Martin Kove

  • Name: Martin Kove
  • Date of Birth: March 06, 1946
  • Place of Birth: Not available
Mini-bio: 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... read more 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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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  • Rambo: First Blood part II and Karate Kid has this actor in common can you name him?  Answer »
  • Shortly after moving to Reseda, Daniel Larusso became the target of a group of bullies who belonged to the Cobra Kai dojo. The Sensei there was James Kreese, a not-so-nice man who encouraged his students to use unethical moves. Who played Kreese in "The Karate Kid" (1984)?   Answer »
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