Cobra Kai karate school. He reprised the role in two sequels, The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and The Karate Kid Part III (1989) as well as the 2018 television sequel series Cobra Kai. He was first seen as Nero the Hero in Death Race 2000 (1975), and afterward as Clem in White Line Fever (1975). He appeared in the TV series Cagney and Lacey (1981) portra

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Filmography

A Taste of Love

2024
as Glenn

The Outlaw Johnny Black

2023

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

2021
as Self

Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

2020
as Gramps Jenkins

VFW

2020
as Lou Clayton

Day 13

2020
as Magnus Torvald

Elvis from Outer Space

2020
as State Trooper

Bare Knuckle Brawler

2019
as Mike Calderon

Paint It Red

2018
as Scabs

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

2018

Garlic and Gunpowder

2018
as Agent Tracey

Cobra Kai

2018
as John Kreese

Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven Swords

2018
as Galaron

Price for Freedom

2017
as Ayatollah Khalkhali

2 Lava 2 Lantula!

2016
as Colonel Jester

Assassin X

2016
as Frank

Traded

2016
as Cavendish

Wild Bill Hickok: Swift Justice

2016
as Rayord

Six Gun Savior

2016
as The Mentor

The Dog Who Saved Summer

2015
as Vernon

Running Forever

2015
as Carson

Joker's Poltergeist

2015
as Graham Palace

As Night Comes

2014
as Projectionist

Beyond the Game

2014

Tapped Out

2014
as Principal Vanhorne

Falcon Song

2014
as Caspian

Number Runner

2014
as Bingo Brown

Reality Terror Night

2013
as Othello Lazarus

I'm in Love with a Church Girl

2013
as Terry Edgemond

Friend Request

2013
as Captain Meyers

Silent but Deadly

2012
as Hodge

The Great Fight

2011
as John Cooper

Assassins' Code

2011
as Tony Brill

The Life Zone

2011
as Randy Graves

Savage

2011
as Jack Lund

Bare Knuckles

2010
as Sonny Cool

Middle Men

2009
as US Senator

War Wolves

2009
as Malick

Ballistica

2009
as Riley

Immortally Yours

2009
as Steven Miles

Beyond The Ring

2008
as Uncle Patrick

Illusion Infinity

2008
as Taxi Driver

The Dead Sleep Easy

2007
as Bob Depugh

Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter

2007
as Detective Karpov

ReVamped

2007
as Detective Reeger

Messages

2007
as DCI Collins

Fallen Angels

2007
as Daniels

The Veteran

2006
as Father Brazinski

Soft Target

2006
as Jake Lawlor

Seven Mummies

2006
as Kile

Dancing with the Stars

2005
as Martin Kove

Glass Trap

2005
as Corrigan

The Hollywood Mom's Mystery

2004
as Sandy Palumbo

Alien Lockdown

2004
as Anslow

Devil's Knight

2003
as Zeff

Hard Ground

2003
as Floyd

Barbarian

2003
as Munkar

Rice Girl

2003
as Captain Ron Williams

Gentle Ben

2002
as Cully

Crocodile 2: Death Swamp

2002
as Roland

Sting of the Black Scorpion

2002
as Jack Ames / Firearm

Curse of the Forty-Niner

2002
as Caleb

Trance

2002
as Robert Leoni

It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left'

2002
as Martin Kove

Shattered Lies

2002
as Tom Reynolds

Savage Season

2001
as Frank

Final Payback

2001
as Captain Peter James

Con Games

2001
as Redick

Going Back

2001
as Father Brazinski

Assault on Death Mountain

1999
as Andy Powers

Nowhere Land

1998
as Hank

Top of the World

1998
as Carl

Joseph's Gift

1998
as Thompsonn

The Waterfront

1998
as James Ricks

Mercenary

1997

Judge and Jury

1997
as Michael Silvano

Assault on Devil's Island

1997
as Andy Powers

Sliding Home

1997
as Samuel J. Webber

Baby Face Nelson

1996
as John Dillinger

Timelock

1996
as Admiral Teegs

Without Mercy

1995
as Wolf Larsen

Final Equinox

1995
as Torman

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

1994
as Isbecki

Future Shock

1994
as Dr. Langdon

Endangered

1994
as DeVoe

Death Match

1994
as Paul Landis

Lightning in a Bottle

1993
as Duane Furber

Firehawk

1993
as Stewart

To Be the Best

1993
as Rick Kulhane

The Outfit

1993
as Agent Baker

Shootfighter: Fight to the Death

1993
as Mr. Lee

Project: Shadowchaser

1992
as Desilva

White Light

1991
as Sean Craig

President's Target

1989
as Sam Nicholson

The Karate Kid Part III

1989
as John Kreese

Hard Time on Planet Earth

1989

Steele Justice

1987
as John Steele

The Karate Kid, Part II

1986
as John Kreese

Rambo: First Blood Part II

1985
as Ericson

The Karate Kid

1984
as John Kreese

Cagney & Lacey

1982
as Victor Isbecki

Blood Tide

1982
as Neil Grice

Laboratory

1980

The Sky Trap

1979
as Hoover

Donovan's Kid

1979
as Keslo

Seven

1979
as Skip

The White Buffalo

1977
as Jack McCall

We've Got Each Other

1977

White Line Fever

1975
as Clem

Death Race 2000

1975
as Nero the Hero

Capone

1975
as Pete Gusenberg

The Groove Tube

1974
as Butz Beer

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

1974
as Rollo

Cops and Robbers

1973

The Last House on The Left

1972
as Deputy

Women in Revolt

1971
as Marty (as Marty Kove)

Little Murders

1971
as Thug beating on Alfred

The Roommates

as Jerry

Queen of the Ring

as Al Haft

Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen

Director

Episode Silk Stalkings
T.K.O. 		1994

Producer

Movie Six Gun Savior 2016

Guest Star

Episode Barmageddon (2022)
Jay Pharoah vs. Martin Kove 		2022
Episode Collider Live
No Mercy! Sensei Kreese Joins Collider Live! (#103) 		2019
Episode The Artie And Anthony Show
Episode 139 - With Martin Kove 		2018
Episode Cobra Kai
Mercy (1) 		2018
Episode NTSF:SD:SUV::
The Risky Business of Being Alone in Your Home 		2011
Episode Black Scorpion
Sting of the Black Scorpion 		2002
Episode Hollywood Off Ramp
Cell Phone 		2000
Episode V.I.P.
Bloody Val-entine 		1998
Episode Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
The Mother of All Monsters 		1995
Episode Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Return of the Shadow Assassin 		1994
Episode Burke's Law (1994)
Who Killed Nick Hazard? 		1994
Episode The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp: Return To Tombstone 		1994
Episode Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Shadow Assassin 		1993
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Armed Response 		1985
Episode The Twilight Zone (1985)
Opening Day 		1985
Episode Starsky & Hutch
Birds of a Feather 		1979
Episode Quincy, M.E.
The Death Challenge 		1979
Episode Barnaby Jones
Girl on the Road 		1979
Episode A Man Called Sloane
Lady Bug 		1979
Episode The Incredible Hulk
Final Round 		1978
Episode Barnaby Jones
Nest of Scorpions 		1978
Episode Charlie's Angels
Sammy Davis Jr. Kidnap Caper 		1977
Episode The Rockford Files
Dirty Money, Black Light 		1977
Episode The Streets of San Francisco
The Drop 		1976
Episode Petrocelli
Six Strings of Guilt 		1976
Episode Three for the Road
The Rip-Off 		1975
Episode Rhoda
Anything Wrong? 		1974
Episode McMillan and Wife
Downshift to Danger 		1974
Episode Gunsmoke
In Performance of Duty 		1974