Thomas Ian Griffith
Biography: 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.
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Birthday: March 18, 1962
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The Karate Kid Part III
1989-06-16
The Karate Kid Part III
Overview: Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless businessman and martial artist to get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.
Genres: Action Family Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-16
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Excessive Force
1993-05-14
Excessive Force
Overview: Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets acquitted on technicalities. While monitoring a drug sale, a shootout ensues, and one of Terry's fellow officers gets away with $3 million of Sal's money. Suspecting Terry took the cash, the mobster sends his men to kill Terry's brother, Dylan, and partner, Frankie Hawkins. Furious, Terry sets out to take his revenge by any means necessary.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-14
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Vampires
1998-10-30
Vampires
Overview: The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
Genres: Action Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-30
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Kull the Conqueror
1997-08-29
Kull the Conqueror
Overview: A barbarian named Kull becomes ruler after defeating the old king in battle. In an effort to regain the throne, the former king's heirs resurrect Akivasha, a witch queen. However, Akivasha has plans of her own for the throne, and only Kull stands in the way.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-29
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Sea Wolf: The Pirate's Curse
2005-01-31
Sea Wolf: The Pirate's Curse
Overview: Sea of Danger, Sea of Desire
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-31
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Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
2003-09-30
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
Overview: 20 years after a set of events, the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC), is still going strong. Now Brandon Miller a TEC operative, believes that they have a responsibility to change history hoping that the world will be better but Ryan Chan another Tec operative stops him but kills the woman he loves in the process.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-30
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High Adventure
2001-08-21
High Adventure
Overview: Chris, slick adventurous grandson of legendary adventurer Allan Quatermain, searches for the mythical treasure of Alexander the Great with the help of a pretty German girl, while eluding a dangerous greedy gangster.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-21
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Escape from Alaska
1999-07-28
Escape from Alaska
Overview: A helicopter pilot work with a husband and his wife in the frozen North tagging foxes for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an avalanche hits the group, the husband is killed and only by the pilot's perseverance is the wife saved. Two years later, the wife takes on a corporation which wants to extend an oil pipeline across the tundra above Juneau. She is convinced that this will cause an avalanche on the town. Of course, she is rejected by the corporation executives. She recruits the pilot to try to aid her, but with no success.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-28
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Hollow Point
1996-10-21
Hollow Point
Overview: Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with huge amounts of money and power. FBI agent Susan and DEA agent Max are trying to stop them.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-21
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Crackerjack
1994-08-18
Crackerjack
Overview: A cop on vacation at a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by violent criminals.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-18
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For the Cause
2000-11-15
For the Cause
Overview: Earth is in a state of constant war and two colonies of humans have been sent to a far away world. The colonists create a new civilization but have inherited the worst traits of their forebears and war breaks out leaving the new cities in ruins. It falls to a bunch of teens to bring peace to the colony - but will they?
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-15
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Blood of the Innocent
1994-01-01
Blood of the Innocent
Overview: A Chicago cop goes to Poland to get the hoods who killed his brother. When he finds out they belong to the local outfit of the Russian mob, he takes on the outfit's boss, as well as Dr. Lem, who handles illegal organ trade for the mob.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
1999-05-20
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Overview: When her doctor recommends that a widow pursue her unfulfilled life ambitions, he doesn't realize that she has always wanted to be a spy. Sending a letter to her congressman gets her an interview with the CIA and accidentally gets her an assignment to Morocco for a supposed easy task of picking up an encrypted code book. When the agency realizes their mistake, they send a super-agent to watch over her. Both are taken prisoner and the real agent is injured, leaving Mrs. Pollifax to use her considerable wits to help them escape and to save the day.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-20
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Rock Hudson
1990-01-08
Rock Hudson
Overview: Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court records from the civil suit brought by his former lover, Marc Christian.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-08
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A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
2000-02-09
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Overview: When Donielle is just eight years old and attending her best friend's funeral she has a vision that her friend was murdered by his father. No one believes her and she is disowned by her mother. Years later and now a mother herself she drifts from town to town and they finally settle in a town that is in the grips of a serial killer.Only Donielle can "see" who the killer is and after he threatens her daughter she knows she must face him down. Based on actual events.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-09
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Ulterior Motives
1993-01-06
Ulterior Motives
Overview: A private eye becomes the bodyguard of a beautiful reporter being pursued by a Japanese mob.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-06
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Secret of Giving
1999-11-25
Secret of Giving
Overview: As Christmas approaches, a single mother struggles to raise her son and keep up the payments on her Oregon ranch, which is difficult since she's heavily in debt. But she's a tough cookie and proves that a steadfast attitude and an open heart go a long way in surviving the cold hearts and greed of the Scrooges around her.
Genres: Western Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-25
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Black Friday
2007-10-30
Black Friday
Overview: Amy Carlson is the woman in charge of a bank's security system. Two dirty cops (played by the slightly washed-up duo of Judd Nelson and Thomas Ian Griffith) kidnap her daughter and a friend to force her to open the safety deposit box of one of her bank's clients and give to them its content.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-30
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Black Point
2002-09-24
Black Point
Overview: In an Alaskan fishing town, a local crime boss suspects a local fisherman knows where his stolen money is, but this fisherman is no regular Joe.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-24
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Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
2002-03-17
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
Overview: Laura, her husband Almanzo and their daughter Rose leave South Dakota and head for Missouri in search of a better, more financially stable life. It's a daunting journey, but they're sustained by their resolve. However, they're faced with an even greater challenge after their arrival: an ailing and bedridden Almanzo is unable to tend their new land. With winter fast on its way, Laura attempts to clear the land herself and plant the acres of apple trees that they hope will ensure their future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-17
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xXx
2002-08-09
xXx
Overview: Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-09
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Behind Enemy Lines
1997-05-23
Behind Enemy Lines
Overview: An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general.
Genres: Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-23
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The Guardian
1997-01-01
The Guardian
Overview: Known as "The Guardian," renowned cat burglar and sixth-degree Kenpo Karate black belt Ray Angelotti, emerges from prison a changed man, determined to right wrongs and make up for his past misdeeds. In order to save Tess - the sister who was murdered in his stead - from the demons which torment her in the world beyond, Ray must save troubled souls on earth from falling into the clutches of the evil which tempts them.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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