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Thomas Ian Griffith
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Thomas Ian Griffith
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1962-03-18,Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Thomas Ian Griffith (born March 18, 1962) is an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for portraying Terry Silver in the 1989 film The Karate Kid Part III, a role he reprised in the 4th season of the Netflix series Cobra Kai. Griffith became obsessed with Tae Kwon Do while in high school and earned a black belt when he was 18. His knowledge of Tae Kwon Do helped him land his first feature film: 1989's The Karate Kid Part III, in which he played Terry Silver. In 1996, Griffith starred in the film Hollow Point alongside Tia Carrere, as DEA agent Max Parish and FBI agent Diane Norwood respectively. Griffith has also collaborated with director John Carpenter. He played head vampire Jan Valek in the 1998 film Vampires and co-created the comic book series Asylum, together with Carpenter and producer Sandy King. Griffith appeared in the 2002 film XXX, in which he portrayed Agent Jim McGrath. His first TV role was on the soap opera Another World, as Catlin Ewing, whom he played from 1984 to 1987. In 1999, he starred in the TV movie Secret of Giving with Reba McEntire; earlier in 1999, he had appeared in Reba's video for the song "What Do You Say". He also starred as Rock Hudson in a 1990 TV movie Rock Hudson. He has made guest appearances on a number of television shows, including In the Heat of the Night, Wiseguy, and One Tree Hill. From 2013 to 2017, Griffith periodically wrote and worked as a story editor for the NBC television series Grimm and became a co-producer in 2015. In 2021, Griffith reprised the role of Terry Silver from The Karate Kid Part III in Season 4 of Cobra Kai.

Filmography

The Karate Kid Part III

5.897

The Karate Kid Part III
1989-06-16

Excessive Force

4.8

Excessive Force
1993-05-14

6.3

Vampires
1998-10-30

Kull the Conqueror

5.2

Kull the Conqueror
1997-08-29

Sea Wolf: The Pirate's Curse

5.5

Sea Wolf: The Pirate's Curse
2005-01-31

Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision

5.6

Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
2003-09-30

6

High Adventure
2001-08-21

Escape from Alaska

4.2

Escape from Alaska
1999-07-28

5.2

Hollow Point
1996-10-21

3.8

Crackerjack
1994-08-18

5

For the Cause
2000-11-15

Blood of the Innocent

4.5

Blood of the Innocent
1994-01-01

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

6.4

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
1999-05-20

5

Rock Hudson
1990-01-08

A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle

0

A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000-02-09

Ulterior Motives

4

Ulterior Motives
1993-01-06

Secret of Giving

7.056

Secret of Giving
1999-11-25

6.1

Black Friday
2007-10-30

5.8

Black Point
2002-09-24

Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues

5

Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
2002-03-17

5.94

xXx
2002-08-09

Behind Enemy Lines

4.9

Behind Enemy Lines
1997-05-23

0

The Guardian
1997-01-01

7.8

One Tree Hill
2003-09-23

7.9

The Closer
2005-06-13

7.768

Cold Case
2003-09-28

5.444

Another World
1964-05-04

6.452

Wiseguy
1987-09-16

8.2

Cobra Kai
2018-05-02

5.5

Reunited Apart
2020-04-27

Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo

8.464

Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo
2024-07-18