Martin Kove

Biography

Martin Kove (born March 6, 1946) 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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Dancing with the Stars

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

Murder, She Wrote

Diagnosis: Murder

The Goldbergs

Cobra Kai

Walker, Texas Ranger

All Movies (169)

• The Dink2026
• Boris Is Dead2026 · as Bobby
• Dante's Inferni2025 · as Speaker – 8th Circle: Bertran De Born
• A Gunfighter's Deal2025 · as Preacher
• Killing Mary Sue2025 · as Knox
• Queen of the Ring2025 · as Al Haft
• The Cobra Kai Movie2024 · as Martin Kove
• Dark Night of the Soul2024 · as Dad
• Fight Another Day2024 · as Fischer
• A Taste of Love2024 · as Glenn
• Far Haven2023 · as Ambrose Masse
• Beyond the Bonsai2022
• 3 Tickets to Paradise2021 · as Felix
• More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story2021 · as Self
• A Wrestling Christmas Miracle2020 · as Warden Jeffries
• Max Reload and the Nether Blasters2020 · as Gramps Jenkins
• Elvis from Outer Space2020 · as State Trooper
• Day 132020 · as Magnus Torvald
• Bring Me a Dream2020 · as Sheriff Jack Miller
• Bare Knuckle Brawler2019 · as Mike Calderon
• VFW2019 · as Lou Clayton
• D-Day2019 · as Nikolai
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019 · as 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff
• A Karate Christmas Miracle2019 · as Graham Palace
• The Savant2019 · as John Sonsay
• Warning - No Trespassing2018 · as Marty the CIA agent
• Paint It Red2018 · as Scabs
• Garlic and Gunpowder2018 · as Agent Tracey
• Show No Mercy2018 · as Frank
• Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven Swords2018 · as Galaron
• Fake News2017 · as Vice President John Phillips
• John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs2017 · as Self
• Price for Freedom2017 · as Ayatollah Khalkhali
• Joker's Poltergeist2017 · as Graham Palace
• Hospital Arrest2016 · as Boss Nigel
• 2 Lava 2 Lantula!2016 · as Colonel Jester
• The Chemist2016 · as Frank
• Six Gun Savior2016 · as The Mentor
• Traded2016 · as Cavendish
• Running Forever2015 · as Carson
• The Dog Who Saved Summer2015 · as Captain Vernon
• I Hate Christian Laettner2015 · as John Kreese (archive footage)
• Beyond the Game2014 · as James Star
• As Night Comes2014 · as Projectionist
• The Extendables2014 · as Aye Lewis
• Rice Girl2014 · as Captain Ron Williams
• Number Runner2014 · as Bingo Brown
• Tapped Out2014 · as Principal Vanhorne
• Falcon Song2014 · as Caspian
• Red Sky2014 · as Navy Intel Commander
• Eternity: The Movie2014 · as Barry Goldfield, Sr.
• Jet Set2013 · as John
• I'm in Love with a Church Girl2013 · as Terry Edgemond
• Reality Terror Night2013 · as Othello Lazarus
• Friend Request2013 · as Captain Meyers
• Our Wild Hearts2013 · as Grizz
• Silent but Deadly2012 · as Hodge
• Assassins' Code2011 · as Tony Brill
• Savage2011 · as Jack Lund
• Dark Games2011 · as Detective Dave Reinhart
• The Life Zone2011 · as Randy Graves
• The Great Fight2011 · as John Cooper
• Carmen's Kiss2010 · as James Drayton
• Bare Knuckles2010 · as Sonny Cool
• Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen2010 · as Marty
• Ballistica2009 · as Riley
• Middle Men2009 · as US Senator
• War Wolves2009 · as Malick
• Immortally Yours2009 · as Steven Miles
• Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance2008 · as Sheriff Jones
• Beyond The Ring2008 · as Uncle Patrick
• Fallen Angels2007 · as Daniels
• ReVamped2007 · as Detective Reeger
• Messages2007 · as DCI Collins
• The Ultimate Fighter2007 · as Detective Karpov
• Sweep the Leg2007 · as Sensei Kreese
• The Dead Sleep Easy2007 · as Bob Depugh
• Exit 382006 · as Reese
• Max Havoc: Ring of Fire2006 · as Lt. Reynolds
• 7 Mummies2006 · as Kile
• The Veteran2006 · as Father Brazinski
• Crooked2006 · as Jake Lawlor
• Glass Trap2005 · as Corrigan
• The Way of The Karate Kid2005 · as Self / Kreese
• The Hollywood Mom's Mystery2004 · as Sandy Palumbo
• Alien Lockdown2004 · as Anslow
• Illusion Infinity2004 · as Taxi Driver
• Hard Ground2003 · as Floyd
• Barbarian2003 · as Munkar
• Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain2003 · as Cully
• Sting of the Black Scorpion2002 · as Jack Ames / Firearm
• The Thief & the Stripper2002 · as Crow
• Curse of the Forty-Niner2002 · as Caleb
• It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left'2002 · as Self
• Trance2002 · as Robert Leoni
• American Gun2002 · as Theodore Huntly
• Gentle Ben2002 · as Cully
• Crocodile 2: Death Roll2002 · as Roland
• Shattered Lies2002 · as Tom Reynolds
• Con Games2001 · as Redick
• Black Scorpion Returns2001 · as Jack Ames / Firearm
• Savage Season2001 · as Frank
• Extreme Honor2001 · as Packard
• Final Payback2001 · as Captain Peter James
• Under Heavy Fire2001 · as Father Brazinski
• Bad Guys2000 · as The Commander
• A Drug Called Pornography2000 · as Narrator
• Assault on Death Mountain1999 · as Andy Powers
• Joseph's Gift1999 · as Thompsonn
• Hyacinth1998 · as J. B. Walker
• Nowhere Land1998 · as Hank
• Maximum Justice1998 · as James Ricks
• Assault on Devil's Island1997 · as Andy Powers
• Top of the World1997 · as Carl
• Judge and Jury1997 · as Michael Silvano
• Sliding Home1997 · as Samuel J. Webber
• Mercenary1996 · as Phoenix
• Without Mercy1996 · as Wolf Larsen
• Baby Face Nelson1996 · as John Dillinger
• Timelock1996 · as Admiral Teegs
• Final Equinox1995 · as Torman
• Cagney & Lacey: The Return1994 · as Isbecki
• Death Match1994 · as Paul Landis
• Savage Land1994 · as Jabal
• Endangered1994 · as DeVoe
• Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone1994 · as Ed Ross
• Wyatt Earp1994 · as Ed Ross
• Future Shock1994 · as Dr. Langdon
• The Outfit1993 · as Agent Baker
• To Be the Best1993 · as Rick Kulhane
• Shootfighter: Fight to the Death1993 · as Mr. Lee
• Lightning in a Bottle1993 · as Duane Furber
• Firehawk1993 · as Stewart
• Project: Shadowchaser1992 · as Desilva
• White Light1991 · as Sean Craig
• Voices That Care1991 · as Self - Choir Member
• President's Target1989 · as Sam Nicholson
• The Karate Kid Part III1989 · as John Kreese
• Higher Ground1988 · as Rick Loden
• Steele Justice1987 · as John Steele
• The Karate Kid Part II1986 · as John Kreese
• Rambo: First Blood Part II1985 · as Ericson
• The Karate Kid1984 · as John Kreese
• Blood Tide1982 · as Neil Grice
• Partners1982 · as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
• Trouble in High Timber Country1980 · as Willie Yeager
• Laboratory1980
• Seven1979 · as Skip
• The Sky Trap1979 · as Hoover
• Donovan's Kid1979 · as Kelso
• The White Buffalo1977 · as Jack McCall
• The November Plan1977 · as Stan
• Kingston1976 · as Dealey
• White Line Fever1975 · as Clem
• The Four Deuces1975 · as Smokey Ross - the 'Deuce of Diamonds'
• Death Race 20001975 · as Nero the Hero
• Capone1975 · as Pete Gusenberg
• The Wild Party1975 · as Editor
• The Groove Tube1974 · as Butz Beer
• The Spy Who Returned from the Dead1974 · as Rollo
• Cops and Robbers1973 · as Ambulance Attendant
• The Last House on the Left1972 · as Deputy
• The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival1972 · as Self
• Savages1972 · as Archie, a Bully
• Women in Revolt1971 · as Marty
• Little Murders1971 · as Checkpoint Police Officer (uncredited)
• The Roommates— · as Jerry
• Unarmed—
• Boot Lake—

All TV Shows (44)

• Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo2024 · as Self
• Barmageddon2022 · as Self - Contestant
• All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite2019 · as Martin Kove
• Cobra Kai2018 · as John Kreese
• The Goldbergs2013 · as Master John
• NTSF:SD:SUV::2011 · as Cell Leader
• Dancing with the Stars2005 · as Self - Contestant
• Black Scorpion2001
• V.I.P.1998 · as Mr. Scornabacho
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys1995 · as Demetrius
• Burke's Law1994 · as Joe Tanner
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Capt. Walter Newman
• Walker, Texas Ranger1993 · as Fred Kimble
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues1993 · as Chi'Ru Master
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues1993 · as Shadow Assassin
• Renegade1992 · as Mitch Raines / Goliath
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Detective
• Hard Time on Planet Earth1989 · as Jesse
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as Joe Farrell (segment "Opening Day")
• Wildside1985 · as Lyle Rainwood
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Dr. Ellison
• Cagney & Lacey1982 · as Det. Victor Isbecki
• Beyond Westworld1980 · as Jack Edwards
• Tenspeed and Brown Shoe1980 · as Hell Hound Leader
• The Runaways1978 · as Mike
• The Incredible Hulk1977 · as Henry 'Rocky' Welsh
• We've Got Each Other1977 · as Ken Redford
• The San Pedro Beach Bums1977 · as Ace
• CHiPs1977 · as Sherwood
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries1977 · as Pete Miller
• Code R1977 · as George Baker
• Quincy, M.E.1976 · as Joe Kirby
• Charlie's Angels1976 · as Georgie
• Starsky & Hutch1975 · as Jimmy Lucas
• Switch1975 · as Bud Ewing
• Three for the Road1975
• The Rockford Files1974 · as Harry Smick
• Petrocelli1974 · as Frank Harris
• Rhoda1974 · as Gary
• Kojak1973 · as Burl Slote
• The Streets of San Francisco1972 · as Willis Hines
• The Rookies1972 · as Jimmy Jay
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Gutherie Cassinger