Martin Kove

Highest Rated: 89% The Karate Kid (1984)

Lowest Rated: 0% Eternity: The Movie (2016)

Birthday: Mar 6, 1946

Birthplace: Not Available

Like many New York actors, Martin Kove was willing to go unbilled to pick up extra paychecks in such East Coast-filmed efforts as Little Murders (1971) and Last House on the Left (1972). By 1984, Kove was pulling down third billing in such films as The Karate Kid, wherein he played Kreese, the "bad" karate expert who trained the film's principal heavy William Zabka for his bout against the simon-pure Ralph Macchio (Kove replaced Chuck Norris, who turned down the role of Kreese because he didn't want karate trainers to be shown in an unsympathetic light). Martin Kove's work on series TV has included the roles of detective Victor Isbecki on Cagney and Lacey and an extraterrestrial named Jesse on Hard Time on Planet Earth.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Bring Me a Dream	Actor	—	2021
81%	VFW	Actor	—	2020
No Score Yet	Day 13	Actor	—	2020
No Score Yet	Day 13	Actor	—	2020
No Score Yet	D-Day	Actor	—	2019
85%	Once Upon a Time In Hollywood	Actor	—	2019
No Score Yet	Bare Knuckle Brawler	Producer Mike Calderon	—	2019
No Score Yet	Paint It Red	Actor	—	2018
No Score Yet	Paint It Red	Scabs	—	2018
No Score Yet	Price for Freedom	Ayatollah Khalkhali	—	2017
No Score Yet	John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs	Actor	—	2017
40%	Traded	Cavendish	—	2016
0%	Eternity: The Movie	Barry Goldfield, Sr.	—	2016
No Score Yet	Joker's Wild	Actor	—	2016
No Score Yet	2 Lava 2 Lantula!	Actor	—	2016
No Score Yet	Assassin X	Actor	—	2016
No Score Yet	Joker's Poltergeist	Graham Palace	—	2016
No Score Yet	Wild Bill Hickok: Swift Justice	Actor	—	2016
No Score Yet	Six Gun Savior	The Mentor	—	2015
No Score Yet	Running Forever	Carson	—	2015
No Score Yet	Tapped Out	Principal Vanhorne	—	2014
No Score Yet	Falcon Song	Caspian	—	2014
No Score Yet	Silent But Deadly	Hodge	—	2014
11%	I'm In Love With A Church Girl	Terry Edgemond	$2.4M	2013
No Score Yet	Reality Terror Night	Actor	—	2013
No Score Yet	Our Wild Hearts	Grizz	—	2013
No Score Yet	The Life Zone	Actor	—	2012
No Score Yet	The Great Fight	John Cooper	—	2011
40%	Middle Men	U.S. Senator	$0.8M	2010
No Score Yet	Bare Knuckles	Sonny Cool	—	2010
No Score Yet	Carmen's Kiss	Actor	—	2010
No Score Yet	Ballistica	Actor	—	2010
No Score Yet	War Wolves	Malick	—	2009
No Score Yet	Assassins' Code	Tony Brill	—	2009
No Score Yet	The Dead Sleep Easy	Actor	—	2008
No Score Yet	Beyond the Ring	Uncle Patrick	—	2008
No Score Yet	Chinaman's Chance (I Am Somebody)	Sheriff Jones	—	2008
No Score Yet	Fallen Angels	Daniels	—	2007
0%	Messages	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	The Veteran	Father Brazinski	—	2007
No Score Yet	Immortally Yours (Kiss of the Vampire)	Steven Miles	—	2007
No Score Yet	Revamped	Detective Reeger	—	2007
No Score Yet	Exit 38	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	Max Havoc 2: Ring of Fire	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	7 Mummies	Kile	—	2006
No Score Yet	Miracle at Sage Creek	Actor	—	2005
No Score Yet	Crooked	Actor	—	2005
No Score Yet	The Hollywood Mom's Mystery	Sandy Palumbo	—	2004
No Score Yet	Alien Lockdown	Col. Anslow	—	2004
No Score Yet	Barbarians	Actor	—	2004
No Score Yet	Illusion Infinity	Taxi Driver	—	2004
No Score Yet	Miner's Massacre	Actor	—	2003
No Score Yet	Hard Ground	Floyd	—	2003
No Score Yet	Barbarian	Lord Munkar	—	2003
No Score Yet	Sting of the Black Scorpion	Firearm	—	2002
No Score Yet	Shattered Lies	Tom	—	2002
40%	American Gun	Theodore Huntley	—	2002
No Score Yet	Con Games	Redick	—	2001
No Score Yet	Crocodile 2: Death Swamp	Roland	—	2001
No Score Yet	Under Heavy Fire	Father Brazinski	—	2001
No Score Yet	Going Back	Father Brazinski	—	2001
No Score Yet	Final Payback	Actor	—	2001
No Score Yet	Top of the World	Carl	—	1999
No Score Yet	Judge & Jury	Michael Silvano	—	1999
No Score Yet	Joseph's Gift	Thompsonn	—	1999
No Score Yet	Final Payback	James	—	1999
No Score Yet	Shadow Warriors 2: Hunt For The Death Merchant	Andy Powers	—	1998
No Score Yet	The Waterfront	Actor	—	1998
No Score Yet	Grizzly Mountain	Marshall Jackson	—	1997
No Score Yet	Mercenary	Phoenix	—	1997
No Score Yet	Shadow Warriors: Assault on Devil's Island	Andy Powers	—	1997
No Score Yet	Timelock	Admiral Danny Teegs	—	1996
No Score Yet	Baby Face Nelson	John Dillinger	—	1995
No Score Yet	Final Equinox	Actor	—	1995
No Score Yet	Without Mercy	Wolf Larsen	—	1995
No Score Yet	Cagney & Lacey: The Return	Victor Isbecki	—	1994
46%	Wyatt Earp	Ed Ross	—	1994
No Score Yet	Uncivilized	DeVoe	—	1994
No Score Yet	Gambler V: Playing for Keeps	Black Jack Ketchum	—	1994
No Score Yet	Death Match	Paul Landis	—	1994
No Score Yet	To Be the Best	Rick Kulhane	—	1993
No Score Yet	Shootfighter: Fight to the Death	Lee	—	1993
No Score Yet	The Outfit	Baker	—	1993
No Score Yet	President's Target	Actor	—	1993
No Score Yet	Without a Kiss Goodbye (Falsely Accused) (The Laurie Samuels Story)	Actor	—	1993
No Score Yet	Future Shock	Actor	—	1993
No Score Yet	Firehawk	Stewart	—	1992
No Score Yet	Project: Shadowchaser	Desilva	—	1992
No Score Yet	White Light	Sean Craig	—	1990
13%	The Karate Kid, Part III	John Kreese	—	1989
No Score Yet	Higher Ground	Rick Loden	—	1988
No Score Yet	Steele Justice	John Steele	—	1987
45%	The Karate Kid Part II	Kreese	—	1986
33%	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Ericson	—	1985
89%	The Karate Kid	Kreese	—	1984
No Score Yet	Blood Tide (Demon Island) (The Red Tide) (Bloodtide)	Neil Grice	—	1982
No Score Yet	Cry for the Strangers	Jeff	—	1982
No Score Yet	Laboratory	Actor	—	1980
No Score Yet	Seven	Skip	—	1979
17%	The White Buffalo	Jack McCall	—	1977
No Score Yet	Mr. Billion (The Windfall)	Texas Gambler	—	1977
No Score Yet	White Line Fever	Clem	—	1975
No Score Yet	Capone	Pete Gusenberg	—	1975
81%	Death Race 2000	Nero the Hero	—	1975
No Score Yet	The Wild Party	Editor	—	1975
No Score Yet	The Four Deuces	Smokey Ross, the 'Deuce of Diamonds'	—	1975
33%	Savages	Archie	—	1972
62%	The Last House on the Left	Deputy	—	1972

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
93%	Cobra Kai 2018	Sensei John Kreese	2021 2019 2018
No Score Yet	The Goldbergs 2013	Master John	2017
No Score Yet	Criminal Minds 2005-2020	John Folkmore	2015
No Score Yet	V.I.P. 1998-2004	Frank Scornovacco	1998
No Score Yet	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys 1995-1999	Demetrius	1995
No Score Yet	Walker, Texas Ranger 1993-2001	Actor	1995 1994
82%	Tales from the Crypt 1989-1996	Actor	1993
No Score Yet	Cagney & Lacey 1982-1988	Det. Victor Isbecki	1986 1985 1984 1983
No Score Yet	Murder, She Wrote 1984-1996	Dr. Gary Ellison	1985
No Score Yet	The Twilight Zone 1985-1989	Actor	1985
No Score Yet	CHiPs 1977-1983	Sherwood	1979
No Score Yet	Quincy, M.E. 1976-1983	Joe Kirby	1979
No Score Yet	Starsky & Hutch 1975-1979	Jimmy	1979
No Score Yet	The Incredible Hulk 1978-1982	Rocky	1978
No Score Yet	Charlie's Angels 1976-1981	Georgie	1977
No Score Yet	The Rockford Files 1974-1980	Harry Smick	1977
No Score Yet	Kojak 1973-1978	Burl Slote	1976
No Score Yet	The Streets of San Francisco 1972-1977	Hines	1976
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Guthrie	1974

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