Biography
William Michael "Billy" Zabka (born October 20, 1965) is an American actor, martial artist, screenwriter, and film producer. Zabka is best known for his role of Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), and decades later reprises the role of Johnny in the Netflix series Cobra Kai (2018-), along with Ralph Macchio as Daniel. During the 1980s, Zabka appeared in the comedy movies Just One of the Guys (1985) and Back to School (1986). Zabka also co-starred on the CBS ...
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Complete Filmography

Karate Kid: Legends
2025
as Johnny Lawrence
After a family tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City with his mother. When a new f...

Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
2024
as Self
The Problem Child, Jake 'El Gallo' Paul, goes up against the Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson, live from the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Ka...

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021
as Self
The Oscar nominated actor best known for his role of Mr. Miyagi, left behind a painfully revealing autobiographical record of his much-too-brief time ...

Jud's Decision
2020
Craft Service
First short film made by Jacob Bertrand.

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
as Self
An examination of the Oscar-winning director who brought to life some of cinema's most beloved motion pictures.

The Man in the Silo
2016
as Kevin
Racial family conflict results in a horrific car accident that leaves Marcus Wells a successful African American executive, proud husband and father--...

The Dog Who Saved Summer
2015
as Officer Johnny/Apollo
When Zeus accidentally destroys an important party, he gets sent to obedience school at the worst time! A trio of bumbling burglars is planning a heis...

Where Hope Grows
2014
as Milton Malcolm
Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the...

Cross
2011
as Saw
Given incredible power by an ancient Celtic Cross. Callan continues to fight evil... Now, joined by a team of weapons experts, Callan battles an unsto...

Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
as Rick
Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does noth...

Smiley Face
2007
as Prison Guard
Jane, a struggling but perpetually stoned actress, has a busy day ahead. She has several important tasks on her list, including buying more marijuana....

Cake: A Wedding Story
2007
as Sam
When two star-crossed lovers, set on eloping, are forced into having a big wedding, the bride develops a plan of her own. Unfortunately, the groom is ...

Sweep the Leg
2007
as Johnny Lawrence/Hilmself
Sweep the Leg incorpoarates elements of the 1984 film The Karate Kid and features appearances by nearly the entire original cast. Martin Kove reprise...

Sweep the Leg
2007
Director, Writer, Music Score Producer
Sweep the Leg incorpoarates elements of the 1984 film The Karate Kid and features appearances by nearly the entire original cast. Martin Kove reprise...
The Way of The Karate Kid
2005
as Self / Johnny
Retrospective documentary on the making of The Karate Kid (1984).

Wild Roomies
2004
as Slick Salesman
After his last girlfriend slept with his last roommate, Reno Rizzolla moves to L.A. with his new girlfriend... and chaos ensues when the debt on the h...

Most
2003
Writer, Producer
A poetic and powerful story of a father forced to choose between love and duty.

Antibody
2002
as Otto Emmerick
After a terrorist with an implanted nuclear detonator gets shot, a team of scientists must defuse the bomb by miniaturizing themselves and going into ...

Dark Descent
2002
as Marty
Deep in the Mariana Sea Trench, a corporate underwater mining complex has been built - an industrial Atlantis. When an accident in a dry-dock chamber ...

Python 2
2002
as Greg Larson
A man, his business partner, and his wife are enlisted to transport an unknown object from a Russian military base, only to discover that the object i...

Ablaze
2002
as Curt Peters
The owner of a gigantic oil refinery decides to burn the place down for insurance purposes, only to create a giant fireball that endangers the lives o...

Landspeed
2002
as Bob Bailey
Two teams are in a heated race for the money and the honor that comes with breaking the land speed world record.

Hyper Sonic
2002
as The Executive
In order to win $25 million, Daredevil pilots enter the worlds fastest jet race.

Gale Force
2002
as Rance
Renegade L.A. detective Sam (Williams) takes a role as a cast member in a reality TV show where he leads a quartet trying to find ten million dollars ...

Epoch
2001
as Rover Driver Joe
Disaster strikes as a specialised team of investigators struggle to find out the truth about a strange monolith which sends out an intercontinental si...

Falcon Down
2001
as John - Security Guard
U.S. Air force officer Hank Thomas attempts to expose a military cover-up after a civiian airliner crashes.

Project: Human Weapon
2001
as Rojack
Griffin Michael is the only survivor of a top-secret C.I.A. program that raised five people to become superweapons—human killing machines. Griffin has...

Python
2000
as Greg Larsen
Sleepy New Haven California is a small town with a big problem. A sixty foot slithering horror has arrived and shattered the town's tranquillity on it...

Interceptors
1999
as Dave
In the near future the US Government has created an elite team of soldiers specially trained for action in the event of a hostile alien encounter. A m...

High Voltage
1997
as Bulldog
After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.

To the Ends of Time
1996
as Alexander
In a mythical kingdom, a young boy must fight time for the love of his princess and the future of his land.

Shootfighter II
1996
as Ruben
In this martial-arts actioner, Miami mobsters find themselves in mortal danger after an angry police chief hires the world's most vicious fighters and...

The Power Within
1995
as Raymond Vonn
Stan Dryer, a teen, afraid to even ask a girl to the prom, finds courage and extreme martial arts skill when he is given a ring by an old man he tried...

Unlawful Passage
1994
as Howie
Erotic thriller about a rich couple who hires a new sailboat captain who's unbeknown to them also a drug smuggler.

Shootfighter: Fight to the Death
1993
as Ruben
Nick and Ruben are hoodwinked into a "shootfighter" (no-holds-barred, to the death) martial arts match by the evil Mr. Lee, who has a grudge against w...

Protect and Surf
1989
as Russell Cooper
A group of young police officers make up for the harsh realities of working on mean streets by sharing a dream house at the beach in California.

A Tiger's Tale
1988
as Randy
A young man falls for his girlfriend's mother.

Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
1986
as Kim Fisher
The true story of treasure hunter Mel Fisher, who spent much of his life--and his fortune--hunting for sunken Spanish treasure galleons off the coast ...

The Karate Kid Part II
1986
as Johnny Lawrence
Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of...

Back to School
1986
as Chas
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fe...

National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985
as Jack
The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but...

Just One of the Guys
1985
as Greg
When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schoo...
Contract for Life: The S.A.D.D. Story
1984
as Rick Peterson
True story of high school hockey coach Bob Anastas. After losing two of his all-star hockey players, he gets the students to prevent more tragedies by...

The Karate Kid
1984
as Johnny Lawrence
New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target ...