Tony_O'Dell

Tony O'Dell

Tony O'Dell

American actor (born 1960)


Tony O’Dell (born January 30, 1960) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Cobra Kai member Jimmy in the 1984 film The Karate Kid, and the second season of its spinoff Cobra Kai (the 2018 YouTube web series based on the adult lives of the Karate Kid characters), and as preppy Alan Pinkard on the ABC sitcom Head of the Class (1986–91).

Quick Facts Born, Occupation ...

Early life and career

O'Dell was born Anthony Dell'Aquila in Pasadena, California, and graduated from St. Francis High School.[1] His first television appearance was the 1978 Halloween episode of the NBC television series CHiPs, titled "Trick or Trick." He later appeared in the short lived 1985 CBS science fiction series Otherworld, as Trace Sterling. One of his longest roles was of high school student Alan Pinkard on the ABC sitcom Head of the Class (1986–91). He later appeared in Suddenly Susan, The George Lopez Show, and K.C. Undercover.

In 1984, he portrayed Cobra Kai member Jimmy, in the first two Karate Kid films, and appeared in the 2007 music video for the song Sweep the Leg by No More Kings as a caricature of himself and Jimmy from The Karate Kid.[2][3] O'Dell reprised the role of Jimmy during the 2019 Season 2 YouTube web series Cobra Kai.[4]

Selected filmography

Movies

More information Year, Title ...

Television

More information Year, Title ...

References

  1. Delmar, Carie J. (20 April 1988). "His clean cut character is not an act". Los Angeles Daily News. p. Z4. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. Frye, Cory (March 10, 2018). "Of Being and Johnny Lawrence (Sweep the Leg)". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  3. Strauss, Chris (October 9, 2014). "'Karate Kid' villain Billy Zabka is still best friends with the Cobra Kais". USA Today. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  4. Topel, Fred (April 27, 2019). "'Cobra Kai' Season 2: About That 'Karate Kid' Reunion in Episode 6…". /Film. Retrieved 2019-10-21.



Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Tony_O'Dell, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.