Ralph Macchio

Jennifer Graylock/JPI Former Karate Kid star Ralph Macchio is all grown up, himself a 48-year-old dad to teenagers Julia, 17, and Daniel, 14. As an experienced parent, he offered up words of wisdom for Ugly Betty costars past and present, Ana Ortiz and Rebecca Romijn, both recent first-time moms. Tops on his list? Stay flexible! [...]  

DEBORAH Mailman was a teen-film tragic growing up in remote Queensland the first time she posted a letter to Karate Kid Ralph Macchio. A cherub-faced heart-throb to a generation of girls coming of age in the mid-1980s, Macchio didn't write back. More ...  

Ralph Macchio is surrounded with new moms Rebecca Romijn and Ana Ortiz on the set of Ugly Betty. The Karate Kid star, now 47, is an old hand at parenting as 200911280992809828099. ... He cherishes how his relationship has grown as his children have gotten older. “My son and I are buddies – we really are,” he says. “He's 14, so I'm still hanging onto that. We like going to ball games, we like taking trips together and things like that. We're...  

Ralph Macchio had Reseda. Jaden Smith gets the Great Wall of China. Assuming the studio didn't commission a body double (you know, like on the Pretty Woman poster),...  

Jaden Smith (left) and Jackie Chan at the Great Wall of China in The Karate Kid. Will Smith’s son, Jaden, takes over the role of the Karate Kid in this updated version of the successful franchise that started in the 1980s. Ralph Macchio was the Kid ...  

The gravity-defying vertical kick says it all – Jaden Smith is on perfect form for the new Karate Kid movie. In the remake of the Eighties classic, Will Smith 's 11-year-old son steps into the role played by Ralph Macchio in the original. And ...  

As the news breaks that the new movie Kung Fu Kid is actually a remake of the 1980s blockbuster Karate Kid, we all fondly remember the kid with the big brown eyes who was everyone's hero.Contributor: Deborah JudahPublished: Nov 04, 2009  

Jaden Smith wasn’t even born when the original Karate Kid movie was filmed. But the 11-year-old seems to have had no trouble taking over the role played by Ralph Macchio in a remake of the classic 80s movie. After four months of training, Jaden showed off his high-kicking karate skills in a photoshoot on The Great [...]  

(MYFOX NATIONAL) - Jaden Smith wasn't even born when the original "Karate Kid" movie was filmed, but now the 11-year-old son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith is taking over the role played by Ralph Macchio in a remake of the classic 1984 movie ...  

From TODAY correspondent Sara HainesI always worry about mentioning old projects with artists because you never know if it is a sore spot.  Ralph could not have been more gracious regarding the movie that put him on the map.  Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy  

KARATE KID star RALPH MACCHIO is taking his life to the small screen - the actor is in talks to star in his own reality TV show.MACchio, 48, is hoping to give his career...  

Nov. 2: TODAY’s Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford talk to actor Ralph Macchio about life after “The Karate Kid,” which includes a family and a role on “Ugly Betty.”Add this to your queueAdded: Mon Nov 02 18:02:09 UTC 2009Air date: Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 UTC 2009Duration: 04:44  

With special guest, The Karate Kid star Ralph Macchio in attendance, the Crunch delivered their own version of a crane kick to Adirondack tonight, scoring six unanswered goals in a 6-1 win over the Phantoms in front of a sellout crowd of 6,237 fans at the War Memorial at Oncenter.  

Publicity stills have been released for the upcoming remake of The Karate Kid. Spawn from box-office royalty, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, 11 year-old Jaden Smith will portray an analogous character to the bullied teen played by Ralph Macchio in the 1984 original film. (As well as its two proper sequels.) Legend of unsynchronized dialogue dubbing-turned icon of American cinema, Jackie Chan will portray his Mr. Miyagi-type mentor. This...  

Hot Lips Houlihan turns 72 today; the Karate Kid is 48. Disturbing news today on the celebrity birthday front, according to The Associated Press feature Today in History. Longtime M*A*S*H star Loretta Swit (Hot Lips Houlihan) is 72 today; perky Markie Post ("Night Court") is 59; and "The Karate Kid" kid Ralph Macchio is a ripe old 48. More reasonably, former first lady Laura Bush is 63; rapper/producer Diddy (a/k/a Puff Daddy, Sean "Puffy...