Ralph Macchio

Ralph George Macchio (born November 4, 1961) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Daniel LaRusso in the Karate Kid series, Billy Gambini in My Cousin Vinny, and Johnny Cade in The Outsiders. He is also known to American television audiences for his season five recurring role as Jeremy Andretti on the comedy-drama Eight Is Enough. He competed on the twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ralph Macchio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Across Grace Alley (2013)

A young boy struggling with his parents' divorce seeks solace in his infatuation with a captivating woman he discovers through a neighboring window.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Macchio
CAST:  Ben Hyland  •  Marsha Mason  •  Karina Smirnoff  •  Ralph Macchio

A young boy struggling with his parents' divorce seeks solace in his infatuation with a captivating woman he discovers through a neighboring window.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Macchio
CAST:  Ben Hyland  •  Marsha Mason  •  Karina Smirnoff  •  Ralph Macchio

Beer League (2006)

An unemployed slacker (Lange) inspires his softball teammates to improve their game so they won't get kicked out of the local league.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Sebastiano
CAST:  Artie Lange  •  Ralph Macchio  •  Anthony DeSando  •  Cara Buono

An unemployed slacker (Lange) inspires his softball teammates to improve their game so they won't get kicked out of the local league.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Sebastiano
CAST:  Artie Lange  •  Ralph Macchio  •  Anthony DeSando  •  Cara Buono

Crossroads (1986)

A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Hill
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  Joe Seneca  •  Jami Gertz  •  Joe Morton

A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Hill
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  Joe Seneca  •  Jami Gertz  •  Joe Morton

Distant Thunder (1988)

A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he's been living like an animal in the forest. He finds himself unprepared for the changes that he will have to cope with, and when the vet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rick Rosenthal
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  John Lithgow  •  Reb Brown  •  Kerrie Keane

A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he's been living like an animal in the forest. He finds himself unprepared for the changes that he will have to cope with, and when the vet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rick Rosenthal
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  John Lithgow  •  Reb Brown  •  Kerrie Keane

My Cousin Vinny (1992)

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Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Lynn
CAST:  Joe Pesci  •  Ralph Macchio  •  Marisa Tomei  •  Mitchell Whitfield

Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Lynn
CAST:  Joe Pesci  •  Ralph Macchio  •  Marisa Tomei  •  Mitchell Whitfield

The Karate Kid (1984)

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Daniel, a fatherless teenager, arrives in Los Angeles and becomes the object of bullying by a gang of karate students when he strikes up a relationship with Ali, the gang leader’s ex-girlfriend, so Daniel asks Miyagi, a master of martial arts, to help him learn karate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Avildsen
CAST:  Martin Kove  •  Ralph Macchio  •  Pat Morita  •  Randee Heller

Daniel, a fatherless teenager, arrives in Los Angeles and becomes the object of bullying by a gang of karate students when he strikes up a relationship with Ali, the gang leader’s ex-girlfriend, so Daniel asks Miyagi, a master of martial arts, to help him learn karate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Avildsen
CAST:  Martin Kove  •  Ralph Macchio  •  Pat Morita  •  Randee Heller

The Karate Kid Part II (1986)

After discovering that his father is at death's door, Mr. Miyagi sets out to Japan, to see him with Daniel. Upon arriving, Miyagi must confront an old rival. Meanwhile, Daniel encounters a new love, and some new enemies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Avildsen
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  Pat Morita  •  Martin Kove  •  Charlie Tanimoto

After discovering that his father is at death's door, Mr. Miyagi sets out to Japan, to see him with Daniel. Upon arriving, Miyagi must confront an old rival. Meanwhile, Daniel encounters a new love, and some new enemies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Avildsen
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  Pat Morita  •  Martin Kove  •  Charlie Tanimoto

The Karate Kid Part III (1989)

Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless businessman and martial artist to get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Avildsen
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  Pat Morita  •  Martin Kove  •  Thomas Ian Griffith

Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless businessman and martial artist to get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Avildsen
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  Pat Morita  •  Martin Kove  •  Thomas Ian Griffith

The Outsiders (1983)

When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Ford Coppola
CAST:  Matt Dillon  •  Ralph Macchio  •  C. Thomas Howell  •  Patrick Swayze

When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Ford Coppola
CAST:  Matt Dillon  •  Ralph Macchio  •  C. Thomas Howell  •  Patrick Swayze

The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998)

The rats and mice, made intellectually superior in the original Secret of N.I.M.H., return to Thorn Valley to groom their destined leader - young Timmy Brisby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Sebast
CAST:  Eric Idle  •  Harvey Korman  •  Peter MacNicol  •  Hynden Walch

The rats and mice, made intellectually superior in the original Secret of N.I.M.H., return to Thorn Valley to groom their destined leader - young Timmy Brisby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Sebast
CAST:  Eric Idle  •  Harvey Korman  •  Peter MacNicol  •  Hynden Walch

Up the Academy (1980)

Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a Military Academy. The life of discipline asks a lot of the four geeks. Of course these boys know how to make a party out of the hard times. Will they be "real men" after one year.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  Wendell Brown  •  Tommy Citera  •  Hutch Parker

Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a Military Academy. The life of discipline asks a lot of the four geeks. Of course these boys know how to make a party out of the hard times. Will they be "real men" after one year.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  Wendell Brown  •  Tommy Citera  •  Hutch Parker

Teachers (1984)

A teacher tries to overcome his frustration teaching a high-school that seems to be full of flunkies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Hiller
CAST:  Nick Nolte  •  JoBeth Williams  •  Judd Hirsch  •  Ralph Macchio

A teacher tries to overcome his frustration teaching a high-school that seems to be full of flunkies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Hiller
CAST:  Nick Nolte  •  JoBeth Williams  •  Judd Hirsch  •  Ralph Macchio

Can't Be Heaven (2000)

Everyone eventually meets the love of their lives. Sometimes, like Danny and Julia, that person comes along when you are 13 years old. Other times, like Hubbie and his sweetheart, star-crossed love makes getting together a life-long adventure. This heartwarming ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Friedman
CAST:  Diane Ladd  •  Ralph Macchio  •  Rachel Ticotin  •  Michelle Trachtenberg

Everyone eventually meets the love of their lives. Sometimes, like Danny and Julia, that person comes along when you are 13 years old. Other times, like Hubbie and his sweetheart, star-crossed love makes getting together a life-long adventure. This heartwarming ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Friedman
CAST:  Diane Ladd  •  Ralph Macchio  •  Rachel Ticotin  •  Michelle Trachtenberg

The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story (1993)

Marine Private First Class Robert Garwood spent fourteen harrowing years as a Vietnam P.O.W. only to finally be released and immediately arrested by the U.S. Marine Corps on charges of collaboration with the enemy. He is found guilty on the strength of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georg Stanford Brown
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  Martin Sheen  •  Noah Blake

Marine Private First Class Robert Garwood spent fourteen harrowing years as a Vietnam P.O.W. only to finally be released and immediately arrested by the U.S. Marine Corps on charges of collaboration with the enemy. He is found guilty on the strength of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georg Stanford Brown
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  Martin Sheen  •  Noah Blake

He's Way More Famous Than You (2013)

When once-up-and-coming indie film starlet Halley Feiffer loses her boyfriend, her agent and her career in one fell swoop she finally realizes that something in her life has got to change... she has to become WAY MORE FAMOUS! Armed with a stolen script and two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Urie
CAST:  Halley Feiffer  •  Ryan Spahn  •  Michael Chernus  •  Tracee Chimo

When once-up-and-coming indie film starlet Halley Feiffer loses her boyfriend, her agent and her career in one fell swoop she finally realizes that something in her life has got to change... she has to become WAY MORE FAMOUS! Armed with a stolen script and two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Urie
CAST:  Halley Feiffer  •  Ryan Spahn  •  Michael Chernus  •  Tracee Chimo

Hitchcock (2012)

Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Gervasi
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Helen Mirren  •  Scarlett Johansson  •  James D'Arcy

Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Gervasi
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Helen Mirren  •  Scarlett Johansson  •  James D'Arcy

His Way (2011)

A look at the professional, political and personal life of legendary movie producer Jerry Weintraub featuring interviews with friends, family and colleagues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas McGrath
CAST:  Ellen Barkin  •  James Caan  •  George Clooney  •  Matt Damon

A look at the professional, political and personal life of legendary movie producer Jerry Weintraub featuring interviews with friends, family and colleagues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas McGrath
CAST:  Ellen Barkin  •  James Caan  •  George Clooney  •  Matt Damon

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1984)

A teenager must cope with a disease that causes himself to age at an astronomical rate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Corey Blechman
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  Betty Buckley  •  Hal Holbrook  •  Season Hubley

A teenager must cope with a disease that causes himself to age at an astronomical rate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Corey Blechman
CAST:  Ralph Macchio  •  Betty Buckley  •  Hal Holbrook  •  Season Hubley

Too Much Sun (1990)

A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a grandchild within a year of his death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Allan Arbus  •  Robert Downey Jr.  •  Howard Duff  •  Laura Ernst

A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a grandchild within a year of his death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Allan Arbus  •  Robert Downey Jr.  •  Howard Duff  •  Laura Ernst

A Good Night to Die (2003)

One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three years ago. August has become a real problem for some of the bosses around town, and Ronnie will soon find out just ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Singer
CAST:  Michael Rapaport  •  Gary Stretch  •  Seymour Cassel  •  Robin Givens

One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three years ago. August has become a real problem for some of the bosses around town, and Ronnie will soon find out just ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Singer
CAST:  Michael Rapaport  •  Gary Stretch  •  Seymour Cassel  •  Robin Givens
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