"Sweep the leg."
Martin Kove (born March 6, 1946) is an American actor and martial artist best known for The Karate Kid (1984) (1984), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), and Death Race 2000 (1975).
He has two children.
Filmography
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Film Roles
- 1971: Women In Revolt as Marty
- 1972: Savages as Archie
- 1972: The Last House on the Left as Deputy
- 1973: Cops And Robbers as Ambulance Attendant
- 1973: Road Movie as Weigh Station Cop
- 1974: The Groove Tube as Butz Beer
- 1975: Capone as Pete Gusenberg
- 1975: Death Race 2000 as Nero the Hero
- 1975: The Four Deuces as Smokey Ross
- 1975: White Line Fever as Clem
- 1977: Mr Billion as Texas Gambler (Uncredited Role)
- 1977: The White Buffalo as Jack McCall
- 1977: The November Plan as Stan
- 1979: Donovans Kid as Kelso
- 1979: Seven (1979) as Skip
- 1982: Partners (1982) as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
- 1982: Bloodtide as Neil Grice
- 1982: Cry For The Strangers as Jeff
- 1983: Laboratory as Gerard, Subject 32D
- 1984: The Karate Kid (1984) as John Kreese
- 1986: The Karate Kid Part II
- 1989: The Karate Kid Part III
- 1985: Rambo: First Blood Part II as Ericson
- 1987: Steele Justice as John Steele
- 1988: Higher Ground as Rick Loden
- 1989: Presidents Target as Sam Nicholson
- 1991: White Light as Sean Craig
- 1992: Shadowchaser as Desilva
- 1993: Firehawk as Stewart
- 1993: Without A Kiss Goodbye as Sheriff Harding
- 1993: Lightning In A Bottle as Duane Furber
- 1993: Shootfighter Fight To The Death as Mr. Lee
- 1993: The Outfit as Agent Baker
- 1993: To Be The Best as Rick Kulhane
- 1994: Future Shock as Dr. Langdon
- 1994: Wyatt Earp as Ed Ross
- 1994: Wyatt Earp Return To Tombstone as Ed Ross
- 1994: Endangered as DeVoe
- 1994: Savage Land as Jabal
- 1994: Gambler V Playing For Keeps as Black Jack
- 1994: Death Match as Paul Landis
- 1994: Cagney And Lacey The Return as Isbecki
- 1995: Final Equinox as Torman
- 1995: Without Mercy as Wolf Larsen
- 1996: Baby Face Nelson as John Dillinger
- 1996: Grizzly Mountain as Marshal Jackson
- 1996: Mercenary as Phoenix
- 1996: Judge And Jury as Michael Silvano
- 1996: Timelock as Admiral Teegs
- 1997: Top Of The World as Carl
- 1997: Assault On Devils Island as Andy Powers
- 1999: Assult On Death Monuntain as Andy Powers
- 1997: Sliding Home as Samuel J. Weber
- 1998: The Waterfront as James Ricks
- 1998: Hyacinth as J.B. Walker
- 1998: Nowhere Land as Hank
- 1999: Josephs Gift as Thompson
- 2000: The Thief And The Stripper as Crow
- 2000: Bad Guys as The Commander
- 2001: Final Payback as Captain Peter James
- 2001: Under Heavy Fire as Father Brazinski
- 2001: Extreme Honor as Packard
- 2001: Con Games as Timothy Redick
- 2001: Savage Season as Frank
- 2002: Shattered Lies as Tom Reynolds
- 2002: Crocodile 2: Death Swamp as Roland
- 2002: Gentle Ben as Cully
- 2003: Gentle Ben 2 Black Gold as Cully
- 2002: American Gun as Theodore Huntley
- 2002: Trance as Robert Leoni
- 2002: Curse Of The Forty Niner as Caleb (also producer)
- 2002: Sting Of The Black Scorpion as Jack Ames/Firearm
- 2003: Barbarian as Munkar
- 2003: Hard Ground as Floyd
- 2003: Devils Knight as Zeff
- 2004: Alien Lockdown as Anslow
- 2004: Hollywood Moms Mystery as Sandy Palumbo
- 2004: Illusion Infinity as Taxi Driver
- 2004: Hollywood Its A Dogs Life as The Clown/Martin Kove
- 2005: Glass Trap as Corrigan
- 2005: Miracle At Sage Creek as Jess (Deleted Role)
- 2006: Seven Mummies as Kile
- 2006: A List as Red Carpet Star
- 2006: Crooked as Jake Lawlor
- 2006: Max Havoc Ring Of Fire as Lt. Reynolds
- 2006: Exit 38 as Reese
- 2006: Fallen Angels as Daniels
- 2007: Messages as DCI Collins
- 2007: Revamped as Det. Reeger
- 2007: The Dead Sleep Easy as Bob Depugh
- 2007: Blizhniy Boy The Ultimate Fighter as Det. Karpov
- 2008: Beyond The Ring as Uncle Patrick
- 2008: Chinamans Chance Americas Other Slaves as Sheriff Jones
- 2009: Immortally Yours as Steven Miles
- 2009: War Wolves as Malick
- 2009: Middle Men as US Senator
- 2009: Ballistica as Riley (also producer)
- 2010: Bare Knuckles as Sonny Cool (also producer)
- 2010: Carmens Kiss as Drayton
- 2010: The Ascent 2010 as Lewis
- 2011: Memphis Rising Elvis Returns as Highway Patrol
- 2011: The Great Fight as John Cooper
- 2011: The Life Zone as Randy Graves
- 2011: Dark Games as Det. Dave Reinhart
- 2011: Savage as Jack Lund
- 2011: Assassins Code as Tony Brill
- 2012: Silent But Deadly as Hodge
- 2013: Our Wild Hearts as Grizz
- 2013: Reality Terror Night as Othello Lazarus
- 2013: Im In Love With A Church Girl as Terry Edgemond
- 2013: Friend Request as Captain Meyers
- 2013: Jet Set as John
- 2014: Falcon Song as Caspian
- 2014: Eternity The Movie as Barry Goldfield Sr.
- 2014: Red Sky as Navy Intel Commander
- 2014: Tapped Out as Principal Vanhorne
- 2014: Number Runner as Bingo Brown
- 2014: Snapshot as Jack Adams
- 2014: Rice Girl as Captain Ron Williams
- 2014: The Extendables as Aye Lewis
- 2014: As Night Comes as Projectionist
- 2014: Tumbleweed A True Story as Silver Bush
- 2015: The Dog Who Saved Summer as Vernon
- 2015: Hardin as Mannen Clements Sr.
- 2015: A Horse For Christmas as Carson
- 2016: Beyond The Game as James Star
- 2016: Wild Bill Hickok Swift Justice as Rayord
- 2016: Traded as Cavendish
- 2016: Jokers Wild as Rand Place
- 2016: Six Gun Savior as The Mentor (also producer)
- 2016: Assassin X as Frank
- 2016: Two Lava Two Lantula as Col. Jester
- 2016: Hospital Arrest as Boss Nigel
- 2017: Garlic And Gunpowder as Agent Tracey
- 2017: Price For Freedom as Ayatollah Khalkhali
- 2017: Fake News as Vice President John Phillips
- 2018: Gathering Of Heroes Legend Of The Seven Swords as Galaron
- 2018: Warning No Trespassing as Marty the CIA Agent
- 2019: The Savant as John Sonsay
- 2019: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Bounty Law Sheriff
- 2019: Paint It Red as Scabs
- 2019: D Day Battle Of Omaha Beach as Nicholas
- 2019: VFW as Lou Clayton
- 2019: Bare Knuckle Brawler as Mike Calderon
- 2020: Bring Me A Dream as Sheriff Jack Miller
- 2020: Elvis From Outer Space as State Trooper
- 2020: Finding Sara as Lemley
- 2020: Max Reload And The Nether Blasters as Gramps Jenkins
- 2020: Day 13 as Magnus Torvald
- 2020: A Wrestling Christmas Miracle as Warden Jeffries
- 2021: Three Tickets To Paradise as Felix
Television Roles
- 1974: The Wide World Of Mystery as Rollo
- 1974: Police Story (1973) as Officer #2
- 1974: McCloud as Punk
- 1974: McMillan & Wife as Joe Smith
- 1974: Gunsmoke as Gutherie Cassinger
- 1974: Rhoda as Gary
- 1975: Switch as Bud Ewing
- 1975: The Rookies as Jimmy Jay
- 1976: Petrocelli as Frank Harris
- 1976: Kingstone Confidential as Dealey
- 1976: Kojak as Burl Slote
- 1976: The Streets of San Francisco as Willies Hines
- 1977: The Rockford Files as Harry Smick
- 1977: The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries as Pete Miller
- 1977: Code R as George Baker
- 1977: Charlie's Angels as Georgie
- 1977-1978: Weve Got Each Other as Ken Redford
- 1978: The Incredible Hulk (1977) as Henry "Rocky" Welsh
- 1978-1979: Barnaby Jones as Stan Benson/Greg Saunders
- 1979: Starsky & Hutch as Jimmy Lucas
- 1979: Quincy, M.E. as Joe Kirby
- 1979: The Magical World Of Disney as Hoover
- 1979: The Runaways 1978 as Mike
- 1979: CHiPs as Sherwood
- 1980: Tenspeed and Brown Shoe as Hell Hound Leader
- 1980: Beyond Westworld as Jack Edwards
- 1981-1982: The Edge of Night as Romero Slade
- 1982: The Optimist as The Rival
- 1982-1988: Cagney & Lacey as Victor Isbecki
- 1985: Murder, She Wrote as Dr. Ellison
- 1985: Wildside as Lyle Rainwood
- 1985: The Twilight Zone (1985) as Joe Farrell
- 1989: Hard Time on Planet Earth as Jesse
- 1993: Renegade as Mitch Raines/Goliath
- 1993: Tales from the Crypt as Detective
- 1993-1994: Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Shadow Assassin/Chi'Ru Master
- 1994: Burke's Law as Joe Tanner
- 1995: Walker, Texas Ranger as Fred Kimble
- 1995: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Demetrius
- 1998: V.I.P. as Mr. Scornabacho
- 1998-1999: Diagnosis: Murder as Captain Walter Newman
- 2001: Black Scorpion as Jack Ames/Firearm
- 2011: Tosh.0 as John Kreese
- 2011: NTSF:SD:SUV:: as Cell Leader
- 2015: Criminal Minds as John Folkmore
- 2017: The Goldbergs as Master John
- 2017: Blood Lands as Sheriff Lonnie Dugan
- 2018-2022: Cobra Kai as John Kreese
- 2021: Gravesend as Murray Zorwitz