Thomas Ian Griffith (born March 18, 1962) is an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for portraying Terry Silver in the 1989 film The Karate Kid Part III, a role he reprised in the 4th season of the Netflix series Cobra Kai.

Griffith became obsessed with Tae Kwon Do while in high school and earned a black belt when he was 18. His knowledge of Tae Kwon Do helped him land his first feature film: 1989's The Karate Kid Part III, in which he played Terry Silver.

In 1996, Griffith starred in the film Hollow Point alongside Tia Carrere, as DEA agent Max Parish and FBI agent Diane Norwood respectively. Griffith has also collaborated with director John Carpenter. He played head vampire Jan Valek in the 1998 film Vampires and co-created the comic book series Asylum, together with Carpenter and producer Sandy King. Griffith appeared in the 2002 film XXX, in which he portrayed Agent Jim McGrath.

His first TV role was on the soap opera Another World, as Catlin Ewing, whom he played from 1984 to 1987. In 1999, he starred in the TV movie Secret of Giving with Reba McEntire; earlier in 1999, he had appeared in Reba's video for the song "What Do You Say". He also starred as Rock Hudson in a 1990 TV movie Rock Hudson. He has made guest appearances on a number of television shows, including In the Heat of the Night, Wiseguy, and One Tree Hill.

From 2013 to 2017, Griffith periodically wrote and worked as a story editor for the NBC television series Grimm and became a co-producer in 2015.

In 2021, Griffith reprised the role of Terry Silver from The Karate Kid Part III in Season 4 of Cobra Kai.

Thomas Ian Griffith (Hartford, Connecticut, 18 de março de 1962) é um ator, produtor e roteirista norte-americano. Filho da professora de dança Mary Ann e de Thomas Joseph Griffith. Estudou no College of the Holy Cross, em Worcester, Massachusetts. Ele tem 1m96cm de altura. É faixa preta em Kenpo Karate e Tae Kwon Do. Griffith é casado com a atriz Mary Page Keller e eles têm 2 filhos. Estrelou seu primeiro filme em 1989.

托马斯·伊恩·格里菲斯（Thomas Ian Griffith，1962年3月18日-），美国演员、武术家。他最出名的是 1989 年电影《空手道小子第三部分》中饰演特里·西尔弗，他在 Netflix 剧集《眼镜蛇凯》第 4 季中重新扮演了这个角色。

格里菲斯在高中时迷上了跆拳道，并在 18 岁时获得了黑带。他对跆拳道的了解帮助他拍摄了他的第一部故事片：1989 年的《空手道小子第三部分》，他在片中饰演特里·西尔弗。

1996年，格里菲斯与蒂亚·卡雷尔一起出演了电影《空洞点》，分别饰演缉毒局特工马克斯·帕里什和联邦调查局特工黛安·诺伍德。格里菲斯还与导演约翰·卡彭特（John Carpenter）合作。他在 1998 年的电影《吸血鬼》中扮演吸血鬼头目 Jan Valek，并与 Carpenter 和制片人 Sandy King 共同创作了漫画系列《疯人院》。格里菲斯出现在 2002 年的电影 XXX 中，他在片中饰演特工 Jim McGrath。

他的第一个电视角色是在肥皂剧《另一个世界》中饰演卡特琳·尤因，他从 1984 年到 1987 年扮演她。1999年，他与Reba McEntire一起出演了电视电影《给予的秘密》;早在1999年，他就出现在热巴的歌曲《What Do You Say》的视频中。他还在 1990 年的电视电影《洛克哈德森》中饰演洛克哈德森。他曾在许多电视节目中客串演出，包括 In the Heat of the Night、Wiseguy 和 One Tree Hill。

从 2013 年到 2017 年，格里菲斯定期为 NBC 电视连续剧《格林童话》撰写并担任故事编辑，并于 2015 年成为联合制片人。

2021 年，格里菲斯在 Cobra Kai 第 4 季中重新扮演了《空手道小子》第三部分中的特里·西尔弗 （Terry Silver） 的角色。

Thomas Ian Griffith est un réalisateur, acteur, scénariste et producteur de cinéma américain, né le 18 mars 1962 à Hartford (Connecticut).