{"id":77196,"date":"2026-09-03T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/?post_type=guest&#038;p=77196"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:13:06","slug":"william-zabka","status":"publish","type":"guest","link":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/nl\/speaker\/william-zabka\/","title":{"rendered":"William Zabka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Best bekend als<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Johnny Lawrence in <strong>The Karate Kid \/ Cobra Kai<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rick in <strong>Hot Tub Time Machine<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jack in <strong>National Lampoon&#8217;s European Vacation<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chas Osborne in <strong>Back to School<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Billy Zabka in <strong>How I Met Your Mother<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scott McCall in <strong>The Equalizer<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>En nog veel meer!<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>WIST JE DAT&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Zabka wordt vergezeld door zijn Karate Kid-collega <a href=\"https:\/\/facts.be\/nl\/speaker\/martin-kove\/\" data-type=\"guest\" data-id=\"75615\">Martin Kove, aias Cobra Kai-sensei John Kreese.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>KORTE BIOGRAFIE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>William Zabka is een Amerikaanse acteur die vooral bekend is door zijn rol als Johnny Lawrence, de iconische antagonist in <strong>The Karate Kid<\/strong> (1984) en <strong>The Karate Kid Part II<\/strong> (1986).<\/p>\n\n<p>Hij speelde ook mee in populaire films uit de jaren 80, zoals <em>Just One of the Guys, National Lampoon\u2019s European Vacation<\/em> en <em>Back to School.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>Zabka speelde later opnieuw zijn iconische rol in de populaire serie <strong>Cobra Kai<\/strong> (2018\u20132025), waarmee hij een nieuwe generatie fans voor zich won en tegelijkertijd als uitvoerend producent optrad.<\/p>\n\n<p>Naast zijn werk als acteur schreef en produceerde hij de korte film <strong>Most<\/strong>, die in 2004 een Oscar_nominatie in de wacht sleepte.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\r\n<iframe title=\"Johnny Teaches Bullies a Lesson | Cobra Kai (William Zabka, Xolo Maridue\u00f1a)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AtJbPGV_16M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div><\/figure><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Zabka, de ster uit The Karate Kid en Cobra Kai, werd beroemd als Johnny Lawrence en is dankzij Netflix\u2019 recente voortzetting van het Karate Kid-universum zowel het oude als het nieuwe gezicht van de meedogenloze dojo geworden. 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