Thomas Ian Griffith

Born: 1962-03-18

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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as Agent Jim McGrath
Released: 2002-08-09

Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US...

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The Karate Kid Part III

as Terry Silver
Released: 1989-06-16

Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless...

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Vampires

as Jan Valek
Released: 1998-10-30

The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires...

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Kull the Conqueror

as General Taligaro
Released: 1997-08-29

A barbarian named Kull becomes ruler after defeating the old king in battle. In an effort to...

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Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision

as Brandon Miller
Released: 2003-09-30

20 years after a set of events, the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC), is still going strong....

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Behind Enemy Lines

as Mike Weston
Released: 1997-05-23

An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was...

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Excessive Force

as Terry McCain
Released: 1993-05-14

Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets...

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

as Cornelius Loudermilk
Released: 2002-03-17

Laura, her husband Almanzo and their daughter Rose leave South Dakota and head for Missouri in...

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Crackerjack

as Jack Wild
Released: 1994-08-18

A cop on vacation at a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by...

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Black Friday

as Cash
Released: 2007-10-30

Amy Carlson is the woman in charge of a bank's security system. Two dirty cops (played by the...

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Hollow Point

as Max Parrish
Released: 1996-10-21

Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with...

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Blood of the Innocent

as Frank Wusharsky
Released: 1994-01-01

A Chicago cop goes to Poland to get the hoods who killed his brother. When he finds out they...

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Escape from Alaska

as Neal Meekin
Released: 1999-07-28

A helicopter pilot work with a husband and his wife in the frozen North tagging foxes for the...

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Sea Wolf: The Pirate's Curse

as Captain Jeffery Thorpe
Released: 2005-01-31

Sea of Danger, Sea of Desire

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The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

as Jack Farrell
Released: 1999-05-20

When her doctor recommends that a widow pursue her unfulfilled life ambitions, he doesn't...

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Black Point

as Gus Travis
Released: 2002-09-24

In an Alaskan fishing town, a local crime boss suspects a local fisherman knows where his stolen...

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For the Cause

as Evans
Released: 2000-11-15

Earth is in a state of constant war and two colonies of humans have been sent to a far away...

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Secret of Giving

as Harry Withers
Released: 1999-11-25

As Christmas approaches, a single mother struggles to raise her son and keep up the payments on...

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High Adventure

as Chris Quartermain
Released: 2001-08-21

Chris, slick adventurous grandson of legendary adventurer Allan Quatermain, searches for the...

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Rock Hudson

as Rock Hudson
Released: 1990-01-08

Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book...

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Ulterior Motives

as Jack Blaylock
Released: 1993-01-06

A private eye becomes the bodyguard of a beautiful reporter being pursued by a Japanese mob.

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Cobra Kai

as Terry Silver
First aired: 2018-05-02

This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate...

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Cold Case

as Mitch
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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One Tree Hill

as Larry Sawyer
First aired: 2003-09-23

In Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding,...

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The Closer

as Deputy D.A. Thomas Yates
First aired: 2005-06-13

Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit...

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Wiseguy

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-16

Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an...

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Reunited Apart

as Self
First aired: 2020-04-27

Josh Gad reunites the cast and crews of various classic movies, and discusses the the films in...

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Another World

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-05-04

Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964...

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