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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.
Fred Lesley and Jacob Carter wake up as a man in a white suit walks around where they're tied up. Fred asks who he is, and the man tells him that he is the Writer and knows who Fred is. Fred tries to break loose but can't use his super speed in front of Jacob. The Writer tells them that it's useless to resist and Fred might as well come clean about who he is. The Writer tells them that he is just like Neptune and Fred in the fact that he was also chosen by a gem. The Writer then creates an ice shard out of thin air. Jacob questions what he means by like Fred. The Writer tells him that Fred was chosen by the gem of life but gave it up for super speed. Fred breaks out with his super speed but is frozen to the wall by the Writer. The Writer leaves the room and Fred uses his speed to vibrate so fast that it heats up the ice. After melting the ice Fred unties Jacob who punches Fred in the face for lying. Fred then vibrates the two through the wall and into the hallway. They go down several paths trying to get out and eventually make it to the Writer's office so Jacob can get info. Soon the Writer shows up and Fred and him have a battle while Jacob tried to find something about the gems. The fight ends with the Writer getting Fred to the ground and just as he's about to kill Fred, Jacob takes the shotgun out of the display case in the office and shoots the Writer in the back of the head. The movie ends with Jacob and Fred ditching the Foundation and trying to find Neptune together.
