William Zabka
William Zabka
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.
Known For
Actor
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Johnny Lawrence
as Kevin
as Milton Malcolm
as Saw
as Rick
as Prison Guard
as Sam
as Johnny Lawrence
as Coach Baggs
as Self / Johnny
as William Zabka
as Slick Salesman
as Otto Emmerick
as Marty
as Greg Larson
as Curt Peters
as The Executive
as Rance
as Rover Driver Joe
as John - Security Guard
as Rojack
as Greg Larsen
as Dave
as Bulldog
as Alexander
as Ruben
as Raymond Vonn
as Howie
as Ruben
as Self
as Russell Cooper
as Randy
as Kim Fisher
as Johnny Lawrence
as Chas
as Greg
as Scott McCall
as Rick Peterson
as Johnny Lawrence
Writer
as Writer
Director
as Director
Crew
as Craft Service