Martin Kove
Birthday: 6 March 1946, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 187 cm
Martin Kove was born on March 6, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York. Strong-featured, narrow-eyed actor who has portrayed a mixed bag of both good guys and bad guys! First turned up on screen in several minor ...Show More
[on one of his most famous roles, in The Karate Kid (1984)] Over the years, kids have come up to me Show more
[on one of his most famous roles, in The Karate Kid (1984)] Over the years, kids have come up to me in places like supermarkets, and hit me and said things like, "You hurt Ralph ([Ralph Macchio])!". It makes me feel like the Darth Vader of the contemporary cinematic world. As Sensei John Kreese, I'm truly hated and I love it. I had no idea how much anxiety people would be releasing by hating this character. Hide
From the moment I got to Hollywood, I've always felt like I never really got to do what I wanted to Show more
From the moment I got to Hollywood, I've always felt like I never really got to do what I wanted to do. In general, artists feel that you're never really allowed to accomplish what you would like to accomplish because there's just so much of this system that gets in the way, the business gets in the way of the art. Hide
Martin Kove'S roles
