William Zabka

William Zabka

Birthday: 1965-10-20

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also known as: Billy Zabka

imdb_id: nm0951420

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

The Karate Kid

Score: 7.2

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

Score: 7.1

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

Score: 6.8

Where Hope Grows

Score: 6.8

Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

Score: 6.7

Just One of the Guys

Score: 6.5

Shootfighter: Fight to the Death

Score: 6.4

Back to School

Score: 6.3

The Karate Kid Part II

Score: 6.3

National Lampoon's European Vacation

Score: 6.2

Hot Tub Time Machine

Score: 6.0

Smiley Face

Score: 6.0

Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson

Score: 5.9

The Dog Who Saved Summer

Score: 5.8

Landspeed

Score: 5.8

Shootfighter II

Score: 5.8

The Power Within

Score: 5.5

Gale Force

Score: 5.5

Python 2

Score: 5.5

Hyper Sonic

Score: 5.4

To the Ends of Time

Score: 5.3

High Voltage

Score: 5.3

Python

Score: 5.1

Falcon Down

Score: 5.0

Interceptors

Score: 4.8

A Tiger's Tale

Score: 4.7

Epoch

Score: 4.7

Wild Roomies

Score: 4.3

Antibody

Score: 4.2

Cross

Score: 4.1

Dark Descent

Score: 3.8

Ablaze

Score: 3.6

Project: Human Weapon

Score: 2.7

Unlawful Passage

Score: 2.0

Sweep the Leg

Score: 0.0

The Way of The Karate Kid

Score: 0.0

Protect and Surf

Score: 0.0

Contract for Life: The S.A.D.D. Story

Score: 0.0

The Man in the Silo

Score: 0.0

Cake: A Wedding Story

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo

Score: 8.7

Cobra Kai

Score: 8.2

How I Met Your Mother

Score: 8.1

Psych

Score: 7.9

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Score: 7.7

The Equalizer

Score: 7.2

Reunited Apart

Score: 5.5

The Netflix Afterparty

Score: 5.5

E/R

Score: 5.2