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  • BIRTH 18/03/1962
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 4
  • MOVIES 14
  • SCRIPT 4
  • PRODUCTION 1

Thomas Ian Griffith

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.

Thomas Ian Griffith

Shows (4)

Cobra Kai
Cobra Kai
Terry Silver
One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill
Larry Sawyer
Cold Case
Cold Case
Mitch
The Closer
The Closer
Deputy D.A. Thomas Yates

Movies (14)

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xXx
Agent Jim McGrath
The Karate Kid Part III
The Karate Kid Part III
Terry Silver
Vampires
Vampires
Jan Valek
Excessive Force
Excessive Force
Terry McCain
Blood of the Innocent
Blood of the Innocent
Frank Wusharsky
The Kidnapping
The Kidnapping
Cash
Hollow Point
Hollow Point
Max Parrish
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
Brandon Miller
High Adventure
High Adventure
Chris Quartermain
Kull the Conqueror
Kull the Conqueror
General Taligaro
For the Cause
For the Cause
Evans
Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson
Escape from Alaska
Escape from Alaska
Neal Meekin
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story…
Cornelius Loudermilk

Script (4)

Virgin River
Virgin River
(1 episode)
Grimm
Grimm
(12 episodes)
Mr. Troop Mom
Mr. Troop Mom
Excessive Force
Excessive Force

Production

Excessive Force
Excessive Force