Martin Kove

ActorProductionDirector Mar 6 (age 80) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1955–2026 (71 year career)

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Biography

Martin Kove (born March 6, 1946) is a film and television actor best known for his work in films such as Rambo: First Blood Part II and the Karate Kid film series, and on TV series such as Cagney & Lacey.

Known For

Film

Cobra Kai

John Kreese

Film

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

'Bounty Law' - Sheriff

Film

The Karate Kid

John Kreese

Film

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Ericson

Film

The Karate Kid Part II

John Kreese

Film

Wyatt Earp

Ed Ross

Film

The Karate Kid Part III

John Kreese

Film

The Last House on the Left

Deputy

Filmography

Acting (210)

Movies (166)

The Dink

2026 Upcoming

Jul 23

A Gunfighter's Deal

2025

as Preacher

Queen of the Ring

as Al Haft

Killing Mary Sue

as Knox

Dante's Inferni

as Speaker – 8th Circle: Bertran De Born

Fight Another Day

2024

as Fischer

5.7

Dark Night of the Soul

as Dad

A Taste of Love

as Glenn

The Cobra Kai Movie

as Martin Kove

Far Haven

as Ambrose Masse

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

2021

as Self

7.1

3 Tickets to Paradise

2021

as Felix

4.1

Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

as Gramps Jenkins

Day 13

as Magnus Torvald

Elvis from Outer Space

2020

as State Trooper

4.7

Bring Me a Dream

2020

as Sheriff Jack Miller

4.5

A Wrestling Christmas Miracle

2020

as Warden Jeffries

4.0

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

as 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff

VFW

as Lou Clayton

D-Day

as Nikolai

Bare Knuckle Brawler

as Mike Calderon

A Karate Christmas Miracle

as Graham Palace

The Savant

as John Sonsay

Warning - No Trespassing

2018

as Marty the CIA agent

Paint It Red

as Scabs

Garlic and Gunpowder

as Agent Tracey

Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven Swords

2018

as Galaron

6.0

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

2017

as Self

6.7

Price for Freedom

2017

as Ayatollah Khalkhali

2.0

Fake News

2017

as Vice President John Phillips

The Chemist

as Frank

Traded

as Cavendish

2 Lava 2 Lantula!

as Colonel Jester

Hospital Arrest

as Boss Nigel

Six Gun Savior

2016

as The Mentor

4.5

The Dog Who Saved Summer

as Captain Vernon

Running Forever

as Carson

Joker's Poltergeist

as Graham Palace

I Hate Christian Laettner

2015

as John Kreese (archive footage)

As Night Comes

as Projectionist

Falcon Song

as Caspian

Beyond the Game

as James Star

Tapped Out

as Principal Vanhorne

The Extendables

as Aye Lewis

Red Sky

as Navy Intel Commander

4.4

Rice Girl

2014

as Captain Ron Williams

1.0

Eternity: The Movie

2014

as Barry Goldfield, Sr.

2.2

Number Runner

2014

as Bingo Brown

Reality Terror Night

as Othello Lazarus

Friend Request

as Captain Meyers

I'm in Love with a Church Girl

as Terry Edgemond

Our Wild Hearts

as Grizz

Jet Set

as John

Silent but Deadly

as Hodge

The Life Zone

as Randy Graves

Savage

as Jack Lund

Dark Games

as Detective Dave Reinhart

Assassins' Code

as Tony Brill

The Great Fight

as John Cooper

Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen

as Marty

Carmen's Kiss

as James Drayton

Bare Knuckles

as Sonny Cool

Middle Men

as US Senator

Ballistica

as Riley

War Wolves

as Malick

Immortally Yours

as Steven Miles

Beyond The Ring

as Uncle Patrick

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

as Sheriff Jones

ReVamped

as Detective Reeger

Messages

as DCI Collins

The Ultimate Fighter

as Detective Karpov

Sweep the Leg

as Sensei Kreese

The Dead Sleep Easy

as Bob Depugh

Fallen Angels

as Daniels

7 Mummies

as Kile

Max Havoc: Ring of Fire

as Lt. Reynolds

The Veteran

as Father Brazinski

Crooked

as Jake Lawlor

Exit 38

as Reese

Glass Trap

2005

as Corrigan

3.3

The Way of The Karate Kid

2005

as Self / Kreese

Alien Lockdown

2004

as Anslow

3.7

Illusion Infinity

2004

as Taxi Driver

The Hollywood Mom's Mystery

as Sandy Palumbo

Barbarian

as Munkar

Hard Ground

as Floyd

Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain

2003

as Cully

4.3

Crocodile 2: Death Roll

as Roland

American Gun

as Theodore Huntly

Gentle Ben

as Cully

Curse of the Forty-Niner

2002

as Caleb

4.1

Shattered Lies

2002

as Tom Reynolds

Sting of the Black Scorpion

2002

as Jack Ames / Firearm

5.2

Trance

2002

as Robert Leoni

3.7

The Thief & the Stripper

2002

as Crow

3.8

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

as Self

Extreme Honor

as Packard

Savage Season

as Frank

Under Heavy Fire

as Father Brazinski

Final Payback

as Captain Peter James

3.5

Black Scorpion Returns

2001

as Jack Ames / Firearm

7.5

Con Games

2001

as Redick

2.6

A Drug Called Pornography

2000

as Narrator

Bad Guys

2000

as The Commander

5.5

Assault on Death Mountain

1999

as Andy Powers

4.2

Joseph's Gift

1999

as Thompsonn

Maximum Justice

1998

as James Ricks

7.0

Hyacinth

1998

as J. B. Walker

Nowhere Land

as Hank

Judge and Jury

as Michael Silvano

Top of the World

as Carl

Assault on Devil's Island

1997

as Andy Powers

4.2

Sliding Home

1997

as Samuel J. Webber

Timelock

as Admiral Teegs

Mercenary

as Phoenix

Baby Face Nelson

as John Dillinger

Without Mercy

as Wolf Larsen

Final Equinox

as Torman

Future Shock

as Dr. Langdon

Wyatt Earp

as Ed Ross

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

as Isbecki

Death Match

as Paul Landis

Endangered

as DeVoe

Savage Land

as Jabal

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

1994

as Ed Ross

6.5

Shootfighter: Fight to the Death

as Mr. Lee

To Be the Best

as Rick Kulhane

The Outfit

as Agent Baker

Firehawk

as Stewart

Lightning in a Bottle

1993

as Duane Furber

4.8

Project: Shadowchaser

1992

as Desilva

4.2

Voices That Care

1991

as Self - Choir Member

White Light

as Sean Craig

President's Target

as Sam Nicholson

The Karate Kid Part III

as John Kreese

Higher Ground

as Rick Loden

Steele Justice

as John Steele

The Karate Kid Part II

1986

as John Kreese

6.3

Rambo: First Blood Part II

as Ericson

The Karate Kid

as John Kreese

Partners

as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)

Blood Tide

as Neil Grice

Laboratory

Trouble in High Timber Country

1980

as Willie Yeager

Donovan's Kid

as Kelso

Seven

as Skip

The Sky Trap

as Hoover

The White Buffalo

1977

as Jack McCall

5.9

The November Plan

1977

as Stan

Kingston

1976

as Dealey

White Line Fever

as Clem

Death Race 2000

as Nero the Hero

The Four Deuces

as Smokey Ross - the 'Deuce of Diamonds'

Capone

as Pete Gusenberg

The Wild Party

as Editor

The Groove Tube

as Butz Beer

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

1974

as Rollo

5.2

Cops and Robbers

1973

as Ambulance Attendant

6.2

The Last House on the Left

as Deputy

Savages

as Archie, a Bully

The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival

1972

as Self

5.0

Little Murders

1971

as Checkpoint Police Officer (uncredited)

6.7

Women in Revolt

1971

as Marty

5.3

The Roommates

as Jerry

10.0

Boris Is Dead

as Bobby

Unarmed

Television (44)

Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo

as Self

Barmageddon

as Self - Contestant

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

as Martin Kove

Cobra Kai

as John Kreese

Cobra Kai

as John Kreese

The Goldbergs

as Master John

NTSF:SD:SUV::

as Cell Leader

Dancing with the Stars

as Self - Contestant

Black Scorpion

V.I.P.

as Mr. Scornabacho

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

as Demetrius

Burke's Law

as Joe Tanner

Diagnosis: Murder

as Capt. Walter Newman

7.1

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993

as Fred Kimble

7.0

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

1993

as Chi'Ru Master

6.7

Renegade

1992

as Mitch Raines / Goliath

6.7

Tales from the Crypt

1989

as Detective

8.0

Hard Time on Planet Earth

1989

as Jesse

6.0

The Twilight Zone

1985

as Joe Farrell (segment "Opening Day")

Wildside

as Lyle Rainwood

Murder, She Wrote

as Dr. Ellison

Cagney & Lacey

as Det. Victor Isbecki

7.0

Beyond Westworld

1980

as Jack Edwards

5.2

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

as Hell Hound Leader

The Runaways

as Mike

The Incredible Hulk

as Henry 'Rocky' Welsh

7.2

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

as Pete Miller

CHiPs

as Sherwood

Code R

as George Baker

We've Got Each Other

1977

as Ken Redford

5.0

The San Pedro Beach Bums

as Ace

Charlie's Angels

as Georgie

Quincy, M.E.

as Joe Kirby

Starsky & Hutch

as Jimmy Lucas

Switch

as Bud Ewing

Three for the Road

The Rockford Files

as Harry Smick

Rhoda

as Gary

Petrocelli

as Frank Harris

Kojak

as Burl Slote

The Streets of San Francisco

as Willis Hines

The Rookies

as Jimmy Jay

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

Gunsmoke

1955

as Gutherie Cassinger

6.6

Crew (4)

Movies (3)

Six Gun Savior

Associate Producer

Bare Knuckles

Co-Producer

Ballistica

Associate Producer

Television (1)

Silk Stalkings

1991

Director

6.0