william zabka
'Cobra Kai' actor quits acting after 20-plus years: 'I hung up my gloves'
April 14, 2025 | 3:54pm“I called my agents and told them I was tapping out. I no longer wanted to be a cog in the wheel of the machine.”
5 secrets from 'The Karate Kid' revealed in Ralph Macchio memoir
October 18, 2022 | 9:22amCan you imagine Charlie Sheen or Robert Downey Jr. as Daniel LaRusso? It almost could have happened, writes "Karate Kid" star Ralph Macchio in his new memoir.
'Cobra Kai' star William Zabka on redeeming 'The Karate Kid' bully
September 4, 2020 | 2:31pmZabka talked to the Post about revisiting '80s nostalgia, Johnny Lawrence's redemption, and more.
'Cobra Kai' Season 3 is moving to Netflix from YouTube
June 22, 2020 | 1:16pmThe Karate Kid is moving to a bigger dojo.
'Just One of the Guys' turns 35: Joyce Hyser Robinson, Lisa Gottlieb on cult movie
April 21, 2020 | 4:40pmAmid the jocks, nerds and shoulder pads of the '80s teen rom-com landscape, a dark horse emerged.
'Karate Kid' rivals are real-life best buddies
April 26, 2018 | 7:36pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwwxNbtK6Y Fans of “The Karate Kid” might be shocked to learn that Ralph Macchio, who played bullied new kid Daniel LaRusso in the 1984 classic, is real-life pals with William...
The 'Karate Kid' villain is back in 'Cobra Kai' — and I'm rooting for him
February 20, 2018 | 1:55pmThe natural inclination for anyone seeing “The Karate Kid” for the first time is to root for Daniel LaRusso, the scrawny Jersey transplant whose biggest crime was moving in on...