Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 6, 1946
Place of Birth:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Queen of the Ring | Al Haft |
| 2025 | Killing Mary Sue | Knox |
| 2025 | Dante's Inferni | Speaker – 8th Circle: Bertran De Born |
| 2024 | Fight Another Day | Fischer |
| 2024 | A Taste of Love | Glenn |
| 2024 | Dark Night of the Soul | Dad |
| 2024 | The Cobra Kai Movie | Martin Kove |
| 2023 | Far Haven | Ambrose Masse |
| 2021 | More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story | Self |
| 2021 | 3 Tickets to Paradise | Felix |
| 2020 | Elvis from Outer Space | State Trooper |
| 2020 | Max Reload and the Nether Blasters | Gramps Jenkins |
| 2020 | Day 13 | Magnus Torvald |
| 2020 | A Wrestling Christmas Miracle | Warden Jeffries |
| 2020 | Bring Me a Dream | Sheriff Jack Miller |
| 2019 | A Karate Christmas Miracle | Graham Palace |
| 2019 | The Savant | John Sonsay |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff |
| 2019 | Bare Knuckle Brawler | Mike Calderon |
| 2019 | D-Day | Nikolai |
| 2019 | VFW | Lou Clayton |
| 2018 | Warning - No Trespassing | Marty the CIA agent |
| 2018 | Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven Swords | Galaron |
| 2018 | Garlic and Gunpowder | Agent Tracey |
| 2018 | Paint It Red | Scabs |
| 2017 | Fake News | Vice President John Phillips |
| 2017 | Price for Freedom | Ayatollah Khalkhali |
| 2017 | John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs | Self |
| 2016 | 2 Lava 2 Lantula! | Colonel Jester |
| 2016 | Traded | Cavendish |
| 2016 | Six Gun Savior | The Mentor |
| 2016 | The Chemist | Frank |
| 2016 | Hospital Arrest | Boss Nigel |
| 2015 | Joker's Poltergeist | Graham Palace |
| 2015 | Running Forever | Carson |
| 2015 | The Dog Who Saved Summer | Captain Vernon |
| 2014 | Falcon Song | Caspian |
| 2014 | Eternity: The Movie | Barry Goldfield, Sr. |
| 2014 | Tapped Out | Principal Vanhorne |
| 2014 | Beyond the Game | James Star |
| 2014 | As Night Comes | Projectionist |
| 2014 | Number Runner | Bingo Brown |
| 2014 | Rice Girl | Captain Ron Williams |
| 2014 | Red Sky | Navy Intel Commander |
| 2014 | The Extendables | Aye Lewis |
| 2013 | Our Wild Hearts | Grizz |
| 2013 | I'm in Love with a Church Girl | Terry Edgemond |
| 2013 | Reality Terror Night | Othello Lazarus |
| 2013 | Friend Request | Captain Meyers |
| 2013 | Jet Set | John |
| 2012 | Silent but Deadly | Hodge |
| 2011 | Assassins' Code | Tony Brill |
| 2011 | The Great Fight | John Cooper |
| 2011 | Savage | Jack Lund |
| 2011 | The Life Zone | Randy Graves |
| 2011 | Dark Games | Detective Dave Reinhart |
| 2010 | Carmen's Kiss | James Drayton |
| 2010 | Bare Knuckles | Sonny Cool |
| 2010 | Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen | Marty |
| 2009 | Ballistica | Riley |
| 2009 | War Wolves | Malick |
| 2009 | Middle Men | US Senator |
| 2009 | Immortally Yours | Steven Miles |
| 2008 | Beyond The Ring | Uncle Patrick |
| 2008 | Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance | Sheriff Jones |
| 2007 | ReVamped | Detective Reeger |
| 2007 | Messages | DCI Collins |
| 2007 | The Dead Sleep Easy | Bob Depugh |
| 2007 | The Ultimate Fighter | Detective Karpov |
| 2007 | Fallen Angels | Daniels |
| 2007 | Sweep the Leg | Sensei Kreese |
| 2006 | The Veteran | Father Brazinski |
| 2006 | 7 Mummies | Kile |
| 2006 | Crooked | Jake Lawlor |
| 2006 | Exit 38 | Reese |
| 2006 | Max Havoc: Ring of Fire | Lt. Reynolds |
| 2005 | Glass Trap | Corrigan |
| 2005 | The Way of The Karate Kid | Self / Kreese |
| 2004 | The Hollywood Mom's Mystery | Sandy Palumbo |
| 2004 | Alien Lockdown | Anslow |
| 2004 | Illusion Infinity | Taxi Driver |
| 2003 | Hard Ground | Floyd |
| 2003 | Barbarian | Munkar |
| 2003 | Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain | Cully |
| 2002 | Sting of the Black Scorpion | Jack Ames / Firearm |
| 2002 | Crocodile 2: Death Roll | Roland |
| 2002 | Curse of the Forty-Niner | Caleb |
| 2002 | Trance | Robert Leoni |
| 2002 | Shattered Lies | Tom Reynolds |
| 2002 | Gentle Ben | Cully |
| 2002 | American Gun | Theodore Huntly |
| 2002 | The Thief & the Stripper | Crow |
| 2001 | Under Heavy Fire | Father Brazinski |
| 2001 | Con Games | Redick |
| 2001 | Savage Season | Frank |
| 2001 | Black Scorpion Returns | Jack Ames / Firearm |
| 2001 | Final Payback | Captain Peter James |
| 2001 | Extreme Honor | Packard |
| 2000 | Bad Guys | The Commander |
| 2000 | A Drug Called Pornography | Narrator |
| 1999 | Assault on Death Mountain | Andy Powers |
| 1999 | Joseph's Gift | Thompsonn |
| 1998 | Nowhere Land | Hank |
| 1998 | Hyacinth | J. B. Walker |
| 1998 | Maximum Justice | James Ricks |
| 1997 | Top of the World | Carl |
| 1997 | Assault on Devil's Island | Andy Powers |
| 1997 | Judge and Jury | Michael Silvano |
| 1997 | Sliding Home | Samuel J. Webber |
| 1996 | Mercenary | Phoenix |
| 1996 | Baby Face Nelson | John Dillinger |
| 1996 | Without Mercy | Wolf Larsen |
| 1996 | Timelock | Admiral Teegs |
| 1995 | Final Equinox | Torman |
| 1994 | Future Shock | Dr. Langdon |
| 1994 | Death Match | Paul Landis |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone | Ed Ross |
| 1994 | Endangered | DeVoe |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp | Ed Ross |
| 1994 | Cagney & Lacey: The Return | Isbecki |
| 1994 | Savage Land | Jabal |
| 1993 | Shootfighter: Fight to the Death | Mr. Lee |
| 1993 | To Be the Best | Rick Kulhane |
| 1993 | The Outfit | Agent Baker |
| 1993 | Firehawk | Stewart |
| 1993 | Lightning in a Bottle | Duane Furber |
| 1992 | Project: Shadowchaser | Desilva |
| 1991 | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member |
| 1991 | White Light | Sean Craig |
| 1989 | The Karate Kid Part III | John Kreese |
| 1989 | President's Target | Sam Nicholson |
| 1988 | Higher Ground | Rick Loden |
| 1987 | Steele Justice | John Steele |
| 1986 | The Karate Kid Part II | John Kreese |
| 1985 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | Ericson |
| 1984 | The Karate Kid | John Kreese |
| 1982 | Blood Tide | Neil Grice |
| 1982 | Partners | Man in Phone Booth (uncredited) |
| 1980 | Trouble in High Timber Country | Willie Yeager |
| 1980 | Laboratory | |
| 1979 | Seven | Skip |
| 1979 | Donovan's Kid | Kelso |
| 1979 | The Sky Trap | Hoover |
| 1977 | The White Buffalo | Jack McCall |
| 1977 | The November Plan | Stan |
| 1976 | Kingston | Dealey |
| 1975 | Death Race 2000 | Nero the Hero |
| 1975 | White Line Fever | Clem |
| 1975 | The Wild Party | Editor |
| 1975 | Capone | Pete Gusenberg |
| 1975 | The Four Deuces | Smokey Ross - the 'Deuce of Diamonds' |
| 1974 | The Spy Who Returned from the Dead | Rollo |
| 1974 | The Groove Tube | Butz Beer |
| 1973 | Cops and Robbers | Ambulance Attendant |
| 1972 | The Last House on the Left | Deputy |
| 1972 | The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival | Self |
| 1972 | Savages | Archie, a Bully |
| 1971 | Little Murders | Checkpoint Police Officer (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Women in Revolt | Marty |
| The Roommates | Jerry | |
| The Dink | ||
| Boris Is Dead | Bobby | |
| A Gunfighter's Deal | Preacher | |
| Unarmed |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo | Self |
| 2022 | Barmageddon | Self - Contestant |
| 2019 | All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite | Martin Kove |
| 2018 | Cobra Kai | John Kreese |
| 2013 | The Goldbergs | Master John |
| 2011 | NTSF:SD:SUV:: | Cell Leader |
| 2005 | Dancing with the Stars | Self - Contestant |
| 2001 | Black Scorpion | |
| 1998 | V.I.P. | Mr. Scornabacho |
| 1995 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Demetrius |
| 1994 | Burke's Law | Joe Tanner |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Capt. Walter Newman |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Chi'Ru Master |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Fred Kimble |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Shadow Assassin |
| 1992 | Renegade | Mitch Raines / Goliath |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Detective |
| 1989 | Hard Time on Planet Earth | Jesse |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Joe Farrell (segment "Opening Day") |
| 1985 | Wildside | Lyle Rainwood |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Dr. Ellison |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Det. Victor Isbecki |
| 1980 | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | Hell Hound Leader |
| 1980 | Beyond Westworld | Jack Edwards |
| 1978 | The Runaways | Mike |
| 1977 | The San Pedro Beach Bums | Ace |
| 1977 | We've Got Each Other | Ken Redford |
| 1977 | Code R | George Baker |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | Pete Miller |
| 1977 | CHiPs | Sherwood |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | Henry 'Rocky' Welsh |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Georgie |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Joe Kirby |
| 1975 | Switch | Bud Ewing |
| 1975 | Three for the Road | |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Jimmy Lucas |
| 1974 | Petrocelli | Frank Harris |
| 1974 | Rhoda | Gary |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Harry Smick |
| 1973 | Kojak | Burl Slote |
| 1972 | The Rookies | Jimmy Jay |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Willis Hines |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Gutherie Cassinger |