The latest installment in the Karate Kid universe, Karate Kid: Legends, hit theaters on May 30 It has been decades since Macchio first played Daniel in 1984's The Karate Kid. Although his character ...

More than 40 years after Ralph Macchio's name became synonymous with The Karate Kid, the actor is premiering the franchise's latest movie. When Macchio, 63, caught up with PEOPLE at the New York City ...

Karate Kid: Legends will have a tough time following up on Cobra Kai, but there are a few things this movie can do to place itself in the same tier. The Karate Kid franchise got its start in 1984, but ...

Ralph Macchio might be saying goodbye to Cobra Kai, but he's ready for the next era of the Karate Kid franchise. "Throughout the Cobra Kai series, there have been those mentor moments, those parenting ...

"You could argue there’s nobody else," who could play Miyagi, he said. Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio in a scene from the film 'The Karate Kid', 1984. Columbia Pictures/Getty Images — -- Pat Morita ...

The film originally was slated to arrive before the conclusion of 'Cobra Kai': "I was screaming constantly every day." By Brian Davids Writer “It was the weirdest feeling. I literally was at somebody ...

The 'Karate Kid: Legends' star says childhood tap dancing lessons helped with his karate skills. Sharareh Drury is a writer on the Movies team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2025 and has worked for ...

Ralph Macchio has enjoyed a career in TV since becoming a bona fide star in the 1980s. Here’s what to know about his current ...

Macchio says many of his memories revolve around the late Pat Morita, who played Mr. Miyagi Dave Hogan/Getty;Cindy Ord/Getty Ralph Macchio has fond memories of his 1984 hit film The Karate Kid.

More than 40 years later, Ralph Macchio is still crane-kicking it as Daniel LaRusso, his character from The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai. In Karate Kid: Legends, Macchio's latest martial-arts movie, the ...