Martin Kove
Martin Kove is an actor, born 1946.
Martin Kove is an American actor. 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).
Movies (39)
- The Dink (2026)
- Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
- The Karate Kid (1984)
- Seven (1979)
- The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
- Wyatt Earp (1994)
- The Karate Kid Part III (1989)
- Death Race 2000 (1975)
- The Last House on the Left (1972)
- The White Buffalo (1977)
- VFW (2019)
- I'm in Love with a Church Girl (2013)
- Capone (1975)
- Red Sky (2014)
- Crocodile 2: Death Roll (2002)
- Queen of the Ring (2025)
- Traded (2016)
- Carmen's Kiss (2010)
- The Veteran (2006)
- A Gunfighter's Deal (2025)
- Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1993)
- Assault on Devil's Island (1997)
- Tapped Out (2014)
- Blood Tide (1982)
- Our Wild Hearts (2013)
- Glass Trap (2005)
- More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story (2021)
- Trance (2002)
- White Line Fever (1975)
- Far Haven (2023)