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name: "Thomas Ian Griffith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomas-ian-griffith"
fi1m_id: "thomas-ian-griffith"
imdb_id: "nm0001299"
tmdb_id: 60705
wikidata_id: "Q2307649"
roles: []
born: "18 March 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T22:54:47.971295+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Thomas Ian Griffith

## Identity

Thomas Ian Griffith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thomas-ian-griffith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thomas-ian-griffith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001299
- **TMDB ID:** 60705
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2307649
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ian_Griffith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2307649, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001299/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60705

Actor. Born 18 March 1962 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 18 March 1962, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- **Active:** 2003–2018
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (1), 2010s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ian_Griffith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2307649, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001299/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60705

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Cobra Kai*](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md) (70)

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## Biography

Thomas Ian Griffith is an American actor and martial artist. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, on 18 March 1962, he trained as an opera singer and worked in theatre and on Broadway before moving to Los Angeles.

He is best known for playing Terry Silver in *The Karate Kid Part III* (1989), a role he reprised across multiple seasons of the Netflix series *Cobra Kai* (2021–2025). Other film appearances include *Vampires* (1998), *xXx* (2002) and *Kull the Conqueror* (1997). On television he has guested in *One Tree Hill* and worked as a writer and producer on *Grimm*.

Griffith's first regular television role was as Catlin Ewing on the soap opera *Another World* (1984–1987). He holds black belts in tae kwon do and kenpo karate.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Cobra Kai* (2018), Fi1m 70, as Terry Silver — [page](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md)
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), Fi1m 66, as Larry Sawyer — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Beyond the Bonsai* (2022), Actor
- *Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square* (2020), Consulting Producer
- *Virgin River* (2019), series, Writer
- *Dolly Parton's Heartstrings* (2019), series, Writer
- *Cobra Kai* (2018), series, as Terry Silver — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md)
- *Grimm* (2011), series, Writer, Story
- *Mr. Troop Mom* (2009), Writer
- *The Kidnapping* (2008), as Cash
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Deputy D.A. Thomas Yates
- *Sea Wolf: The Pirate's Curse* (2005), as Captain Jeffery Thorpe
- *Timecop: The Berlin Decision* (2003), as Brandon Miller
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Mitch
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), series, as Larry Sawyer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Black Point* (2002), as Gus Travis · Writer
- *xXx* (2002), as Agent Jim McGrath
- *Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues* (2002), as Cornelius Loudermilk
- *High Adventure* (2001), as Chris Quartermain
- *For the Cause* (2000), as Evans
- *A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle* (2000), as Doug Brister
- *Secret of Giving* (1999), as Harry Withers
- *Escape from Alaska* (1999), as Neal Meekin
- *The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax* (1999), as Jack Farrell
- *Vampires* (1998), as Jan Valek
- *Kull the Conqueror* (1997), as General Taligaro
- *Behind Enemy Lines* (1997), as Mike Weston
- *The Guardian* (1997), as The Guardian
- *Hollow Point* (1996), as Max Parrish
- *Crackerjack* (1994), as Jack Wild
- *Blood of the Innocent* (1994), as Frank Wusharsky
- *Excessive Force* (1993), as Terry McCain · Writer, Producer
- *Ulterior Motives* (1993), as Jack Blaylock
- *Night of the Warrior* (1991), Writer, Producer
- *Rock Hudson* (1990), as Rock Hudson
- *The Karate Kid Part III* (1989), as Terry
- *Wiseguy* (1987), series, Actor
- *Another World* (1964), series, Actor

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