William Zabka

Known for ActingBorn 1965-10-20 (age 60)New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Cobra Kai Movie

Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo

Cobra Kai

How I Met Your Mother

Cake: A Wedding Story

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Psych

Where Hope Grows

The Way of The Karate Kid

Most

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

Karate Kid: Legends

I Hate Christian Laettner

The Karate Kid

The Equalizer

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

Shootfighter: Fight to the Death

Just One of the Guys

The Karate Kid Part II

Back to School

Hot Tub Time Machine

Smiley Face

National Lampoon's European Vacation

Hyper Sonic

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Netflix Afterparty

The Dog Who Saved Summer

The Power Within

Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson

Shootfighter II

Gale Force

Reunited Apart

To the Ends of Time

Python 2

E/R

High Voltage

Landspeed

Falcon Down

Python

Protect and Surf

Interceptors

Epoch

Antibody

A Tiger's Tale

Cross

Jud's Decision

Wild Roomies