Martin Kove
Mar 6, 1946 - Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Martin Kove 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.
Credits
Cast
Media | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | 1985 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | Ericson | |
| Movie | 2006 | The Veteran | Father Brazinski | |
| Movie | 1984 | The Karate Kid | John Kreese | |
| Movie | 2019 | A Karate Christmas Miracle | Graham Palace | |
| Movie | 1989 | The Karate Kid Part III | John Kreese | |
| Movie | 2007 | ReVamped | Detective Reeger | |
| Movie | 2006 | 7 Mummies | Kile | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Karate Kid Part II | John Kreese | |
| Movie | 1971 | Little Murders | Checkpoint Police Officer (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1975 | Death Race 2000 | Nero the Hero | |
| Movie | 2006 | Crooked | Jake Lawlor | |
| Movie | 2005 | Glass Trap | Corrigan | |
| Movie | 2009 | Ballistica | Riley | |
| Movie | 2009 | War Wolves | Malick | |
| Movie | 2003 | Hard Ground | Floyd | |
| Movie | 2002 | Sting of the Black Scorpion | Jack Ames / Firearm | |
| Movie | 1975 | White Line Fever | Clem | |
| Movie | 1987 | Steele Justice | John Steele | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Last House on the Left | Deputy | |
| Movie | 1997 | Top of the World | Carl | |
| Movie | 1993 | Shootfighter: Fight to the Death | Mr. Lee | |
| Movie | 1991 | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | |
| Movie | 2018 | Warning - No Trespassing | Marty the CIA agent | |
| Movie | 1977 | The White Buffalo | Jack McCall | |
| Movie | 2002 | Crocodile 2: Death Swamp | Roland | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Hollywood Mom's Mystery | Sandy Palumbo | |
| Movie | 2008 | Beyond The Ring | Uncle Patrick | |
| Movie | 1999 | Assault on Death Mountain | Andy Powers | |
| Movie | 2001 | Under Heavy Fire | Father Brazinski | |
| Movie | 2003 | Barbarian | Munkar | |
| Movie | 2000 | Bad Guys | The Commander | |
| Movie | 1997 | Assault on Devil's Island | Andy Powers | |
| Movie | 1993 | To Be the Best | Rick Kulhane | |
| Movie | 1992 | Project: Shadowchaser | Desilva | |
| Movie | 1994 | Future Shock | Dr. Langdon | |
| Movie | 2011 | Assassins' Code | Tony Brill | |
| Movie | 2017 | Fake News | Vice President John Phillips | |
| Movie | 2007 | Messages | DCI Collins | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Outfit | Agent Baker | |
| Movie | 1982 | Blood Tide | Neil Grice | |
| Movie | N/A | The Roommates | Jerry | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Great Fight | John Cooper | |
| Movie | 2007 | The Dead Sleep Easy | Bob Depugh | |
| Movie | 1979 | Seven | Skip | |
| Movie | 2004 | Alien Lockdown | Anslow | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival | Self | |
| Movie | 2025 | Queen of the Ring | Al Haft | |
| Movie | 1979 | Donovan's Kid | Kelso | |
| Movie | 2011 | Savage | Jack Lund | |
| Movie | 1994 | Death Match | Paul Landis | |
| Movie | 2013 | Our Wild Hearts | Grizz | |
| Movie | 1996 | Mercenary | Phoenix | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Life Zone | Randy Graves | |
| Movie | 1975 | The Wild Party | Editor | |
| Movie | 2013 | I'm in Love with a Church Girl | Terry Edgemond | |
| Movie | 2001 | Con Games | Redick | |
| Movie | 2010 | Carmen's Kiss | James Drayton | |
| Movie | 1993 | Firehawk | Stewart | |
| Movie | 1996 | Baby Face Nelson | John Dillinger | |
| Movie | 1989 | President's Target | Sam Nicholson | |
| Movie | 2013 | Reality Terror Night | Othello Lazarus | |
| Movie | 2014 | Falcon Song | Caspian | |
| Movie | 2014 | Eternity: The Movie | Barry Goldfield, Sr. | |
| Movie | 2012 | Silent but Deadly | Hodge | |
| Movie | 2014 | Tapped Out | Principal Vanhorne | |
| Movie | 2010 | Bare Knuckles | Sonny Cool | |
| Movie | 2009 | Middle Men | US Senator | |
| Movie | 1998 | Nowhere Land | Hank | |
| Movie | 1975 | Capone | Pete Gusenberg | |
| Movie | 2009 | Immortally Yours | Steven Miles | |
| Movie | 1997 | Judge and Jury | Michael Silvano | |
| Movie | 1976 | Kingston | Dealey | |
| Movie | 1980 | Trouble in High Timber Country | Willie Yeager | |
| Movie | 2019 | The Savant | John Sonsay | |
| Movie | 1996 | Without Mercy | Wolf Larsen | |
| Movie | 2014 | Beyond the Game | James Star | |
| Movie | 1998 | Hyacinth | J. B. Walker | |
| Movie | 2014 | As Night Comes | Projectionist | |
| Movie | 2007 | The Ultimate Fighter | Detective Karpov | |
| Movie | 2024 | Fight Another Day | Fischer | |
| Movie | 1998 | Maximum Justice | James Ricks | |
| Movie | 1988 | Higher Ground | Rick Loden | |
| Movie | 2024 | A Taste of Love | Glenn | |
| Movie | 2002 | Curse of the Forty-Niner | Caleb | |
| Movie | 1997 | Sliding Home | Samuel J. Webber | |
| Movie | 1974 | The Spy Who Returned from the Dead | Rollo | |
| Movie | 2013 | Friend Request | Captain Meyers | |
| Movie | 1972 | Savages | Archie, a Bully | |
| Movie | 2016 | 2 Lava 2 Lantula! | Colonel Jester | |
| Movie | 2016 | Traded | Cavendish | |
| Movie | 2016 | Six Gun Savior | The Mentor | |
| Movie | 1991 | White Light | Sean Craig | |
| Movie | 1980 | Laboratory | ||
| Movie | 2016 | The Chemist | Frank | |
| Movie | 2014 | Number Runner | Bingo Brown | |
| Movie | 1994 | Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone | Ed Ross | |
| Movie | 2003 | Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain | Cully | |
| Movie | 2021 | More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | Rice Girl | Captain Ron Williams | |
| Movie | 2015 | Joker's Poltergeist | Graham Palace | |
| Movie | 2000 | A Drug Called Pornography | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2007 | Fallen Angels | Daniels | |
| Movie | 1994 | Endangered | DeVoe | |
| Movie | 2001 | Savage Season | Frank | |
| Movie | 1974 | The Groove Tube | Butz Beer | |
| Movie | 1995 | Final Equinox | Torman | |
| Movie | 2002 | Trance | Robert Leoni | |
| Movie | 1977 | The November Plan | Stan | |
| Movie | 1973 | Cops and Robbers | Ambulance Attendant | |
| Movie | 1971 | Women in Revolt | Marty | |
| Movie | 1993 | Lightning in a Bottle | Duane Furber | |
| Movie | 2018 | Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven Swords | Galaron | |
| Movie | 2010 | Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen | Marty | |
| Movie | 1996 | Timelock | Admiral Teegs | |
| Movie | 2019 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff | |
| Movie | 2019 | Bare Knuckle Brawler | Mike Calderon | |
| Movie | 2008 | Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance | Sheriff Jones | |
| Movie | 2001 | Black Scorpion Returns | Jack Ames / Firearm | |
| Movie | 2015 | Running Forever | Carson | |
| Movie | 2018 | Garlic and Gunpowder | Agent Tracey | |
| Movie | 2018 | Paint It Red | Scabs | |
| Movie | 2002 | Shattered Lies | Tom Reynolds | |
| Movie | 1975 | The Four Deuces | Smokey Ross - the 'Deuce of Diamonds' | |
| Movie | 2019 | D-Day | Nikolai | |
| Movie | 2019 | VFW | Lou Clayton | |
| Movie | 2002 | Gentle Ben | Cully | |
| Movie | 2004 | Illusion Infinity | Taxi Driver | |
| Movie | 2001 | Final Payback | Captain Peter James | |
| Movie | 1999 | Joseph's Gift | Thompsonn | |
| Movie | 2006 | Exit 38 | Reese | |
| Movie | 2020 | Elvis from Outer Space | State Trooper | |
| Movie | 1994 | Wyatt Earp | Ed Ross | |
| Movie | 2020 | Max Reload and the Nether Blasters | Gramps Jenkins | |
| Movie | 2020 | Day 13 | Magnus Torvald | |
| Movie | 2017 | Price for Freedom | Ayatollah Khalkhali | |
| Movie | 2002 | American Gun | Theodore Huntly | |
| Movie | 2005 | The Way of The Karate Kid | Self / Kreese | |
| Movie | 1994 | Cagney & Lacey: The Return | Isbecki | |
| Movie | 1982 | Partners | Man in Phone Booth (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2006 | Max Havoc: Ring of Fire | Lt. Reynolds | |
| Movie | 2020 | A Wrestling Christmas Miracle | Warden Jeffries | |
| Movie | 2014 | Red Sky | Navy Intel Commander | |
| Movie | 2014 | The Extendables | Aye Lewis | |
| Movie | 2020 | Bring Me a Dream | Sheriff Jack Miller | |
| Movie | 2011 | Dark Games | Detective Dave Reinhart | |
| Movie | 2021 | 3 Tickets to Paradise | Felix | |
| Movie | 2007 | Sweep the Leg | Sensei Kreese | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Thief & the Stripper | Crow | |
| Movie | 2013 | Jet Set | John | |
| Movie | 2025 | Killing Mary Sue | Knox | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Sky Trap | Hoover | |
| Movie | 2001 | Extreme Honor | Packard | |
| Movie | N/A | The Dink | ||
| Movie | 2024 | Dark Night of the Soul | Dad | |
| Movie | 2016 | Hospital Arrest | Boss Nigel | |
| Movie | N/A | Boris Is Dead | Bobby | |
| Movie | 2017 | John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs | Self | |
| Movie | 2015 | The Dog Who Saved Summer | Captain Vernon | |
| Movie | N/A | A Gunfighter's Deal | Preacher | |
| Movie | 2025 | Dante's Inferni | Speaker – 8th Circle: Bertran De Born | |
| TV Show | 1973 | Kojak | Burl Slote | 1 |
| TV Show | 1977 | The San Pedro Beach Bums | Ace | 1 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Georgie | 1 |
| TV Show | 1972 | The Rookies | Jimmy Jay | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Switch | Bud Ewing | 1 |
| TV Show | 1977 | We've Got Each Other | Ken Redford | 13 |
| TV Show | 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Willis Hines | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Petrocelli | Frank Harris | 1 |
| TV Show | 1977 | Code R | George Baker | 13 |
| TV Show | 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | Pete Miller | 1 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Joe Kirby | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Gunsmoke | Gutherie Cassinger | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Three for the Road | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1974 | Rhoda | Gary | 1 |
| TV Show | 1977 | CHiPs | Sherwood | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Joe Farrell (segment "Opening Day") | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Detective | 1 |
| TV Show | 1980 | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | Hell Hound Leader | 1 |
| TV Show | 1978 | The Runaways | Mike | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Wildside | Lyle Rainwood | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Capt. Walter Newman | 3 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Black Scorpion | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1989 | Hard Time on Planet Earth | Jesse | 13 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Jimmy Lucas | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Chi'Ru Master | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Det. Victor Isbecki | 125 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Fred Kimble | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | The Rockford Files | Harry Smick | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Shadow Assassin | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Dancing with the Stars | Self - Contestant | 2 |
| TV Show | 2019 | All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite | Martin Kove | 1 |
| TV Show | 2022 | Barmageddon | Self - Contestant | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Burke's Law | Joe Tanner | 1 |
| TV Show | 2011 | NTSF:SD:SUV:: | Cell Leader | 1 |
| TV Show | 1980 | Beyond Westworld | Jack Edwards | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | The Goldbergs | Master John | 1 |
| TV Show | 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | Henry 'Rocky' Welsh | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Demetrius | 1 |
| TV Show | 2018 | Cobra Kai | John Kreese | 56 |
| TV Show | 1998 | V.I.P. | Mr. Scornabacho | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Dr. Ellison | 1 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Renegade | Mitch Raines / Goliath | 2 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2024 | Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo | Self | 3 |
Crew
Media | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | 2009 | Ballistica | Associate Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2010 | Bare Knuckles | Co-Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2016 | Six Gun Savior | Associate Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1991 | Silk Stalkings | Director | Directing |
