Martin Kove

Martin Kove

An American actor who has appeared in both feature films and television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Kove, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars

2005 • as Self - Contestant

Cobra Kai

Cobra Kai

2018 • as John Kreese

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

2019 • as Martin Kove

The Goldbergs

The Goldbergs

2013 • as Master John

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

1976 • as Joe Kirby

Filmography

2025

Queen of the Ring
Queen of the Ring
as Al Haft
Movie - Released: 3/7/2025

2024

Fight Another Day
Fight Another Day
as Fischer
Movie - Released: 10/9/2024
A Taste of Love
A Taste of Love
as Glenn
Movie - Released: 2/19/2024
Dark Night of the Soul
Dark Night of the Soul
as Dad
Movie - Released: 11/12/2024
Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo
Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo
as Self
TV - Released: 7/18/2024

2022

Barmageddon
Barmageddon
as Self - Contestant
TV - Released: 12/5/2022

2021

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/1/2021
3 Tickets to Paradise
3 Tickets to Paradise
as Felix
Movie - Released: 5/17/2021

2020

Elvis from Outer Space
Elvis from Outer Space
as State Trooper
Movie - Released: 7/7/2020
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
as Gramps Jenkins
Movie - Released: 8/11/2020
Day 13
Day 13
as Magnus Torvald
Movie - Released: 4/8/2020
A Wrestling Christmas Miracle
A Wrestling Christmas Miracle
as Warden Jeffries
Movie - Released: 11/15/2020
Bring Me a Dream
Bring Me a Dream
as Sheriff Jack Miller
Movie - Released: 3/14/2020

2019

A Karate Christmas Miracle
A Karate Christmas Miracle
as Graham Palace
Movie - Released: 5/17/2019
The Savant
The Savant
as John Sonsay
Movie - Released: 5/1/2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff
Movie - Released: 7/24/2019
Bare Knuckle Brawler
Bare Knuckle Brawler
as Mike Calderon
Movie - Released: 9/23/2019
D-Day
D-Day
as Nikolai
Movie - Released: 9/13/2019
VFW
VFW
as Lou Clayton
Movie - Released: 9/21/2019
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
as Martin Kove
TV - Released: 10/2/2019

2018

Warning - No Trespassing
Warning - No Trespassing
as Marty the CIA agent
Movie - Released: 11/11/2018
Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven Swords
Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven Swords
as Galaron
Movie - Released: 1/2/2018
Garlic and Gunpowder
Garlic and Gunpowder
as Agent Tracey
Movie - Released: 3/16/2018
Paint It Red
Paint It Red
as Scabs
Movie - Released: 8/7/2018
Cobra Kai
Cobra Kai
as John Kreese
TV - Released: 5/2/2018

2017

Fake News
Fake News
as Vice President John Phillips
Movie - Released: 11/24/2017
Price for Freedom
Price for Freedom
as Ayatollah Khalkhali
Movie - Released: 7/7/2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/1/2017

2016

2 Lava 2 Lantula!
2 Lava 2 Lantula!
as Colonel Jester
Movie - Released: 8/6/2016
Traded
Traded
as Cavendish
Movie - Released: 6/10/2016
Six Gun Savior
Six Gun Savior
as The Mentor
Movie - Released: 7/5/2016
The Chemist
The Chemist
as Frank
Movie - Released: 8/2/2016
Hospital Arrest
Hospital Arrest
as Boss Nigel
Movie - Released: 12/1/2016

2015

Joker's Poltergeist
Joker's Poltergeist
as Graham Palace
Movie - Released: 6/3/2015
Running Forever
Running Forever
as Carson
Movie - Released: 10/27/2015
The Dog Who Saved Summer
The Dog Who Saved Summer
as Captain Vernon
Movie - Released: 6/2/2015

2014

Falcon Song
Falcon Song
as Caspian
Movie - Released: 3/31/2014
Eternity: The Movie
Eternity: The Movie
as Barry Goldfield, Sr.
Movie - Released: 3/8/2014
Tapped Out
Tapped Out
as Principal Vanhorne
Movie - Released: 5/27/2014
Beyond the Game
Beyond the Game
as James Star
Movie - Released: 12/31/2014
As Night Comes
As Night Comes
as Projectionist
Movie - Released: 11/14/2014
Number Runner
Number Runner
as Bingo Brown
Movie - Released: 6/1/2014
Rice Girl
Rice Girl
as Captain Ron Williams
Movie - Released: 7/23/2014
Red Sky
Red Sky
as Navy Intel Commander
Movie - Released: 3/12/2014
The Extendables
The Extendables
as Aye Lewis
Movie - Released: 8/22/2014

2013

Our Wild Hearts
Our Wild Hearts
as Grizz
Movie - Released: 3/9/2013
I'm in Love with a Church Girl
I'm in Love with a Church Girl
as Terry Edgemond
Movie - Released: 10/18/2013
Movie
Reality Terror Night
as Othello Lazarus
Movie - Released: 9/10/2013
Friend Request
Friend Request
as Captain Meyers
Movie - Released: 5/5/2013
Jet Set
Jet Set
as John
Movie - Released: 12/12/2013
The Goldbergs
The Goldbergs
as Master John
TV - Released: 9/24/2013

2012

Silent but Deadly
Silent but Deadly
as Hodge
Movie - Released: 11/6/2012

2011

Assassins' Code
Assassins' Code
as Tony Brill
Movie - Released: 10/18/2011
The Great Fight
The Great Fight
as John Cooper
Movie - Released: 6/5/2011
Savage
Savage
as Jack Lund
Movie - Released: 7/11/2011
The Life Zone
The Life Zone
as Randy Graves
Movie - Released: 6/10/2011
Dark Games
Dark Games
as Detective Dave Reinhart
Movie - Released: 7/11/2011
NTSF:SD:SUV::
NTSF:SD:SUV::
as Cell Leader
TV - Released: 7/21/2011

2010

Carmen's Kiss
Carmen's Kiss
as James Drayton
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010
Bare Knuckles
Bare Knuckles
as Sonny Cool
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
as Marty
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010

2009

Ballistica
Ballistica
as Riley
Movie - Released: 12/18/2009
War Wolves
War Wolves
as Malick
Movie - Released: 3/8/2009
Middle Men
Middle Men
as US Senator
Movie - Released: 5/17/2009
Immortally Yours
Immortally Yours
as Steven Miles
Movie - Released: 1/6/2009

2008

Beyond The Ring
Beyond The Ring
as Uncle Patrick
Movie - Released: 1/8/2008
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
as Sheriff Jones
Movie - Released: 5/14/2008

2007

ReVamped
ReVamped
as Detective Reeger
Movie - Released: 9/15/2007
Messages
Messages
as DCI Collins
Movie - Released: 6/14/2007
The Dead Sleep Easy
The Dead Sleep Easy
as Bob Depugh
Movie - Released: 1/1/2007
The Ultimate Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter
as Detective Karpov
Movie - Released: 6/6/2007
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels
as Daniels
Movie - Released: 10/5/2007
Sweep the Leg
Sweep the Leg
as Sensei Kreese
Movie - Released: 3/16/2007

2006

The Veteran
The Veteran
as Father Brazinski
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006
7 Mummies
7 Mummies
as Kile
Movie - Released: 7/18/2006
Crooked
Crooked
as Jake Lawlor
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006
Movie
Exit 38
as Reese
Movie - Released: 11/1/2006
Max Havoc: Ring of Fire
Max Havoc: Ring of Fire
as Lt. Reynolds
Movie - Released: 7/28/2006

2005

Glass Trap
Glass Trap
as Corrigan
Movie - Released: 8/2/2005
Movie
The Way of The Karate Kid
as Self / Kreese
Movie - Released: 2/1/2005
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Contestant
TV - Released: 6/1/2005

2004

The Hollywood Mom's Mystery
The Hollywood Mom's Mystery
as Sandy Palumbo
Movie - Released: 8/8/2004
Alien Lockdown
Alien Lockdown
as Anslow
Movie - Released: 3/1/2004
Illusion Infinity
Illusion Infinity
as Taxi Driver
Movie - Released: 1/1/2004

2003

Hard Ground
Hard Ground
as Floyd
Movie - Released: 7/12/2003
Barbarian
Barbarian
as Munkar
Movie - Released: 6/24/2003
Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain
Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain
as Cully
Movie - Released: 1/5/2003

2002

Sting of the Black Scorpion
Sting of the Black Scorpion
as Jack Ames / Firearm
Movie - Released: 11/6/2002
Crocodile 2: Death Swamp
Crocodile 2: Death Swamp
as Roland
Movie - Released: 3/19/2002
Curse of the Forty-Niner
Curse of the Forty-Niner
as Caleb
Movie - Released: 10/1/2002
Trance
Trance
as Robert Leoni
Movie - Released: 7/1/2002
Shattered Lies
Shattered Lies
as Tom Reynolds
Movie - Released: 2/21/2002
Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben
as Cully
Movie - Released: 3/25/2002
American Gun
American Gun
as Theodore Huntly
Movie - Released: 6/13/2002
The Thief & the Stripper
The Thief & the Stripper
as Crow
Movie - Released: 10/15/2002

2001

Under Heavy Fire
Under Heavy Fire
as Father Brazinski
Movie - Released: 1/1/2001
Con Games
Con Games
as Redick
Movie - Released: 12/4/2001
Savage Season
Savage Season
as Frank
Movie - Released: 7/15/2001
Black Scorpion Returns
Black Scorpion Returns
as Jack Ames / Firearm
Movie - Released: 9/25/2001
Final Payback
Final Payback
as Captain Peter James
Movie - Released: 4/24/2001
Extreme Honor
Extreme Honor
as Packard
Movie - Released: 6/12/2001
Black Scorpion
Black Scorpion
TV - Released: 1/5/2001

2000

Bad Guys
Bad Guys
as The Commander
Movie - Released: 8/17/2000
A Drug Called Pornography
A Drug Called Pornography
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/2000

1999

Assault on Death Mountain
Assault on Death Mountain
as Andy Powers
Movie - Released: 4/4/1999
Joseph's Gift
Joseph's Gift
as Thompsonn
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999

1998

Nowhere Land
Nowhere Land
as Hank
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998
Hyacinth
Hyacinth
as J. B. Walker
Movie - Released: 1/15/1998
Maximum Justice
Maximum Justice
as James Ricks
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998
V.I.P.
V.I.P.
as Mr. Scornabacho
TV - Released: 9/26/1998

1997

Top of the World
Top of the World
as Carl
Movie - Released: 5/1/1997
Assault on Devil's Island
Assault on Devil's Island
as Andy Powers
Movie - Released: 10/28/1997
Judge and Jury
Judge and Jury
as Michael Silvano
Movie - Released: 3/11/1997
Sliding Home
Sliding Home
as Samuel J. Webber
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997

1996

Mercenary
Mercenary
as Phoenix
Movie - Released: 10/17/1996
Baby Face Nelson
Baby Face Nelson
as John Dillinger
Movie - Released: 1/25/1996
Without Mercy
Without Mercy
as Wolf Larsen
Movie - Released: 2/20/1996
Timelock
Timelock
as Admiral Teegs
Movie - Released: 1/1/1996

1995

Final Equinox
Final Equinox
as Torman
Movie - Released: 10/30/1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
as Demetrius
TV - Released: 1/29/1995

1994

Future Shock
Future Shock
as Dr. Langdon
Movie - Released: 1/19/1994
Death Match
Death Match
as Paul Landis
Movie - Released: 10/26/1994
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
as Ed Ross
Movie - Released: 7/1/1994
Endangered
Endangered
as DeVoe
Movie - Released: 8/10/1994
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp
as Ed Ross
Movie - Released: 6/24/1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Isbecki
Movie - Released: 11/6/1994
Burke's Law
Burke's Law
as Joe Tanner
TV - Released: 1/7/1994

1993

Shootfighter: Fight to the Death
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death
as Mr. Lee
Movie - Released: 5/5/1993
To Be The Best
To Be The Best
as Rick Kulhane
Movie - Released: 8/3/1993
The Outfit
The Outfit
as Agent Baker
Movie - Released: 9/1/1993
Firehawk
Firehawk
as Stewart
Movie - Released: 1/6/1993
Lightning in a Bottle
Lightning in a Bottle
as Duane Furber
Movie - Released: 1/7/1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Fred Kimble
TV - Released: 4/21/1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Chi'Ru Master
TV - Released: 1/27/1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder
as Capt. Walter Newman
TV - Released: 10/29/1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Shadow Assassin
TV - Released: 1/27/1993

1992

Project: Shadowchaser
Project: Shadowchaser
as Desilva
Movie - Released: 7/2/1992
Renegade
Renegade
as Mitch Raines / Goliath
TV - Released: 9/19/1992

1991

Voices That Care
Voices That Care
as Self - Choir Member
Movie - Released: 2/28/1991
White Light
White Light
as Sean Craig
Movie - Released: 9/20/1991

1989

The Karate Kid Part III
The Karate Kid Part III
as John Kreese
Movie - Released: 6/16/1989
President's Target
President's Target
as Sam Nicholson
Movie - Released: 6/23/1989
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt
as Detective
TV - Released: 6/10/1989
Hard Time on Planet Earth
Hard Time on Planet Earth
as Jesse
TV - Released: 3/1/1989

1988

Higher Ground
Higher Ground
as Rick Loden
Movie - Released: 9/4/1988

1987

Steele Justice
Steele Justice
as John Steele
Movie - Released: 5/8/1987

1986

The Karate Kid Part II
The Karate Kid Part II
as John Kreese
Movie - Released: 6/18/1986

1985

Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo: First Blood Part II
as Ericson
Movie - Released: 5/21/1985
Wildside
Wildside
as Lyle Rainwood
TV - Released: 3/21/1985
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
as Joe Farrell (segment "Opening Day")
TV - Released: 9/27/1985

1984

The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid
as John Kreese
Movie - Released: 6/22/1984
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Dr. Ellison
TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1982

Blood Tide
Blood Tide
as Neil Grice
Movie - Released: 9/24/1982
Partners
Partners
as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 4/30/1982
Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey
as Det. Victor Isbecki
TV - Released: 3/25/1982

1980

Trouble in High Timber Country
Trouble in High Timber Country
as Willie Yeager
Movie - Released: 6/27/1980
Laboratory
Laboratory
Movie - Released: 4/3/1980
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
as Hell Hound Leader
TV - Released: 1/27/1980
Beyond Westworld
Beyond Westworld
as Jack Edwards
TV - Released: 3/5/1980

1979

Seven
Seven
as Skip
Movie - Released: 9/7/1979
Donovan's Kid
Donovan's Kid
as Kelso
Movie - Released: 1/7/1979
The Sky Trap
The Sky Trap
as Hoover
Movie - Released: 5/13/1979

1978

The Runaways
The Runaways
as Mike
TV - Released: 4/27/1978

1977

The White Buffalo
The White Buffalo
as Jack McCall
Movie - Released: 5/1/1977
The November Plan
The November Plan
as Stan
Movie - Released: 1/1/1977
CHiPs
CHiPs
as Sherwood
TV - Released: 9/15/1977
The San Pedro Beach Bums
The San Pedro Beach Bums
as Ace
TV - Released: 9/19/1977
Code R
Code R
as George Baker
TV - Released: 1/21/1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Pete Miller
TV - Released: 1/30/1977
We've Got Each Other
We've Got Each Other
as Ken Redford
TV - Released: 10/1/1977
The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk
as Henry 'Rocky' Welsh
TV - Released: 11/4/1977

1976

Kingston
Kingston
as Dealey
Movie - Released: 9/15/1976
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels
as Georgie
TV - Released: 9/22/1976
Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E.
as Joe Kirby
TV - Released: 10/3/1976

1975

Death Race 2000
Death Race 2000
as Nero the Hero
Movie - Released: 4/30/1975
White Line Fever
White Line Fever
as Clem
Movie - Released: 7/16/1975
The Wild Party
The Wild Party
as Editor
Movie - Released: 3/1/1975
Capone
Capone
as Pete Gusenberg
Movie - Released: 4/16/1975
The Four Deuces
The Four Deuces
as Smokey Ross - the 'Deuce of Diamonds'
Movie - Released: 7/3/1975
Switch
Switch
as Bud Ewing
TV - Released: 9/9/1975
Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch
as Jimmy Lucas
TV - Released: 9/10/1975
TV
Three for the Road
TV - Released: 9/4/1975

1974

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
as Rollo
Movie - Released: 1/8/1974
The Groove Tube
The Groove Tube
as Butz Beer
Movie - Released: 6/23/1974
Rhoda
Rhoda
as Gary
TV - Released: 9/9/1974
Petrocelli
Petrocelli
as Frank Harris
TV - Released: 9/11/1974
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
as Harry Smick
TV - Released: 9/13/1974

1973

Cops and Robbers
Cops and Robbers
as Ambulance Attendant
Movie - Released: 8/15/1973
Kojak
Kojak
as Burl Slote
TV - Released: 10/24/1973

1972

The Last House on the Left
The Last House on the Left
as Deputy
Movie - Released: 8/30/1972
The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival
The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/25/1972
Savages
Savages
as Archie, a Bully
Movie - Released: 6/27/1972
The Rookies
The Rookies
as Jimmy Jay
TV - Released: 9/11/1972
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco
as Willis Hines
TV - Released: 9/23/1972

1971

Little Murders
Little Murders
as Checkpoint Police Officer (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 2/9/1971
Women in Revolt
Women in Revolt
as Marty
Movie - Released: 12/1/1971

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1955

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as Gutherie Cassinger
TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Unknown

The Roommates
The Roommates
as Jerry
Movie
Killing Mary Sue
Killing Mary Sue
as Knox
Movie
Movie
The Dink
Movie
Movie
Boris Is Dead
as Bobby
Movie