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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 television series The Equalizer as the son of the title character (1986–89). He also played Jack, Audrey's jock boyfriend, in National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985). During the 1990s and 2000s, he acted mostly in independent films while studying to be a filmmaker. In 2003, he wrote and produced the short film Most, shot on location in the Czech Republic and Poland. Most (aka The Bridge) had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2003 and won numerous awards at prestigious film festivals, including Best of Festival at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films in 2003. In 2004, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Most in the Live Action Short Film category.
William Zabka
Johnny Lawrence
for Johnny Lawrence in Karate Kid: Breath of the Cobra
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In the heart of the San Fernando Valley, a new kind of danger emerges. Demons, creatures of darkness, begin to appear in the dead of night, terrorizing innocent people. As the familiar rivalry between Miyagi-Do, Eagle Fang, and Cobra Kai intensifies, a new, more dangerous challenge arises: a supernatural force that even the toughest martial artists can’t easily defeat. Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence are forced to put aside their differences when they realize that their students are at risk from these monsters. But when a group of Demon Slayers, led by Tanjiro Kamado and his sister Nezuko, arrives from Japan, the two martial arts legends quickly realize their skills are no match for these creatures. With the help of the Demon Slayer Corps, they must train their students to harness powerful techniques known as the Breath Styles, blending their karate with new, otherworldly abilities. However, Terry Silver, ever the manipulator, sees an opportunity to use the demons to his advantage. Seeking ultimate power, Silver strikes a dangerous deal with an Upper Moon Demon, gaining supernatural abilities that make him even more ruthless than before. As Cobra Kai becomes a breeding ground for demon-enhanced warriors, Daniel, Johnny, and their students must choose: will they embrace the power of the demons, or fight back and defend their world from a threat that could destroy everything they know?
