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Ralph Macchio
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Ralph began performing in local musical productions as a teenager, and at 16, he began working in TV commercials; before he had even graduated from high school he had appeared in the adolescent comedy "Up the Academy" (1980). He did not appear in another film until working in Francis Ford Coppola's epic of teenage rivalry "The Outsiders" (1983). Between those first two films, Macchio played on the TV comedy/drama "Eight Is Enough" as Jeremy Andretti from 1980 to 1981. He made his Broadway debut starring with Robert DeNiro in a sold-out engagement of "Cuba and his Teddy Bear." He recently finished traveling in the production of "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying."
Film credits: Up the Academy; The Outsiders; The Karate Kid; Teachers; Crossroads; The Karate Kid, Part II; Distant Thunder; The Karate Kid, Part III; Too Much Sun; My Cousin Vinny; Naked in New York; Dizzyland; Secret of NIMH II; Animals of Farthing Wood; Can't Be Heaven.
TV series: "Eight is Enough."
Television movies: "Dangerous Company,""The Three Wishes of Billy Grier," "The Last POW?: The Bobby Garwood Story."
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