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Thomas Ian Griffith

1962 - Today

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Thomas Ian Griffith (born March 18, 1962) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and martial artist. His best-known roles include Terry Silver in John G. Avildsen's 1989 martial arts film The Karate Kid Part III, which he later reprised in the fourth through sixth seasons of the Netflix television series Cobra Kai (2021–2025), as well as voicing his character in the video game Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising (2022); head vampire Jan Valek in John Carpenter's 1998 neo-Western action horror film Vampires; recurring character Larry Sawyer in the first season of The WB's teen drama series One Tree Hill (2004); and Catlin Ewing in NBC's soap opera Another World, which he helmed from 1984–1987. He also wrote, story edited, co-produced, or supervised produced over sixty episodes of NBC's fantasy police procedural drama horror program Grimm from its second through sixth and final season, and has written and served as a supervising producer on a dozen episodes of Netflix's romantic drama series Virgin River. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Ian Griffith has received more than 3,643,826 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Ian Griffith is the 6,393rd most popular actor (down from 3,791st in 2019), the 9,389th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,773rd in 2019) and the 2,932nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Thomas Ian Griffith ranks 6,393 out of 13,578. Before him are Catherine E. Coulson, Hampton Fancher, Alla Tarasova, Herbert Hübner, Oja Kodar, and Alma Bennett. After him are Andy Devine, Robert Keith, Ira Aldridge, Brian George, Alana de la Garza, and Richard Tyson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Thomas Ian Griffith ranks 389. Before him are Peter Segal, Gustavo Alfaro, Liviu Dragnea, Nicholas Lea, Erika Hess, and Pavel Černý. After him are Pedro Monzón, Amina Annabi, Stephen Keshi, Carlinhos Brown, Piyapong Pue-on, and Ivan Yaremchuk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Ian Griffith ranks 9,389 out of 20,380. Before him are Hampton Fancher (1938), David Dunlap (1910), Skip Barber (1936), Hal Brown (1898), Alonzo Mourning (1970), and Alma Bennett (1904). After him are Andy Devine (1905), James H. Clark (1944), Robert Keith (1898), Kim Kashkashian (1952), Michael Flynn (1958), and Albert Parsons (1848).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Thomas Ian Griffith ranks 2,932. Before him are Kim Delaney (1961), Jim Backus (1913), Fay McKenzie (1918), Catherine E. Coulson (1943), Hampton Fancher (1938), and Alma Bennett (1904). After him are Andy Devine (1905), Robert Keith (1898), Ira Aldridge (1807), Alana de la Garza (1976), Richard Tyson (1956), and Norman Fell (1924).

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