William Zabka
Acting
Born 1965-10-20
New York City, New York, USA
57 credits
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 2004 Best Live Action Short Film Nominated Most
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William Michael "Billy" Zabka (born October 20, 1965) is an American actor, martial artist, screenwriter, and film producer. Zabka is best known for his role of Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), and decades later reprises the role of Johnny in the Netflix series Cobra Kai (2018-), along with Ralph Macchio as Daniel.
During the 1980s, Zabka appeared in the comedy movies Just One of the Guys (1985) and Back to School (1986). Zabka also co-starred on the CBS television series The Equalizer as the son of the title character (1986–89). He also played Jack, Audrey's jock boyfriend, in National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985).
During the 1990s and 2000s, he acted mostly in independent films while studying to be a filmmaker. In 2003, he wrote and produced the short film Most, shot on location in the Czech Republic and Poland. Most (aka The Bridge) had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2003 and won numerous awards at prestigious film festivals, including Best of Festival at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films in 2003. In 2004, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Most in the Live Action Short Film category.
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Filmography
Acting
54 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
How I Met Your Mother
Psych
Cobra Kai
The Equalizer
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Karate Kid
Karate Kid: Legends
The Greatest American Hero
Reunited Apart
The Karate Kid Part II
Where Hope Grows
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Hot Tub Time Machine
Smiley Face
Back to School
The Netflix Afterparty
Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo
Just One of the Guys
Python
Epoch
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death
High Voltage
Cross
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
Antibody
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Landspeed
Interceptors
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
The Dog Who Saved Summer
To the Ends of Time
I Hate Christian Laettner
Python 2
Shootfighter II
The Cobra Kai Movie
Ablaze
Gale Force
A Tiger's Tale
Falcon Down
Wild Roomies
Dark Descent
Protect and Surf
Hyper Sonic
Project: Human Weapon
Cake: A Wedding Story
The Power Within
Jud's Decision
Contract for Life: The S.A.D.D. Story
The Way of The Karate Kid
The Man in the Silo
Unlawful Passage
Sweep the Leg
Directing
2 credits
Other credits
2 credits
Producing
2 credits
Writing
2 credits
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