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Born · March 18, 1962 (62 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: 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.
Self · (1 episode)
8.6
2024
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2020
Terry Silver · (26 episodes)
8.2
2018
Cash
6.1
2007
Deputy D.A. Thomas Yates · (1 episode)
7.9
2005
Captain Jeffery Thorpe
5.5
2005
Brandon Miller
5.6
2003
Mitch · (1 episode)
7.8
2003
Larry Sawyer · (5 episodes)
7.7
2003
Gus Travis
5.8
2002
Agent Jim McGrath
5.9
2002
Cornelius Loudermilk
5.0
2002
Chris Quartermain
6.0
2001
Evans
5.0
2000
Doug Brister
0.0
2000
Harry Withers
7.1
1999
Neal Meekin
4.2
1999
Jack Farrell
6.4
1999
Jan Valek
6.3
1998
General Taligaro
5.2
1997
Mike Weston
4.9
1997
The Guardian
0.0
1997
Max Parrish
5.2
1996
Jack Wild
3.8
1994
Frank Wusharsky
4.5
1994
Terry McCain
4.8
1993
Jack Blaylock
4.0
1993
Rock Hudson
5.0
1990
Terry Silver
5.9
1989
(2 episodes)
6.5
1987
(1547 episodes)
5.4
1964