Today, Macchio is looking back with pride. “On this day, June 22, 1984, the world met Daniel LaRusso,” the Cobra Kai star wrote on X . “Happy 40th Anniversary to The Karate Kid .

The upcoming Karate Kid movie starring Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan will continue a Mr. Miyagi trend that began in 2018 with Cobra Kai season 1.

Ralph Macchio, who starred in the first three “Karate Kid” movies with Pat Morita (right), said he found out the franchise was continuing without him when he read about it in a newspaper.

Ralph Macchio is earnest when he says that, to this day, he is disappointed in The Karate Kid Part III.The iconic Daniel LaRusso actor notes the script was not where it needed to be, the story too ...

NEED TO KNOW. Ralph Macchio was 22 when he filmed The Karate Kid. The long-running Netflix series Cobra Kai ended in February 2025 after six seasons. The latest installment in the Karate Kid ...

Ralph Macchio on ‘Karate Kid’ at 35 and the Film Role He Beat Will Smith For. Ralph Macchio once beat Will Smith out for a role, and made a joke about it when the star's son Jaden Smith remade ...

Ralph Macchio's memoir, Waxing On : The Karate Kid and Me , will be published by Dutton on Oct. 18, PEOPLE can exclusively announce ...

While Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio have never before appeared together on screen, even as they’ve led films in different corners of the Karate Kid universe, they’re getting that opportunity ...

Ralph Macchio is taking a crane kick to criticisms that “The Karate Kid” was “too white.” “People have said it’s a very white cast..that it didn’t dive into the Asian story ...

In the Karate Kid: Legends trailer, two revered karate masters return to teach the next prodigy their craft.Ralph Macchio, who starred in the first three installments of The Karate Kid, and Jackie ...

Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan, who have starred in different "Karate Kid" films, announced Nov. 21 they are teaming up in an upcoming flick set in the "Karate Kid" universe.