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Thomas Ian Griffith
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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…
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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.
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2024
Cobra Kai: Inside the Dojo
TV show Self
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2022
Beyond the Bonsai
Movie
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2020
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
Movie Consulting Producer
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2020
Reunited Apart
TV show Self
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2019
Virgin River
TV show Writer
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2019
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
TV show Writer
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2018
Cobra Kai
TV show Terry Silver
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2011
Grimm
TV show Writer
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2009
Mr. Troop Mom
Movie Writer
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2008
The Kidnapping
Movie Cash
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2005
The Closer
TV show Deputy D.A. Thomas Yates
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2005
Sea Wolf: The Pirate's Curse
Movie Captain Jeffery Thorpe
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2003
Timecop: The Berlin Decision
Movie Brandon Miller
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2003
Cold Case
TV show Mitch
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2003
One Tree Hill
TV show Larry Sawyer
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2002
Black Point
Movie Gus Travis
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2002
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Movie Agent Jim McGrath
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2002
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
Movie Cornelius Loudermilk
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2001
High Adventure
Movie Chris Quartermain
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2000
For the Cause
Movie Evans
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2000
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Movie Doug Brister
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1999
Secret of Giving
Movie Harry Withers
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1999
Escape from Alaska
Movie Neal Meekin
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1999
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Movie Jack Farrell
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1998
Vampires
Movie Jan Valek
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1997
Kull the Conqueror
Movie General Taligaro
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1997
Behind Enemy Lines
Movie Mike Weston
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1997
The Guardian
Movie The Guardian
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1996
Hollow Point
Movie Max Parrish
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1994
Crackerjack
Movie Jack Wild
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1994
Blood of the Innocent
Movie Frank Wusharsky
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1993
Excessive Force
Movie Terry McCain
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1993
Ulterior Motives
Movie Jack Blaylock
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1991
Night of the Warrior
Movie Writer
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1990
Rock Hudson
Movie Rock Hudson
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1989
The Karate Kid Part III
Movie Terry
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1987
Wiseguy
TV show
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1964
Another World
TV show
