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Daniel LaRusso is a fictional character and the main protagonist of The Karate Kid media franchise portrayed by Ralph Macchio. He was created by American screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen . He is introduced as the titular protagonist of The Karate Kid (1984) and returns in its sequels The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and The Karate Kid Part III (1989).
Ralph George Macchio Jr. (/ ˈ m ɑː tʃ i oʊ / MAH-chee-oh, Italian:; born November 4, 1961) is an American actor.He is best known for playing Daniel LaRusso in four Karate Kid films (the 1984 film The Karate Kid and its sequels, The Karate Kid Part II in 1986, The Karate Kid Part III in 1989, and the upcoming Karate Kid: Legends in 2025), as well as in Cobra Kai (2018–2025), a sequel ...
It is the first installment in the Karate Kid franchise, and stars Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, and William Zabka. [3] [4] The Karate Kid follows the story of Daniel LaRusso (Macchio), an Italian-American teenager from New Jersey who moves with his widowed mother to the Reseda neighborhood of Los Angeles.
The trailer was shown exclusively to the New York Comic Con crowd and teased some intense karate action with the three leads. Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso arrives in Beijing, where Chan’s Mr. Han ...
Karate Kid was first announced in September 2022 and a year later, it was announced that Macchio and Chan would be reprising their franchise roles as Daniel LaRusso and Mr. Han, respectively.
The original Karate Kid hit screens in 1984 and followed Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso, a Brooklyn teen who finds himself an unlikely karate champion after being trained by Mr. Miyagi (Morita), his ...
After Robyn Lively was cast as Jessica Andrews in The Karate Kid Part III in 1988, producers were forced to modify her role of protagonist Daniel LaRusso's new love interest because Lively was only 16 at the time of filming and still a minor, while Ralph Macchio was 27 (although his character Daniel is 17).
“Karate Kid: Legends” brings together star Ralph Macchio, who began playing Daniel LaRusso back in the original 1984 “Karate Kid” movie, and Jackie Chan, who played Mr. Han in the 2010 ...