
New York City, New York, USA
William Michael "Billy" Zabka (born October 20, 1965) is an American actor, martial artist, screenwriter, and film producer. Zabka is best known for his role of Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), and decades later reprises the role of Johnny in the Netflix series Cobra Kai (2018-), along with Ralph Macchio as Daniel. During the 1980s, Zabka appeared in the comedy movies Just One of the Guys (1985) and Back to School (1986). Zabka also co-starred on the CBS television series The Equalizer as the son of the title character (1986–89). He also played Jack, Audrey's jock boyfriend, in National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985). During the 1990s and 2000s, he acted mostly in independent films while studying to be a filmmaker. In 2003, he wrote and produced the short film Most, shot on location in the Czech Republic and Poland. Most (aka The Bridge) had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2003 and won numerous awards at prestigious film festivals, including Best of Festival at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films in 2003. In 2004, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Most in the Live Action Short Film category.

as Coach Baggs

as Self
2014

as William Zabka
2005

as Coach Baggs
2006

as Johnny Lawrence
2018

as Scott McCall
1985

as Self - Presenter
1992

as Johnny Lawrence
2025

as Johnny Lawrence
1984

as Self
2020

as Johnny Lawrence
1986

as Milton Malcolm
2014

1984
as Self
2024

as Johnny Lawrence
2025

as William Zabka
2024

as Self
2024
2022

as Self
2021

as Self
2017

as Kevin
2016

as Officer Johnny/Apollo
2015

as Johnny Lawrence (archive footage)
2015

as Milton Malcolm
2014

as Saw
2011

as Rick
2010

as Prison Guard
2007

as Sam
2007

as Johnny Lawrence/Hilmself
2007
as Self / Johnny
2005

as Slick Salesman
2004

as Otto Emmerick
2002

as Marty
2002

as Greg Larson
2002

as Curt Peters
2002

as Bob Bailey
2002

as The Executive
2002

as Rance
2002
as Coach Baggs
1 ep.

as Self
1 episodes

as William Zabka
7 episodes

as Coach Baggs
1 episodes

as Johnny Lawrence
65 episodes

as Scott McCall
11 episodes

as Self - Presenter
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Self
3 episodes
Director