Martin Kove
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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🎬 Movies
The Dink
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2026
Boris Is Dead
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2026
Dante's Inferni
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2025
A Gunfighter's Deal
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2025
Killing Mary Sue
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2025
Queen of the Ring
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2025
The Cobra Kai Movie
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2024
Fight Another Day
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2024
Far Haven
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2023
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
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2021
Elvis from Outer Space
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2020
Day 13
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2020
VFW
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2019
D-Day
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2019
Show No Mercy
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2018
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
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2017
Joker's Poltergeist
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2017
2 Lava 2 Lantula!
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2016
The Chemist
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2016
Traded
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2016
I Hate Christian Laettner
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2015
Beyond the Game
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2014
Rice Girl
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2014
Tapped Out
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2014
Falcon Song
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2014
Red Sky
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2014
I'm in Love with a Church Girl
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2013
Savage
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2011
Carmen's Kiss
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2010
Ballistica
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2009
Middle Men
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2009
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
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2008
Beyond The Ring
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2008
Fallen Angels
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2007
ReVamped
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2007
Sweep the Leg
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2007
Max Havoc: Ring of Fire
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2006
7 Mummies
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2006
Crooked
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2006
The Veteran
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2006
Glass Trap
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2005
Alien Lockdown
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2004
Sting of the Black Scorpion
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2002
Curse of the Forty-Niner
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2002
Gentle Ben
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2002
Crocodile 2: Death Roll
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2002
Black Scorpion Returns
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2001
Under Heavy Fire
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2001