Terry Silver
| Terry Silver | |
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| The Karate Kid character | |
Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver as he appears in The Karate Kid Part III (left) and Cobra Kai (right). | |
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| Created by | Robert Mark Kamen |
| Portrayed by | Thomas Ian Griffith Nick Marini (young, Cobra Kai) |
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| Full name | Terrence Silver |
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| Fighting style | Tang Soo Do |
| Significant other | Cheyenne Hamidi (formerly) |
| Nationality | American |
| Teacher | Captain Turner Kim Sun-Yung |
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Terrance "Terry" Silver is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists of The Karate Kid media franchise, portrayed by actor and martial artist Thomas Ian Griffith. He was created by American screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen and introduced in the 1989 film The Karate Kid Part III. Thirty-two years later, Griffith reprised the role in the sequel television series Cobra Kai, appearing as a main cast member from its fourth season to the sixth and final season.
Silver is the former best friend-turned-arch-enemy and fellow Vietnam veteran of Cobra Kai sensei John Kreese, and the co-founder of the dojo itself, as well as the arch-nemesis of Daniel LaRusso and later on Johnny Lawrence.
In The Karate Kid Part III, he is depicted as a megalomaniacal and sociopathic businessman who mentally tortures Daniel in an effort to get revenge on him for getting Kreese's dojo shut down. In Cobra Kai, he is shown to have reformed, only for Kreese's return to cause him to mentally devolve into his old state and later usurp him as the main sensei of the dojo, making him the biggest threat in the series.