Martin Kove

Known for: Acting

Born: 1946-03-06 (age 80)

From: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography (212)

MOVIE
The Dink
2026
MOVIE
Boris Is Dead
2026
as Bobby
MOVIE
Dante's Inferni
2025
as Speaker – 8th Circle: Bertran De Born
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Gunfighter's Deal
2025
as Preacher
MOVIE★ 6.0
Killing Mary Sue
2025
as Knox
MOVIE★ 6.7
Queen of the Ring
2025
as Al Haft
MOVIE★ 8.6
The Cobra Kai Movie
2024
as Martin Kove
MOVIE★ 6.6
Dark Night of the Soul
2024
as Dad
MOVIE★ 5.6
Fight Another Day
2024
as Fischer
TV★ 8.9
Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo
2024
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Taste of Love
2024
as Glenn
MOVIE★ 6.8
Far Haven
2023
as Ambrose Masse
TV★ 6.0
Barmageddon
2022
as Self - Contestant
MOVIE
Beyond the Bonsai
2022
MOVIE★ 4.1
3 Tickets to Paradise
2021
as Felix
MOVIE★ 7.1
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.6
A Wrestling Christmas Miracle
2020
as Warden Jeffries
MOVIE★ 5.8
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
2020
as Gramps Jenkins
MOVIE★ 4.3
Elvis from Outer Space
2020
as State Trooper
MOVIE★ 4.3
Day 13
2020
as Magnus Torvald
MOVIE★ 4.5
Bring Me a Dream
2020
as Sheriff Jack Miller
TV★ 8.0
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
as Martin Kove
MOVIE★ 3.0
Bare Knuckle Brawler
2019
as Mike Calderon
MOVIE★ 5.8
VFW
2019
as Lou Clayton
MOVIE★ 4.7
D-Day
2019
as Nikolai
MOVIE★ 7.4
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff
MOVIE★ 3.3
A Karate Christmas Miracle
2019
as Graham Palace
MOVIE★ 2.0
The Savant
2019
as John Sonsay
MOVIE★ 2.0
Warning - No Trespassing
2018
as Marty the CIA agent
MOVIE★ 7.4
Paint It Red
2018
as Scabs
TV★ 8.2
Cobra Kai
2018
as John Kreese
MOVIE★ 2.8
Garlic and Gunpowder
2018
as Agent Tracey
MOVIE
Show No Mercy
2018
as Frank
MOVIE★ 6.0
Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven Swords
2018
as Galaron
MOVIE★ 2.0
Fake News
2017
as Vice President John Phillips
MOVIE★ 6.7
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 2.0
Price for Freedom
2017
as Ayatollah Khalkhali
MOVIE★ 4.4
Joker's Poltergeist
2017
as Graham Palace
MOVIE
Hospital Arrest
2016
as Boss Nigel
MOVIE★ 5.0
2 Lava 2 Lantula!
2016
as Colonel Jester
MOVIE★ 3.2
The Chemist
2016
as Frank
MOVIE★ 4.6
Six Gun Savior
2016
as The Mentor
MOVIE★ 5.1
Traded
2016
as Cavendish
MOVIE★ 6.9
Running Forever
2015
as Carson
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Dog Who Saved Summer
2015
as Captain Vernon
MOVIE★ 7.0
I Hate Christian Laettner
2015
as John Kreese (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Beyond the Game
2014
as James Star
MOVIE★ 2.7
As Night Comes
2014
as Projectionist
MOVIE★ 2.8
The Extendables
2014
as Aye Lewis
MOVIE★ 2.8
Rice Girl
2014
as Captain Ron Williams
MOVIE
Number Runner
2014
as Bingo Brown
MOVIE★ 5.6
Tapped Out
2014
as Principal Vanhorne
MOVIE★ 7.0
Falcon Song
2014
as Caspian
MOVIE★ 4.4
Red Sky
2014
as Navy Intel Commander
MOVIE★ 2.2
Eternity: The Movie
2014
as Barry Goldfield, Sr.
MOVIE★ 2.0
Jet Set
2013
as John
MOVIE★ 5.9
I'm in Love with a Church Girl
2013
as Terry Edgemond
TV★ 7.4
The Goldbergs
2013
as Master John
MOVIE★ 1.5
Reality Terror Night
2013
as Othello Lazarus
MOVIE★ 5.4
Friend Request
2013
as Captain Meyers
MOVIE★ 6.6
Our Wild Hearts
2013
as Grizz
MOVIE★ 2.5
Silent but Deadly
2012
as Hodge
MOVIE★ 4.2
Assassins' Code
2011
as Tony Brill
TV★ 6.8
NTSF:SD:SUV::
2011
as Cell Leader
MOVIE★ 6.8
Savage
2011
as Jack Lund
MOVIE★ 4.7
Dark Games
2011
as Detective Dave Reinhart
MOVIE★ 2.1
The Life Zone
2011
as Randy Graves
MOVIE★ 2.0
The Great Fight
2011
as John Cooper
MOVIE★ 3.5
Carmen's Kiss
2010
as James Drayton
MOVIE★ 3.1
Bare Knuckles
2010
as Sonny Cool
MOVIE★ 6.1
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
2010
as Marty
MOVIE★ 3.3
Ballistica
2009
as Riley
MOVIE★ 6.5
Middle Men
2009
as US Senator
MOVIE★ 3.2
War Wolves
2009
as Malick
MOVIE★ 3.3
Immortally Yours
2009
as Steven Miles
MOVIE★ 4.7
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
2008
as Sheriff Jones
MOVIE★ 2.4
Beyond The Ring
2008
as Uncle Patrick
MOVIE★ 3.0
Fallen Angels
2007
as Daniels
MOVIE★ 3.9
ReVamped
2007
as Detective Reeger
MOVIE★ 5.0
Messages
2007
as DCI Collins
MOVIE★ 3.3
The Ultimate Fighter
2007
as Detective Karpov
MOVIE
Sweep the Leg
2007
as Sensei Kreese
MOVIE★ 3.9
The Dead Sleep Easy
2007
as Bob Depugh
MOVIE
Exit 38
2006
as Reese
MOVIE★ 4.1
Max Havoc: Ring of Fire
2006
as Lt. Reynolds
MOVIE★ 3.3
7 Mummies
2006
as Kile
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Veteran
2006
as Father Brazinski
MOVIE★ 4.4
Crooked
2006
as Jake Lawlor
MOVIE★ 3.8
Glass Trap
2005
as Corrigan
TV★ 6.1
Dancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Contestant
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Way of The Karate Kid
2005
as Self / Kreese
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Hollywood Mom's Mystery
2004
as Sandy Palumbo
MOVIE★ 3.9
Alien Lockdown
2004
as Anslow
MOVIE★ 8.0
Illusion Infinity
2004
as Taxi Driver
MOVIE★ 4.9
Hard Ground
2003
as Floyd
MOVIE★ 4.1
Barbarian
2003
as Munkar
MOVIE★ 5.0
Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain
2003
as Cully
MOVIE★ 5.6
Sting of the Black Scorpion
2002
as Jack Ames / Firearm
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Thief & the Stripper
2002
as Crow
MOVIE★ 4.3
Curse of the Forty-Niner
2002
as Caleb
MOVIE★ 6.3
It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left'
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
Trance
2002
as Robert Leoni
MOVIE★ 5.4
American Gun
2002
as Theodore Huntly
MOVIE★ 6.1
Gentle Ben
2002
as Cully
MOVIE★ 5.1
Crocodile 2: Death Roll
2002
as Roland
MOVIE★ 8.0
Shattered Lies
2002
as Tom Reynolds
MOVIE★ 4.1
Con Games
2001
as Redick
MOVIE★ 7.6
Black Scorpion Returns
2001
as Jack Ames / Firearm
MOVIE★ 4.8
Savage Season
2001
as Frank
MOVIE★ 4.4
Extreme Honor
2001
as Packard
MOVIE★ 4.2
Final Payback
2001
as Captain Peter James
TV★ 5.9
Black Scorpion
2001
MOVIE★ 4.3
Under Heavy Fire
2001
as Father Brazinski
MOVIE★ 4.8
Bad Guys
2000
as The Commander
MOVIE
A Drug Called Pornography
2000
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 4.4
Assault on Death Mountain
1999
as Andy Powers
MOVIE★ 7.0
Joseph's Gift
1999
as Thompsonn
TV★ 5.3
V.I.P.
1998
as Mr. Scornabacho
MOVIE★ 10.0
Hyacinth
1998
as J. B. Walker
MOVIE★ 4.8
Nowhere Land
1998
as Hank
MOVIE★ 7.0
Maximum Justice
1998
as James Ricks
MOVIE★ 4.3
Assault on Devil's Island
1997
as Andy Powers
MOVIE★ 5.2
Top of the World
1997
as Carl
MOVIE★ 5.2
Judge and Jury
1997
as Michael Silvano
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sliding Home
1997
as Samuel J. Webber
MOVIE★ 5.7
Mercenary
1996
as Phoenix
MOVIE★ 4.3
Without Mercy
1996
as Wolf Larsen
MOVIE★ 6.8
Baby Face Nelson
1996
as John Dillinger
MOVIE★ 3.7
Timelock
1996
as Admiral Teegs
MOVIE★ 10.0
Final Equinox
1995
as Torman
TV★ 7.0
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995
as Demetrius
MOVIE★ 6.8
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
as Isbecki
MOVIE★ 5.0
Death Match
1994
as Paul Landis
MOVIE★ 5.5
Savage Land
1994
as Jabal
MOVIE★ 3.7
Endangered
1994
as DeVoe
MOVIE★ 6.5
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
as Ed Ross
MOVIE★ 6.8
Wyatt Earp
1994
as Ed Ross
MOVIE★ 4.0
Future Shock
1994
as Dr. Langdon
TV★ 6.8
Burke's Law
1994
as Joe Tanner
TV★ 7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Capt. Walter Newman
MOVIE★ 3.4
The Outfit
1993
as Agent Baker
MOVIE★ 4.9
To Be the Best
1993
as Rick Kulhane
MOVIE★ 6.5
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death
1993
as Mr. Lee
TV★ 7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Fred Kimble
TV★ 6.7
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Chi'Ru Master
MOVIE★ 5.6
Lightning in a Bottle
1993
as Duane Furber
MOVIE★ 7.5
Firehawk
1993
as Stewart
TV★ 6.7
Renegade
1992
as Mitch Raines / Goliath
MOVIE★ 4.3
Project: Shadowchaser
1992
as Desilva
MOVIE★ 5.0
White Light
1991
as Sean Craig
MOVIE★ 7.0
Voices That Care
1991
as Self - Choir Member
MOVIE★ 5.7
President's Target
1989
as Sam Nicholson
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Karate Kid Part III
1989
as John Kreese
TV★ 8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Detective
TV★ 6.3
Hard Time on Planet Earth
1989
as Jesse
MOVIE★ 6.3
Higher Ground
1988
as Rick Loden
MOVIE★ 4.8
Steele Justice
1987
as John Steele
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Karate Kid Part II
1986
as John Kreese
TV★ 7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Joe Farrell (segment "Opening Day")
MOVIE★ 6.7
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985
as Ericson
TV★ 6.8
Wildside
1985
as Lyle Rainwood
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Dr. Ellison
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Karate Kid
1984
as John Kreese
MOVIE★ 5.0
Blood Tide
1982
as Neil Grice
MOVIE★ 5.5
Partners
1982
as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
TV★ 6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Det. Victor Isbecki
MOVIE★ 7.0
Trouble in High Timber Country
1980
as Willie Yeager
MOVIE★ 6.5
Laboratory
1980
TV★ 5.4
Beyond Westworld
1980
as Jack Edwards
TV★ 6.8
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
as Hell Hound Leader
MOVIE★ 5.8
Seven
1979
as Skip
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Sky Trap
1979
as Hoover
MOVIE★ 7.5
Donovan's Kid
1979
as Kelso
TV★ 6.5
The Runaways
1978
as Mike
TV★ 7.2
The Incredible Hulk
1977
as Henry 'Rocky' Welsh
TV★ 7.0
We've Got Each Other
1977
as Ken Redford
TV★ 5.5
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
as Ace
TV★ 6.9
CHiPs
1977
as Sherwood
MOVIE★ 6.0
The White Buffalo
1977
as Jack McCall
TV★ 7.1
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
as Pete Miller
TV★ 8.0
Code R
1977
as George Baker
MOVIE★ 7.0
The November Plan
1977
as Stan
TV★ 7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Joe Kirby
TV★ 6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Georgie
MOVIE★ 10.0
Kingston
1976
as Dealey
TV★ 7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Jimmy Lucas
TV★ 6.6
Switch
1975
as Bud Ewing
TV★ 7.5
Three for the Road
1975
MOVIE★ 6.0
White Line Fever
1975
as Clem
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Four Deuces
1975
as Smokey Ross - the 'Deuce of Diamonds'
MOVIE★ 6.2
Death Race 2000
1975
as Nero the Hero
MOVIE★ 5.9
Capone
1975
as Pete Gusenberg
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Wild Party
1975
as Editor
TV★ 7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
as Harry Smick
TV★ 7.2
Petrocelli
1974
as Frank Harris
TV★ 6.3
Rhoda
1974
as Gary
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Groove Tube
1974
as Butz Beer
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
1974
as Rollo
TV★ 7.2
Kojak
1973
as Burl Slote
MOVIE★ 6.3
Cops and Robbers
1973
as Ambulance Attendant
TV★ 7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Willis Hines
TV★ 6.9
The Rookies
1972
as Jimmy Jay
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Last House on the Left
1972
as Deputy
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival
1972
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.3
Savages
1972
as Archie, a Bully
MOVIE★ 5.5
Women in Revolt
1971
as Marty
MOVIE★ 6.7
Little Murders
1971
as Checkpoint Police Officer (uncredited)
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Gutherie Cassinger
MOVIE
Boot Lake
—
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Roommates
—
as Jerry
MOVIE
Unarmed
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