Martin Kove
Known for acting · Born 6 March 1946 · 80 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
217 credits
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
Cobra Kai
2018
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Karate Kid
1984
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985
The Karate Kid Part III
1989
VFW
2019
Death Race 2000
1975
Crocodile 2: Death Roll
2002
Silk Stalkings
1991
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021
Fight Another Day
2024
Project: Shadowchaser
1992
Acting (213)
2027Dinosaurs of the Wild WestSeries
2026The DinkMitchFilm
2026Boris Is DeadBobbyFilm
2025Queen of the RingAl HaftFilm
2025Killing Mary SueKnoxFilm
2025A Gunfighter's DealPreacherFilm
2025Dante's InferniSpeaker – 8th Circle: Bertran De BornFilm
2024Cobra Kai: Inside the DojoSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2024Fight Another DayFischerFilm
2024A Taste of LoveGlennFilm
2024Dark Night of the SoulDadFilm
2024The Cobra Kai MovieMartin KoveFilm
2023Far HavenAmbrose MasseFilm
2022BarmageddonSelf - ContestantSeries
2022Beyond the BonsaiFilm
2021More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita StorySelfFilm
20213 Tickets to ParadiseFelixFilm
2020Max Reload and the Nether BlastersGramps JenkinsFilm
2020Day 13Magnus TorvaldFilm
2020Bring Me a DreamSheriff Jack MillerFilm
2020A Wrestling Christmas MiracleWarden JeffriesFilm
2020Elvis from Outer SpaceState TrooperFilm
2019Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood'Bounty Law' - SheriffFilm
2019VFWLou ClaytonFilm
2019All Elite Wrestling: DynamiteMartin KoveSeries
2019D-DayNikolaiFilm
2019A Karate Christmas MiracleGraham PalaceFilm
2019Bare Knuckle BrawlerMike CalderonFilm
2019The SavantJohn SonsayFilm
2018Cobra KaiJohn Kreese · 56 episodesSeries
2018Garlic and GunpowderAgent TraceyFilm
2018Paint It RedScabsFilm
2018Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven SwordsGalaronFilm
2018Warning - No TrespassingMarty the CIA agentFilm
2018Show No MercyFrankFilm
2017Joker's PoltergeistGraham PalaceFilm
2017John G. Avildsen: King of the UnderdogsSelfFilm
2017Fake NewsVice President John PhillipsFilm
2017Price for FreedomAyatollah KhalkhaliFilm
20162 Lava 2 Lantula!Colonel JesterFilm
2016TradedCavendishFilm
2016Six Gun SaviorThe MentorFilm
2016The ChemistFrankFilm
2016Hospital ArrestBoss NigelFilm
2015I Hate Christian LaettnerJohn Kreese (archive footage)Film
2015The Dog Who Saved SummerCaptain VernonFilm
2015Running ForeverCarsonFilm
2014Red SkyNavy Intel CommanderFilm
2014Tapped OutPrincipal VanhorneFilm
2014Eternity: The MovieBarry Goldfield, Sr.Film
2014The ExtendablesAye LewisFilm
2014Beyond the GameJames StarFilm
2014As Night ComesProjectionistFilm
2014Rice GirlCaptain Ron WilliamsFilm
2014Falcon SongCaspianFilm
2014Number RunnerBingo BrownFilm
2013The GoldbergsMaster JohnSeries
2013I'm in Love with a Church GirlTerry EdgemondFilm
2013Friend RequestCaptain MeyersFilm
2013Our Wild HeartsGrizzFilm
2013Reality Terror NightOthello LazarusFilm
2013Jet SetJohnFilm
2012Silent but DeadlyHodgeFilm
2011NTSF:SD:SUV::Cell LeaderSeries
2011The Life ZoneRandy GravesFilm
2011Assassins' CodeTony BrillFilm
2011SavageJack LundFilm
2011Dark GamesDetective Dave ReinhartFilm
2011The Great FightJohn CooperFilm
2010Bring Me the Head of Lance HenriksenMartyFilm
2010Bare KnucklesSonny CoolFilm
2010Carmen's KissJames DraytonFilm
2009Middle MenUS SenatorFilm
2009War WolvesMalickFilm
2009BallisticaRileyFilm
2009Immortally YoursSteven MilesFilm
2008Beyond The RingUncle PatrickFilm
2008Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's ChanceSheriff JonesFilm
2007ReVampedDetective ReegerFilm
2007Fallen AngelsDanielsFilm
2007The Dead Sleep EasyBob DepughFilm
2007MessagesDCI CollinsFilm
2007The Ultimate FighterDetective KarpovFilm
20067 MummiesKileFilm
2006The VeteranFather BrazinskiFilm
2006CrookedJake LawlorFilm
2006Max Havoc: Ring of FireLt. ReynoldsFilm
2006Exit 38ReeseFilm
2005Dancing with the StarsSelf - Contestant · 2 episodesSeries
2005Glass TrapCorriganFilm
2005The Way of The Karate KidSelf / KreeseFilm
2004Alien LockdownAnslowFilm
2004The Hollywood Mom's MysterySandy PalumboFilm
2004Illusion InfinityTaxi DriverFilm
2003BarbarianMunkarFilm
2003Hard GroundFloydFilm
2003Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the MountainCullyFilm
2002Crocodile 2: Death RollRolandFilm
2002Curse of the Forty-NinerCalebFilm
2002American GunTheodore HuntlyFilm
2002Sting of the Black ScorpionJack Ames / FirearmFilm
2002Gentle BenCullyFilm
2002The Thief & the StripperCrowFilm
2002TranceRobert LeoniFilm
2002It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left'SelfFilm
2002Shattered LiesTom ReynoldsFilm
2001Under Heavy FireFather BrazinskiFilm
2001Black ScorpionSeries
2001Extreme HonorPackardFilm
2001Final PaybackCaptain Peter JamesFilm
2001Con GamesRedickFilm
2001Black Scorpion ReturnsJack Ames / FirearmFilm
2001Savage SeasonFrankFilm
2001OutlawBill Henderson (as Marty Kove)Film
2000Bad GuysThe CommanderFilm
2000A Drug Called PornographyNarratorFilm
1999Assault on Death MountainAndy PowersFilm
1999Joseph's GiftThompsonnFilm
1998V.I.P.Mr. ScornabachoSeries
1998Nowhere LandHankFilm
1998Maximum JusticeJames RicksFilm
1998HyacinthJ. B. WalkerFilm
1997Assault on Devil's IslandAndy PowersFilm
1997Top of the WorldCarlFilm
1997Judge and JuryMichael SilvanoFilm
1997Sliding HomeSamuel J. WebberFilm
1996MercenaryPhoenixFilm
1996TimelockAdmiral TeegsFilm
1996Without MercyWolf LarsenFilm
1996Baby Face NelsonJohn DillingerFilm
1995Hercules: The Legendary JourneysDemetriusSeries
1995Final EquinoxTormanFilm
1994Wyatt EarpEd RossFilm
1994Future ShockDr. LangdonFilm
1994Wyatt Earp: Return to TombstoneEd RossFilm
1994Death MatchPaul LandisFilm
1994EndangeredDeVoeFilm
1994Cagney & Lacey: The ReturnIsbeckiFilm
1994Burke's LawJoe TannerSeries
1994Savage LandJabalFilm
1993Walker, Texas RangerFred KimbleSeries
1993Diagnosis: MurderCapt. Walter Newman · 3 episodesSeries
1993Shootfighter: Fight to the DeathMr. LeeFilm
1993Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesChi'Ru Master, Shadow AssassinSeries
1993To Be the BestRick KulhaneFilm
1993The OutfitAgent BakerFilm
1993Lightning in a BottleDuane FurberFilm
1993FirehawkStewartFilm
1992RenegadeMitch Raines / Goliath · 2 episodesSeries
1992Project: ShadowchaserDesilvaFilm
1991Voices That CareSelf - Choir MemberFilm
1991White LightSean CraigFilm
1989The Karate Kid Part IIIKreeseFilm
1989Tales from the CryptDetectiveSeries
1989Hard Time on Planet EarthJesse · 13 episodesSeries
1989President's TargetSam NicholsonFilm
1988Higher GroundRick LodenFilm
1987Steele JusticeJohn SteeleFilm
1986The Karate Kid Part IIKreeseFilm
1985Rambo: First Blood Part IIEricsonFilm
1985The Twilight ZoneJoe Farrell (segment "Opening Day")Series
1985WildsideLyle RainwoodSeries
1984The Karate KidKreeseFilm
1984Murder, She WroteDr. EllisonSeries
1982Cagney & LaceyDet. Victor Isbecki · 125 episodesSeries
1982Blood TideNeil GriceFilm
1982PartnersMan in Phone Booth (uncredited)Film
1980Beyond WestworldJack EdwardsSeries
1980Tenspeed and Brown ShoeHell Hound LeaderSeries
1980LaboratoryFilm
1980Trouble in High Timber CountryWillie YeagerFilm
1979SevenSkipFilm
1979Donovan's KidKelsoFilm
1979The Sky TrapHooverFilm
1978The RunawaysMikeSeries
1977The Incredible HulkHenry 'Rocky' WelshSeries
1977CHiPsSherwoodSeries
1977The White BuffaloJack McCallFilm
1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew MysteriesPete MillerSeries
1977The San Pedro Beach BumsAceSeries
1977We've Got Each OtherKen Redford · 13 episodesSeries
1977The November PlanStanFilm
1977Code RGeorge Baker · 13 episodesSeries
1976Charlie's AngelsGeorgieSeries
1976Quincy, M.E.Joe KirbySeries
1976KingstonDealeyFilm
1975Death Race 2000Nero the HeroFilm
1975Starsky & HutchJimmy LucasSeries
1975CaponePete GusenbergFilm
1975White Line FeverClemFilm
1975The Wild PartyEditorFilm
1975SwitchBud EwingSeries
1975The Four DeucesSmokey Ross - the 'Deuce of Diamonds'Film
1975Three for the RoadSeries
1974The Rockford FilesHarry SmickSeries
1974The Groove TubeButz BeerFilm
1974RhodaGarySeries
1974PetrocelliFrank HarrisSeries
1974The Spy Who Returned from the DeadRolloFilm
1973KojakBurl SloteSeries
1973Cops and RobbersAmbulance AttendantFilm
1972The Last House on the LeftDeputyFilm
1972The Streets of San FranciscoWillis HinesSeries
1972The RookiesJimmy JaySeries
1972SavagesArchie, a BullyFilm
1972The Best of the New York Erotic Film FestivalSelfFilm
1971Little MurdersCheckpoint Police Officer (uncredited)Film
1971Women in RevoltMartyFilm
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
1955GunsmokeGutherie CassingerSeries
—The RoommatesJerryFilm
—UnarmedFilm
—Boot LakeFilm
Directing (1)
1991Silk StalkingsDirectorSeries
Production (3)
2016Six Gun SaviorAssociate ProducerFilm
2010Bare KnucklesCo-ProducerFilm
2009BallisticaAssociate ProducerFilm