Martin Kove
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Martin Kove is an American actor best known for his role as the ruthless sensei John Kreese in the Karate Kid film series and its sequel series Cobra Kai.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Martin Kove canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12916801 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martin Kove Context triple: [The Karate Kid Part III, starring, Martin Kove]
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A.
George Kralovansky
George Kralovansky is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the live law-enforcement reality series "Live PD."
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B.
Peter Sova
Peter Sova was a Czech-American cinematographer known for his stylish visual work on films such as "Lucky Number Slevin" and collaborations with directors like Barry Levinson.
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C.
Alec Miloslavsky
Alec Miloslavsky is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the customer experience and contact center software company Genesys.
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D.
Martin Kosleck
Martin Kosleck was a German-American character actor best known for playing suave villains and Nazi antagonists in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Victor Stolan
Victor Stolan was a key early initiator and co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund, helping to launch what became one of the world’s leading conservation organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martin Kove Target entity description: Martin Kove is an American actor best known for his role as the ruthless sensei John Kreese in the Karate Kid film series and its sequel series Cobra Kai.
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A.
George Kralovansky
George Kralovansky is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the live law-enforcement reality series "Live PD."
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B.
Peter Sova
Peter Sova was a Czech-American cinematographer known for his stylish visual work on films such as "Lucky Number Slevin" and collaborations with directors like Barry Levinson.
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C.
Alec Miloslavsky
Alec Miloslavsky is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the customer experience and contact center software company Genesys.
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D.
Martin Kosleck
Martin Kosleck was a German-American character actor best known for playing suave villains and Nazi antagonists in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Victor Stolan
Victor Stolan was a key early initiator and co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund, helping to launch what became one of the world’s leading conservation organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| characterRole | John Kreese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRoleInWork |
John Kreese in Cobra Kai
NERFINISHED
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John Kreese in The Karate Kid ⓘ John Kreese in The Karate Kid Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ John Kreese in The Karate Kid Part III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Kove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
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martial arts fiction ⓘ television ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
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martial arts film ⓘ |
| givenName | Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| hasRole |
sensei character
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villain character ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Martin Kove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | John Kreese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | portraying ruthless sensei John Kreese in The Karate Kid franchise ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cagney & Lacey
NERFINISHED
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Cobra Kai NERFINISHED ⓘ Rambo: First Blood Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ The Karate Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ The Karate Kid Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ The Karate Kid Part III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Cagney & Lacey
NERFINISHED
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Cobra Kai (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Karate Kid film series NERFINISHED ⓘ Rambo: First Blood Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Martin Kove Description of subject: Martin Kove is an American actor best known for his role as the ruthless sensei John Kreese in the Karate Kid film series and its sequel series Cobra Kai.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.