William Zabka

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: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1965-10-20

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	The Karate Kid	Johnny Lawrence	72
2	1984	Contract for Life: The S.A.D.D. Story	Rick Peterson	0
3	1985	Just One of the Guys	Greg	65
4	1985	National Lampoon's European Vacation	Jack	62
5	1986	Back to School	Chas	63
6	1986	The Karate Kid Part II	Johnny Lawrence	63
7	1986	Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story	Kim Fisher	67
8	1988	A Tiger's Tale	Randy	44
9	1989	Protect and Surf	Russell Cooper	50
10	1993	Shootfighter: Fight to the Death	Ruben	64
11	1994	Unlawful Passage	Howie	20
12	1995	The Power Within	Raymond Vonn	55
13	1996	Shootfighter II	Ruben	58
14	1996	To the Ends of Time	Alexander	53
15	1997	High Voltage	Bulldog	53
16	1999	Interceptors	Dave	48
17	2000	Python	Greg Larsen	51
18	2001	Project: Human Weapon	Rojack	27
19	2001	Falcon Down	John - Security Guard	50
20	2001	Epoch	Rover Driver Joe	47
21	2002	Gale Force	Rance	55
22	2002	Hyper Sonic	The Executive	54
23	2002	Landspeed	Bob Bailey	48
24	2002	Ablaze	Curt Peters	33
25	2002	Python 2	Greg Larson	54
26	2002	Dark Descent	Marty	38
27	2002	Antibody	Otto Emmerick	42
28	2004	Wild Roomies	Slick Salesman	41
29	2005	The Way of The Karate Kid	Self / Johnny	0
30	2007	Sweep the Leg	Johnny Lawrence/Hilmself	0
31	2007	Cake: A Wedding Story	Sam	0
32	2007	Smiley Face	Prison Guard	60
33	2010	Hot Tub Time Machine	Rick	60
34	2011	Cross	Saw	40
35	2014	Where Hope Grows	Milton Malcolm	67
36	2015	The Dog Who Saved Summer	Officer Johnny/Apollo	58
37	2016	The Man in the Silo	Kevin	0
38	2017	John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs	Self	68
39	2021	More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story	Self	71
40	2024	Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson	Self	58
41	2025	Karate Kid: Legends	Johnny Lawrence	69

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	E/R		52
2	1985	The Equalizer	Scott McCall	72
3	1992	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Self	79
4	2005	How I Met Your Mother	William Zabka	81
5	2006	Psych	Coach Baggs	79
6	2018	Cobra Kai	Johnny Lawrence	82
7	2020	Reunited Apart	Self	55
8	2021	The Netflix Afterparty	Self	57
9	2024	Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo	Self	88

William Zabka

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