The Karate Kid’s Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) is the quintessential ’80s villain. You didn’t attend high school with thee Johnny Lawrence, but everyone knows a Johnny Lawrence. Die Hard’s Hans ...

Billy Zabka on how the movie still affects his life today. — -- "Sweep the leg!" Everyone has their favorite line from the movie "Karate Kid," in which Daniel LaRusso fights back against bad boy ...

The Karate Kid franchise began with the 1984 movie of the same name, but Netflix’s series Cobra Kai is arguably its most popular release. The show used the original Karate Kid film as the basis for ...

Zabka and Macchio first portrayed their iconic characters in the 1984 film, The Karate Kid. The pair reunited on screen for Cobra Kai, which premiered in 2018. During a September 2022 interview with ...

William Zabka is an actor who is best known for his role of Johnny Lawrence, the so-called villain in The Karate Kid (1984). He did various roles over the next 20 years but nothing that ever broke out ...

Cobra Kai has gone out in a blaze of glory, leaving a legacy that will live forever. The happy endings didn’t come easy after Cobra Kai’s Kwon died in the finale of part 2 when a karate war broke out ...

On June 22, 1984, audiences were first introduced to Los Angeles' new kid, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), who learned both karate skills and lasting life lessons from the insightful Mr. Miyagi ...

The newest movie in the “Karate Kid” franchise, “Karate Kid: Legends,” initially seemed like it was leaving Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) by the wayside. However, by the end of the movie, Zabka ...

The Karate Kid (1984) was a hit film that was the fifth highest-grossing title of the year of its release. It spawned three sequels and a loose remake, as well as two TV series, a cartoon on NBC and a ...