1962-03-18 ( 63 years old ) in 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 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.
Movies
Black Friday
2007-10-30
Sea Wolf: The Pirate's Curse
2005-01-31
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
2003-09-30
Black Point
2002-09-24
xXx
2002-08-09
High Adventure
2001-08-21
For the Cause
2000-11-15
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000-02-09
Secret of Giving
1999-11-25
Escape from Alaska
1999-07-28
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
1999-05-20
Vampires
1998-10-30
Kull the Conqueror
1997-08-29
Behind Enemy Lines
1997-05-23
The Guardian
1997-01-01
Hollow Point
1996-10-21
Crackerjack
1994-08-18
Blood of the Innocent
1994-01-01
Excessive Force
1993-05-14
Ulterior Motives
1993-01-06
Rock Hudson
1990-01-08
The Karate Kid Part III
1989-06-16
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