Whether they were Cobra Kai bullies or Daniel's inner circle, each member of the Karate Kid cast gave something to the production that helped make it a classic. Here's a look at what the stars of the film have been up to over the years, and what they look like today.

Ralph Macchio got steady work as a young actor before The Karate Kid, including a prominent recurring role on the sitcom Eight Is Enough. But 1983 and 1984 brought a powerful one-two punch that would cement him as an icon of '80s pop culture. In '83 he joined a fraternity of young actors in The Outsiders, and then in '84 he was cast as Daniel LaRusso in Karate Kid. The massive success of the latter film led to three sequels, with Macchio returning for two of them.

Macchio continued to pick up regular acting work in the '90s and 2000s, including roles in My Cousin Vinny and The Secret of NIMH 2. He also landed a sweet TV gig in 2008 with a recurring role on Ugly Betty. Besides returning to the Karate Kid franchise for YouTube's Cobra Kai series in 2018, Macchio's also made time to poke fun at himself, playing versions of "Ralph Macchio" on everything from Entourage to How I Met Your Mother.

William Zabka's first major screen acting work was an episode of The Greatest American Hero in 1983. His second was the role of Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid, which cemented him as one of the best, and perhaps most misunderstood, villains of 1980s cinema. He went on to other major '80s films like National Lampoon's European Vacation and Back to School. He also returned briefly as Johnny for The Karate Kid Part II. Keep watching the video to see how the cast of the Karate Kid is unrecognizable today!

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Ralph Macchio | 0:13
William Zabka | 1:17
Elisabeth Shue | 2:11
Randee Heller | 2:57
Martin Kove | 3:33
Ron Thomas | 4:11