Jesse Kove is an actor best known for his role as Varsity Captain David on “Cobra Kai” as well as his role alongside Joseph Fiennes in On Wings of Eagles (the unofficial sequel to Chariots of Fire). Son of pop-culture icon Martin Kove (Sensei Kreese in Karate Kid and “Cobra Kai”), the 6’2” superhero-in-the-making was born in Los Angeles and raised in the world of film, television and theater.
At the age of 10, he spent his time creating movies using his father’s camera and performing skits for the family. Through his younger years and up into high school, he studied at a variety of performing arts and improv classes, continuing to cultivate his cinematic craft and even venturing off to New York to perform off-Broadway. Kove went on to appear in an array of TV and film projects, and even took on the task of producer for the teen crime thriller “As Night Comes.”
In 2019, Kove led the cast of the film D-Day: Battle of Omaha Beach alongside MMA fighters Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture, as well as Weston Cage Coppola (Nicolas Cage’s son). In 2021 he came full circle when he officially joined The Karate Kid universe by bullying a young John Kreese in season 3 of “Cobra Kai.” Adding to his versatile career, Kove recently made a notable guest appearance in the series finale of NBC’s “Magnum, P.I.”