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Martin Kove
Birthday: March 6, 1947

Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 6' 1"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Martin Kove. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

New York born, strong featured, narrow eyed and often untrustworthy looking actor who has portrayed a mixed bag of both good and bad guys! First turned up on screen in several minor roles, and got himself noticed as the villainous "Nero The Hero" in the low budget road race Death Race 2000 (1975), and then as "Clem" the sadistic rigger, breaking Jan-Michael Vincent's ribs in White Line Fever (1975). He cropped up in the hit TV series "Cagney & Lacey" (1982) as honest Police Detective Isbecki, and then (stupidly) got on the wrong side of rampaging Sylvester Stallone in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985).Kove probably scored his greatest visibility to the public (yet again, as another villain) in the hugely successful The Karate Kid (1984) in which he played "John Kreese", the brutal head instructor of the Cobra Kai karate school, and he reprised the role in the two sequels, The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) and The Karate Kid, Part III (1989).Kove has since kept consistently busy, primarily in the action / thriller film genre, and has notched up over 80 film appearances to date, as well as numerous TV guest roles.

Movie Credits
Immortally Yours (2006)
[ Costas Mandylor ]
Fallen Angels (2006)
[ Benjamin Bratt ][ Michael Dorn ][ Christopher Knight ][ Kane Hodder ][ William Moseley ]
Messages (2006)
[ Jeff Fahey ]
Chinaman's Chance (2006)
[ Danny Trejo ][ Ernest Borgnine ][ Tommy Chong ][ Lorenzo Lamas ][ Jason Connery ]
Miracle at Sage Creek (2005)
[ David Carradine ][ Wes Studi ]
Glass Trap (2005)
[ C. Thomas Howell ][ Andrew Stevens ][ Andrew Prine ][ Brent Huff ]
Seven Mummies (2005)
[ Danny Trejo ][ Andrew Bryniarski ][ Billy Drago ][ Matt Schulze ]
Soft Target (2005)
[ Gary Busey ][ Fred Williamson ][ Olivier Gruner ]
Alien Lockdown (2004)
[ John Savage ]
The Hollywood Mom's Mystery (2004)
[ Andrew McCarthy ][ George Hamilton ]
Big Chuck, Little Chuck (2004)
Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain (2003)
[ Dean Cain ][ Corbin Bernsen ][ Collin Bernsen ]
Devil's Knight (2003)
[ Garry Marshall ][ Gary Brockette ]
Paradise (2003)
[ Mickey Rooney ][ Timothy Bottoms ]
Curse of the Forty-Niner (2003)
[ Jeff Conaway ]
Rice Girl (2003)
[ Pat Morita ][ Joe Estevez ]
Hard Ground (2003)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Bruce Dern ]
Barbarian (2003)
Sting of the Black Scorpion (2002)
Crocodile 2: Death Swamp (2002)
Trance (2002)
[ Bruce Abbott ]
American Gun (2002)
Gentle Ben (2002)
[ Dean Cain ][ Corbin Bernsen ][ William Katt ][ Collin Bernsen ]
Shattered Lies (2002)
[ James Russo ][ Jack Scalia ][ Frank Zagarino ]
Con Games (2001)
[ Eric Roberts ]
Extreme Honor (2001)
[ Michael Madsen ][ Michael Ironside ][ Sven-Ole Thorsen ][ Olivier Gruner ]
Going Back (2001)
[ Casper Van Dien ][ Kenny Johnson ][ Jason Cadieux ]
Black Scorpion Returns (2001)
Final Payback (2001)
[ Richard Grieco ][ Corbin Bernsen ][ John Saxon ]
Savage Season (2001)
[ Wings Hauser ]
Bad Guys (2000)
[ Michael Madsen ][ James Russo ][ Michael Bailey Smith ]
Shadow Warriors II: Hunt for the Death Merchant (1999)
[ Hulk Hogan ][ Carl Weathers ][ Gerard Plunkett ]
Trapped in Paradise (1999)
The Last Resort (1998)
Nowhere Land (1998)
[ Jon Polito ][ Francesco Quinn ]
Joseph's Gift (1998)
[ Angus MacFadyen ][ John Saxon ][ Brion James ][ Sam Bottoms ][ Joseph Bottoms ]
Hyacinth (1998)
[ William Katt ]
The Thief & the Stripper (1998)
[ Michael Madsen ][ Corey Feldman ][ Todd Bridges ][ Brion James ]
The Waterfront (1998)
[ Corey Feldman ][ Todd Bridges ][ Timothy Bottoms ][ Joe Estevez ]
Grizzly Mountain (1997)
Assault on Devil's Island (1997)
[ Hulk Hogan ][ Carl Weathers ][ Billy Drago ][ Trevor Goddard ][ Billy Blanks ]
Mercenary (1997)
[ John Ritter ][ Robert Culp ][ Olivier Gruner ]
The Marksmen (1997)
Top of the World (1997)
[ Dennis Hopper ][ Joe Pantoliano ][ Craig T Nelson ][ Craig T. Nelson ][ Peter Weller ]
Judge and Jury (1996)
[ Thomas Ian Nicholas ]
Timelock (1996)
[ Jeff Speakman ]
Baby Face Nelson (1995)
[ C. Thomas Howell ][ Clint Howard ][ F. Murray Abraham ][ Leland Orser ][ Michael McDonald ]
Without Mercy (1995)
[ Courtney B. Vance ][ Frank Zagarino ]
Final Equinox (1995)
[ David Warner ]
Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994)
[ Tyne Daly ][ David Paymer ][ Carl Lumbly ]
Death Match (1994)
Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994)
[ Geoffrey Lewis ][ Richard Riehle ]
Savage Land (1994)
[ Graham Greene ][ Corbin Bernsen ][ Brion James ][ Collin Bernsen ]
Endangered (1994)
[ Dale Dye ]
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994)
[ Johnny Cash ][ Harry Carey Jr. ][ Jay Underwood ]
Wyatt Earp (1994)
[ Kevin Costner ][ Dennis Quaid ][ Gene Hackman ][ James Caviezel ][ Michael Madsen ]
To Be the Best (1993)
[ Vince Murdocco ]
The Outfit (1993)
[ Lance Henriksen ][ Billy Drago ]
Without a Kiss Goodbye (1993)
[ Christopher Meloni ][ David Ogden Stiers ][ Don S. Davis ]
Firehawk (1993)
Future Shock (1993)
[ Bill Paxton ][ Brion James ][ Greg Grunberg ][ Collin Bernsen ]
Lightning in a Bottle (1993)
[ Don Stark ]
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1992)
[ William Zabka ][ Bolo Yeung ][ Chris Casamassa ]
Shadowchaser (1992)
[ Joss Ackland ][ Frank Zagarino ]
White Light (1991)
[ Thomas Cavanagh ]
The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
[ Ralph Macchio ][ Pat Morita ][ Thomas Ian Griffith ][ Sean Kanan ]
President's Target (1989)
Higher Ground (1988)
[ John Rhys-Davies ]
Steele Justice (1987)
[ Kevin Gage ][ Bernie Casey ]
The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
[ Ralph Macchio ][ Pat Morita ][ B.D. Wong ][ William Zabka ][ Clarence Gilyard Jr. ]
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
[ Sylvester Stallone ][ Richard Crenna ][ Steven Berkoff ]
The Karate Kid (1984)
[ Ralph Macchio ][ Pat Morita ][ William Zabka ][ Andrew Shue ][ Chad McQueen ]
Blood Tide (1982)
[ James Earl Jones ]
Cry for the Strangers (1982)
[ Patrick Duffy ][ Brian Keith ]
Trouble in High Timber Country (1980)
[ Michael J. Fox ][ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ][ Brion James ]
Laboratory (1980)
Seven (1979)
[ Art Metrano ][ Terry Jastrow ]
Nest of Scorpions (1978)
The Sky Trap (1978)
[ Marc McClure ][ Johnny Crawford ]
The White Buffalo (1977)
[ Charles Bronson ][ Jack Warden ][ Slim Pickens ]
Mr. Billion (1977)
[ Jackie Gleason ][ Slim Pickens ][ Terence Hill ]
Kingston (1976)
[ Raymond Burr ]
The Four Deuces (1976)
[ Carl Weathers ][ Jack Palance ]
White Line Fever (1975)
[ Jan-Michael Vincent ][ Slim Pickens ]
Death Race 2000 (1975)
[ Sylvester Stallone ][ David Carradine ]
Capone (1975)
[ Sylvester Stallone ][ John Cassavetes ][ Ben Gazzara ]
The Wild Party (1975)
[ Perry King ][ David Dukes ]
Road Movie (1974)
[ Joe Pantoliano ][ Barry Bostwick ]
Cops and Robbers (1973)
[ Lane Smith ][ Joseph Bologna ][ Cliff Gorman ]
The Last House on the Left (1972)
[ Wes Craven ]
Savages (1972)
[ Sam Waterston ]
Women in Revolt (1971)
Little Murders (1971)
[ Donald Sutherland ][ Elliott Gould ][ Alan Arkin ][ Ed Quinn ]

Trivia

  • Honorary marshal of Tarzana, California
  • He was a substitute Math Teacher at Ward Melville High School in New York.
  • During the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s, Kove was a well-known TV-spokesman for King Cobra beer: "Don't let the smooth taste fool you." In more recent years, however, he has sworn off alcohol.
  • Has twins: son Jesse Morgan Kove; and daughter Rachel Olivia Kove. Jesse and Rachel were born November 2, 1990.
  • Has black belts in all of the following martial arts: Kendo; Okinawa-te; and Tiger Kenpo.
  • Injured his hand during the fateful fight scene between his character, John Kreese and Mr.Miyagi in The Karate Kid, Part II. The effects team ill-timed one of the car window shattering shots causing Martin to inadvertently break the prop window with his own fist. Martin sustained several injuries to his hand but continued filming anyway.
  • Is the only other actor, besides Ralph Macchio and Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, to appear in all 3 of The Karate Kid films.

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