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name: "Tony O'Dell"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 January 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:15.111631+00:00"
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# Tony O'Dell

Actor. Born 30 January 1960 in Pasadena, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 January 1960, Pasadena, California, USA

## Biography

Tony O'Dell is an American actor. Born Anthony Dell'Aquila on 30 January 1960 in Pasadena, California, he was raised in Altadena and graduated from St. Francis High School. His first television appearance was in a 1978 episode of CHiPs.

He is best known for playing Cobra Kai member Jimmy in *The Karate Kid* (1984) and *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), and for his role as Alan Pinkard in the ABC sitcom *Head of the Class* (1986–91). O'Dell reprised the part of Jimmy in the second season of the series *Cobra Kai* (2019). Other credits include *Chopping Mall* (1986) and guest appearances in series such as *Murder, She Wrote*, *Shake It Up* and *K.C. Undercover*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Karate Kid* (1984), Fi1m 81, as Jimmy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid.md)

## Also known for

- *Cobra Kai* (2018), Jimmy
- *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), Jimmy
- *Airwolf* (1984), Terry Haines
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Larry McIver
- *Chopping Mall* (1986), Ferdy Meisel
- *Shake It Up* (2010), Kelly
- *K.C. Undercover* (2015), Mr. Hancock
- *CHiPs* (1977), Teenager

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