How old was Martin Kove in the movie The Karate Kid?

Martin Kove was 37 in The Karate Kid when he played the character 'John Kreese'.

That was over 40 years ago in 1984.

Today he is 78, and has starred in 135 movies in total, 114 of those since The Karate Kid was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Karate Kid, I think Martin Kove looks:

Did you know?

  • Director John G. Avildsen has worked with Martin Kove a total of 3 times in his career.
  • Martin Kove's first movie was as 'Thug beating on Alfred' in Little Murders, released in 1971 when he was 23
  • The Karate Kid scores 7.17 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Karate Kid

Martin Kove's other movies