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

Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo

The Cobra Kai Movie

Cobra Kai

How I Met Your Mother

Cake: A Wedding Story

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Where Hope Grows

Psych

The Way of The Karate Kid

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

Most

Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

Karate Kid: Legends

I Hate Christian Laettner

The Karate Kid

The Greatest American Hero

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

Hyper Sonic

Smiley Face

Hot Tub Time Machine

National Lampoon's European Vacation

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Netflix Afterparty

The Dog Who Saved Summer

Shootfighter II

The Power Within

Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson

Gale Force

Reunited Apart

To the Ends of Time

E/R

Python 2

Landspeed

Python

Falcon Down

High Voltage

Protect and Surf

Epoch

Interceptors

A Tiger's Tale

Antibody

Jud's Decision

Cross