Left to right: Griffin Santopietro as Anthony LaRusso, Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso, Tanner Buchanan as Robby Keene, William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence, Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz.

Thanks to his performance as Johnny Lawrence in "The Karate Kid," William "Billy" Zabka's appearance exemplifies the archetype of all 1980s movie bullies. Suppose you close your eyes and think of ...

Even wise Mr. Miyagi couldn’t have seen the surprising path taken by “The Karate Kid” stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka. The first day of filming the 1984 movie found Macchio face down ...

Forty years after being the villain of "The Karate Kid," William Zabka closes his character's redemption story in "Cobra Kai" finale. (Spoilers!) ...

Zabka reflected when Hurwitz, Heald, and Schlossberg pitched him Cobra Kai as a YouTube Original series in 2018. "I think their love for Johnny Lawrence, and the work I did in the '80s from some ...

"If you asked me 15 years ago if William Zabka and I would be doing 65 episodes ... and there is between Billy and I," Macchio said. "There's almost silent conversation, conversations that ...

Zabka gave an affecting performance, first in a scene with his injured son Robby, as a teary-eyed Johnny told the boy how proud he was of him. The love and emotional maturity the actor conveyed ...

Captain America stays at number one for the second consecutive weekend, followed by the big new release, Oz Perkins' horror-comedy The Monkey in second place. It's a lighter weekend for new ...

Ralph Macchio (L) and William Zabka attend the season finale premiere of Netflix's "Cobra Kai" on Wednesday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI ...

Watching mentor William Zabka step up into a directing role left a lasting impression on the younger cast members. “Billy was our director,” says Miguel Diaz actor Xolo Maridueña. “That was so fun, ...

Zabka gave an affecting performance, first in a scene with his injured son Robby, as a teary-eyed Johnny told the boy how proud he was of him. The love and emotional maturity the actor conveyed spoke ...