Ralph Macchio is an American actor known primarily as Daniel LaRussoo in "The Karate Kid" series. He was born in Huntington, Long Island, New York, in 1961. Although initially hesitant about becoming an actor, he became one of the most popular teen stars of the 1980s with the television show "Eight Is Enough." After that, "The Karate Kid" happened. Macchio later portrayed several diversified characters and is known for his versatile acting skills. In addition to being an actor, Ralph is also a producer and director. Macchio appeared in several films like "Crossroads," "My Cousin Vinny," "The Outsiders," apart from sequels to "The Karate Kid." He also appeared in television series like "Eight is Enough" and made guest appearances on series like "How I Met Your Mother." He played himself in television shows such as "Beer League" and "A Good Night to Die." He has been one of the most influential and successful teen artists of his time. In 2011, he participated in ABC's dance show, "Dancing with the Stars." Macchio met his wife, Phyllis Fierro, through his grandmother when he was 15. They married in 1987 and have two children, Daniel and Julia.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Live with Kelly and Mark (2023)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
- Episode 2x228: Live's Fix It Week I (Jul 23, 2024)
The Critics' Choice Super Awards (2021)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
- Episode 1x01: 1st Critics' Choice Super Awards (Jan 10, 2021)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
- Episode 2x73: Ralph Macchio, Iliza Shlesinger, Rex Chapman (Jan 14, 2021)
Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum (2018)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
- Episode 1x73: Ralph Macchio (Aug 27, 2019)
Cobra Kai (2018)
Starring as Daniel LaRusso
(60 episodes)
- Episode 6x10: Eunjangdo (Nov 15, 2024)
- Episode 6x09: Blood in Blood Out (Nov 15, 2024)
- Episode 6x08: Snakes on a Plane (Nov 15, 2024)
- Episode 6x07: Dog in the Fight (Nov 15, 2024)
- Episode 6x06: Benvinguts a Barcelona (Nov 15, 2024)
- Episode 6x05: Best of the Best (Jul 18, 2024)
- Episode 6x04: Underdogs (Jul 18, 2024)
- Episode 6x03: Sleeper (Jul 18, 2024)
- Episode 6x02: The Prize (Jul 18, 2024)
- Episode 6x01: Peacetime in the Valley (Jul 18, 2024)
- Episode 5x10: Head of the Snake (Sep 9, 2022)
- Episode 5x09: Survivors (Sep 9, 2022)
- Episode 5x08: Taikai (Sep 9, 2022)
- Episode 5x07: Bad Eggs (Sep 9, 2022)
- Episode 5x06: Ouroboros (Sep 9, 2022)
- Episode 5x05: Extreme Measures (Sep 9, 2022)
- Episode 5x04: Downward Spiral (Sep 9, 2022)
- Episode 5x03: Playing With Fire (Sep 9, 2022)
- Episode 5x02: Molé (Sep 9, 2022)
- Episode 5x01: Long, Long Way From Home (Sep 9, 2022)
- Episode 4x10: The Rise (Dec 31, 2021)
- Episode 4x09: The Fall (Dec 31, 2021)
- Episode 4x08: Party Time (Dec 31, 2021)
- Episode 4x07: Minefields (Dec 31, 2021)
- Episode 4x06: Kicks Get Chicks (Dec 31, 2021)
- Episode 4x05: Match Point (Dec 31, 2021)
- Episode 4x04: Bicephaly (Dec 31, 2021)
- Episode 4x03: Then Learn Fly (Dec 31, 2021)
- Episode 4x02: First Learn Stand (Dec 31, 2021)
- Episode 4x01: Let's Begin (Dec 31, 2021)
- Episode 3x10: December 19 (Jan 1, 2021)
- Episode 3x09: Feel The Night (Jan 1, 2021)
- Episode 3x08: The Good, The Bad, and The Badass (Jan 1, 2021)
- Episode 3x07: Obstáculos (Jan 1, 2021)
- Episode 3x06: King Cobra (Jan 1, 2021)
- Episode 3x05: Miyagi-Do (Jan 1, 2021)
- Episode 3x04: The Right Path (Jan 1, 2021)
- Episode 3x03: Now You're Gonna Pay (Jan 1, 2021)
- Episode 3x02: Nature Vs. Nurture (Jan 1, 2021)
- Episode 3x01: Aftermath (Jan 1, 2021)
- Episode 2x10: No Mercy (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x09: Pulpo (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x08: Glory of Love (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: Lull (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: Take a Right (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: All In (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: The Moment of Truth (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Fire and Ice (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Back in Black (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Mercy, Part II (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 1x10: Mercy (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x09: Different But Same (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x08: Molting (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x07: All Valley (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: Quiver (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Counterbalance (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Cobra Kai Never Dies (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Esqueleto (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Strike First (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Ace Degenerate (May 2, 2018)
The Deuce (2017)
Guest starring as Officer Haddix
(16 episodes)
- Episode 3x08: Finish It (Oct 28, 2019)
- Episode 3x06: This Trust Thing (Oct 14, 2019)
- Episode 3x04: They Can Never Go Home (Sep 30, 2019)
- Episode 3x03: Normal Is a Lie (Sep 23, 2019)
- Episode 3x02: Morta di Fame (Sep 16, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: The Feminism Part (Oct 21, 2018)
- Episode 2x05: All You'll Be Eating is Cannibals (Oct 7, 2018)
- Episode 2x04: What Big Ideas (Sep 30, 2018)
- Episode 2x03: Seven-Fifty (Sep 23, 2018)
- Episode 2x02: There's an Art to This (Sep 16, 2018)
- Episode 2x01: Our Raison d'Etre (Sep 9, 2018)
- Episode 1x07: Au Reservoir (Oct 22, 2017)
- Episode 1x06: Why Me? (Oct 15, 2017)
- Episode 1x05: What Kind of Bad? (Oct 8, 2017)
- Episode 1x04: I See Money (Oct 1, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: Show and Prove (Sep 17, 2017)
Live with Kelly and Ryan (2017)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
(2 episodes)
- Episode 7x144: Emma Thompson, Mel B, Ralph Macchio, Train (Apr 4, 2023)
- Episode 2x168: Helen Hunt, Ralph Macchio (May 2, 2018)
Kevin Can Wait (2016)
Guest starring as Alviti
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x22: Phat Monkey (Apr 16, 2018)
- Episode 2x21: The Smoking Bun (Apr 9, 2018)
The $100,000 Pyramid (2016)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
- Episode 5x05: Lorraine Bracco vs Ralph Macchio and Rosie O'Donnell vs Paige Davis (Jun 30, 2021)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
- Episode 2022-01-04: Jennifer Lawrence, Ralph Macchio, Nell and the Flaming Lips (Jan 4, 2022)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2024-07-23: Hugh Jackman, Ralph Macchio, John Owen Lowe, Ayra Starr (Jul 23, 2024)
- Episode 2022-10-04: Ralph Macchio, Jennifer Beals, Lea Thompson, Debbie Gibson, Modern English (Oct 4, 2022)
- Episode 2022-01-19: Jessica Chastain, Ralph Macchio (Jan 19, 2022)
- Episode 2021-01-05: Gwen Stefani, Ralph Macchio (Jan 5, 2021)
- Episode 2019-04-17: Kate Beckinsale, Ralph Macchio, Rudy Francisco (Apr 17, 2019)
- Episode 2018-04-20: Anthony Mackie, Ralph Macchio, Kiry Shabazz (Apr 20, 2018)
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2019-06-10: Ralph Macchio, Vanessa Williams guest co-hosts (Jun 10, 2019)
- Episode 2018-05-11: Ralph Macchio, Jason George (May 11, 2018)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
- Episode 7x20: Ralph Macchio & Lorraine Bracco (Jul 19, 2012)
Head Case (2007)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Baked Goodes (Jun 20, 2007)
- Episode 1x05: Ralph Macchio and Liz Phair (May 16, 2007)
Psych (2006)
Guest starring as Logan Phelps
- Episode 8x03: Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement (Jan 22, 2014)
Guest starring as Nicholas "Nick" Conforth
(2 episodes)
- Episode S08 Special: Psych: The Movie (Dec 7, 2017)
- Episode 5x13: We'd Like to Thank the Academy (Dec 8, 2010)
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
- Episode 8x22: The Bro Mitzvah (Apr 29, 2013)
Comedy Central Roasts (2003)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
- Episode 2016-09-05: Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe (Sep 5, 2016)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2024-11-20: Blake Shelton, Ralph Macchio (Nov 20, 2024)
- Episode 2022-09-08: Simon Cowell, Ralph Macchio (Sep 8, 2022)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
- Episode 13x08: Ralph Macchio (Aug 3, 2017)
The Outer Limits (1995)
Guest starring as Dr. Neal Eberhardt
- Episode 5x05: The Other Side (Feb 19, 1999)
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (1987)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
- Episode 2022-04-09: The 2022 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (Apr 9, 2022)
CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
Guest starring as Ralph Macchio
- Episode 2024-07-28: Ralph Macchio (Jul 28, 2024)
Crew Credits
Cobra Kai (2018)
Show crew as Co-Executive Producer
(19 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: No Mercy (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x09: Pulpo (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: Lull (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: Take a Right (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: All In (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: The Moment of Truth (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Fire and Ice (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Back in Black (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Mercy, Part II (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 1x10: Mercy (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x09: Different But Same (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x08: Molting (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x07: All Valley (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: Quiver (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Counterbalance (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Cobra Kai Never Dies (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Esqueleto (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Strike First (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Ace Degenerate (May 2, 2018)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 6x03: Sleeper (Jul 18, 2024)
Head Case (2007)
Episode crew as Writer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Baked Goodes (Jun 20, 2007)
- Episode 1x05: Ralph Macchio and Liz Phair (May 16, 2007)