Martin Kove
Acting • Born 1946-03-06
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.
Filmography
210 credits
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Movie • 1985
Ericson
The Veteran
Movie • 2006
Father Brazinski
The Karate Kid
Movie • 1984
John Kreese
A Karate Christmas Miracle
Movie • 2019
Graham Palace
The Karate Kid Part III
Movie • 1989
John Kreese
ReVamped
Movie • 2007
Detective Reeger
7 Mummies
Movie • 2006
Kile
The Karate Kid Part II
Movie • 1986
John Kreese
Little Murders
Movie • 1971
Checkpoint Police Officer (uncredited)
Death Race 2000
Movie • 1975
Nero the Hero
Crooked
Movie • 2006
Jake Lawlor
Glass Trap
Movie • 2005
Corrigan
Ballistica
Movie • 2009
Riley
War Wolves
Movie • 2009
Malick
Hard Ground
Movie • 2003
Floyd
Sting of the Black Scorpion
Movie • 2002
Jack Ames / Firearm
White Line Fever
Movie • 1975
Clem
Steele Justice
Movie • 1987
John Steele
The Last House on the Left
Movie • 1972
Deputy
Top of the World
Movie • 1997
Carl
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death
Movie • 1993
Mr. Lee
Voices That Care
Movie • 1991
Self - Choir Member
Warning - No Trespassing
Movie • 2018
Marty the CIA agent
The White Buffalo
Movie • 1977
Jack McCall
Crocodile 2: Death Roll
Movie • 2002
Roland
The Hollywood Mom's Mystery
Movie • 2004
Sandy Palumbo
Beyond The Ring
Movie • 2008
Uncle Patrick
Assault on Death Mountain
Movie • 1999
Andy Powers
Under Heavy Fire
Movie • 2001
Father Brazinski
Barbarian
Movie • 2003
Munkar
Bad Guys
Movie • 2000
The Commander
Assault on Devil's Island
Movie • 1997
Andy Powers
To Be the Best
Movie • 1993
Rick Kulhane
Project: Shadowchaser
Movie • 1992
Desilva
Future Shock
Movie • 1994
Dr. Langdon
Assassins' Code
Movie • 2011
Tony Brill
Fake News
Movie • 2017
Vice President John Phillips
Messages
Movie • 2007
DCI Collins
The Outfit
Movie • 1993
Agent Baker
Blood Tide
Movie • 1982
Neil Grice
The Roommates
Movie
Jerry
The Great Fight
Movie • 2011
John Cooper
The Dead Sleep Easy
Movie • 2007
Bob Depugh
Seven
Movie • 1979
Skip
Alien Lockdown
Movie • 2004
Anslow
The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival
Movie • 1972
Self
Queen of the Ring
Movie • 2025
Al Haft
Donovan's Kid
Movie • 1979
Kelso
Savage
Movie • 2011
Jack Lund
Death Match
Movie • 1994
Paul Landis
Our Wild Hearts
Movie • 2013
Grizz
Mercenary
Movie • 1996
Phoenix
The Life Zone
Movie • 2011
Randy Graves
The Wild Party
Movie • 1975
Editor
I'm in Love with a Church Girl
Movie • 2013
Terry Edgemond
Con Games
Movie • 2001
Redick
Carmen's Kiss
Movie • 2010
James Drayton
Firehawk
Movie • 1993
Stewart
Baby Face Nelson
Movie • 1996
John Dillinger
President's Target
Movie • 1989
Sam Nicholson
Reality Terror Night
Movie • 2013
Othello Lazarus
Falcon Song
Movie • 2014
Caspian
Eternity: The Movie
Movie • 2014
Barry Goldfield, Sr.
Silent but Deadly
Movie • 2012
Hodge
Tapped Out
Movie • 2014
Principal Vanhorne
Bare Knuckles
Movie • 2010
Sonny Cool
Middle Men
Movie • 2009
US Senator
Nowhere Land
Movie • 1998
Hank
Capone
Movie • 1975
Pete Gusenberg
Immortally Yours
Movie • 2009
Steven Miles
Judge and Jury
Movie • 1997
Michael Silvano
Kingston
Movie • 1976
Dealey
Trouble in High Timber Country
Movie • 1980
Willie Yeager
The Savant
Movie • 2019
John Sonsay
Without Mercy
Movie • 1996
Wolf Larsen
Beyond the Game
Movie • 2014
James Star
Hyacinth
Movie • 1998
J. B. Walker
As Night Comes
Movie • 2014
Projectionist
The Ultimate Fighter
Movie • 2007
Detective Karpov
Fight Another Day
Movie • 2024
Fischer
Maximum Justice
Movie • 1998
James Ricks
Higher Ground
Movie • 1988
Rick Loden
A Taste of Love
Movie • 2024
Glenn
Curse of the Forty-Niner
Movie • 2002
Caleb
Sliding Home
Movie • 1997
Samuel J. Webber
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
Movie • 1974
Rollo
Friend Request
Movie • 2013
Captain Meyers
Savages
Movie • 1972
Archie, a Bully
2 Lava 2 Lantula!
Movie • 2016
Colonel Jester
Traded
Movie • 2016
Cavendish
Six Gun Savior
Movie • 2016
The Mentor
White Light
Movie • 1991
Sean Craig
Laboratory
Movie • 1980
The Chemist
Movie • 2016
Frank
Number Runner
Movie • 2014
Bingo Brown
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Movie • 1994
Ed Ross
Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain
Movie • 2003
Cully
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
Movie • 2021
Self
Rice Girl
Movie • 2014
Captain Ron Williams
Joker's Poltergeist
Movie • 2015
Graham Palace
A Drug Called Pornography
Movie • 2000
Narrator
Fallen Angels
Movie • 2007
Daniels
Endangered
Movie • 1994
DeVoe
Savage Season
Movie • 2001
Frank
The Groove Tube
Movie • 1974
Butz Beer
Final Equinox
Movie • 1995
Torman
Trance
Movie • 2002
Robert Leoni
The November Plan
Movie • 1977
Stan
Cops and Robbers
Movie • 1973
Ambulance Attendant
Women in Revolt
Movie • 1971
Marty
Lightning in a Bottle
Movie • 1993
Duane Furber
Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven Swords
Movie • 2018
Galaron
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
Movie • 2010
Marty
Timelock
Movie • 1996
Admiral Teegs
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Movie • 2019
'Bounty Law' - Sheriff
Bare Knuckle Brawler
Movie • 2019
Mike Calderon
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
Movie • 2008
Sheriff Jones
Black Scorpion Returns
Movie • 2001
Jack Ames / Firearm
Running Forever
Movie • 2015
Carson
Garlic and Gunpowder
Movie • 2018
Agent Tracey
Paint It Red
Movie • 2018
Scabs
Shattered Lies
Movie • 2002
Tom Reynolds
The Four Deuces
Movie • 1975
Smokey Ross - the 'Deuce of Diamonds'
D-Day
Movie • 2019
Nikolai
VFW
Movie • 2019
Lou Clayton
Gentle Ben
Movie • 2002
Cully
Illusion Infinity
Movie • 2004
Taxi Driver
Final Payback
Movie • 2001
Captain Peter James
Joseph's Gift
Movie • 1999
Thompsonn
Exit 38
Movie • 2006
Reese
Elvis from Outer Space
Movie • 2020
State Trooper
Wyatt Earp
Movie • 1994
Ed Ross
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
Movie • 2020
Gramps Jenkins
Day 13
Movie • 2020
Magnus Torvald
Price for Freedom
Movie • 2017
Ayatollah Khalkhali
American Gun
Movie • 2002
Theodore Huntly
The Way of The Karate Kid
Movie • 2005
Self / Kreese
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Movie • 1994
Isbecki
Partners
Movie • 1982
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Max Havoc: Ring of Fire
Movie • 2006
Lt. Reynolds
A Wrestling Christmas Miracle
Movie • 2020
Warden Jeffries
Red Sky
Movie • 2014
Navy Intel Commander
The Extendables
Movie • 2014
Aye Lewis
Bring Me a Dream
Movie • 2020
Sheriff Jack Miller
Dark Games
Movie • 2011
Detective Dave Reinhart
3 Tickets to Paradise
Movie • 2021
Felix
Sweep the Leg
Movie • 2007
Sensei Kreese
The Thief & the Stripper
Movie • 2002
Crow
Jet Set
Movie • 2013
John
Killing Mary Sue
Movie • 2025
Knox
The Sky Trap
Movie • 1979
Hoover
Extreme Honor
Movie • 2001
Packard
The Dink
Movie • 2026
Dark Night of the Soul
Movie • 2024
Dad
Hospital Arrest
Movie • 2016
Boss Nigel
Boris Is Dead
Movie
Bobby
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Movie • 2017
Self
The Dog Who Saved Summer
Movie • 2015
Captain Vernon
A Gunfighter's Deal
Movie • 2025
Preacher
Dante's Inferni
Movie • 2025
Speaker – 8th Circle: Bertran De Born
Savage Land
Movie • 1994
Jabal
Far Haven
Movie • 2023
Ambrose Masse
Unarmed
Movie
The Cobra Kai Movie
Movie • 2024
Martin Kove
I Hate Christian Laettner
Movie • 2015
John Kreese (archive footage)
It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left'
Movie • 2002
Self
Rhoda
TV • 1974
Gary
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Sherwood
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Georgie
Switch
TV • 1975
Bud Ewing
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Jimmy Lucas
The San Pedro Beach Bums
TV • 1977
Ace
The Rookies
TV • 1972
Jimmy Jay
Code R
TV • 1977
George Baker
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV • 1977
Pete Miller
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Gutherie Cassinger
We've Got Each Other
TV • 1977
Ken Redford
Kojak
TV • 1973
Burl Slote
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Joe Kirby
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Willis Hines
Petrocelli
TV • 1974
Frank Harris
Three for the Road
TV • 1975
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Det. Victor Isbecki
Wildside
TV • 1985
Lyle Rainwood
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Fred Kimble
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV • 1993
Chi'Ru Master
The Runaways
TV • 1978
Mike
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Detective
Black Scorpion
TV • 2001
Hard Time on Planet Earth
TV • 1989
Jesse
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
TV • 1980
Hell Hound Leader
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Capt. Walter Newman
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
Joe Farrell (segment "Opening Day")
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Harry Smick
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV • 1993
Shadow Assassin
Dancing with the Stars
TV • 2005
Self - Contestant
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV • 2019
Martin Kove
Barmageddon
TV • 2022
Self - Contestant
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Joe Tanner
NTSF:SD:SUV::
TV • 2011
Cell Leader
Beyond Westworld
TV • 1980
Jack Edwards
The Goldbergs
TV • 2013
Master John
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
Henry 'Rocky' Welsh
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
TV • 1995
Demetrius
Cobra Kai
TV • 2018
John Kreese
V.I.P.
TV • 1998
Mr. Scornabacho
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Dr. Ellison
Renegade
TV • 1992
Mitch Raines / Goliath
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo
TV • 2024
Self