Tony O'Dell

Tony O'Dell was born Anthony Dell'Aquila in Pasadena, California, California, and grew up in Altadena, California. He graduated from St. Francis High School. His first television appearance was in the 1978 Halloween episode of the NBC television series CHiPs, titled "Trick or Trick". He later appeared in the short-lived 1985 CBS science fiction series Otherworld, as Trace Sterling. One of his longest-running roles was that of high school student Alan Pinkard in the ABC sitcom Head of the Class (1986–91). He later appeared in Suddenly Susan, George Lopez, and K.C. Undercover.

In 1984, he portrayed Cobra Kai member Jimmy in the first two films of The Karate Kid, and appeared in the 2007 music video for the song "Sweep the Leg" by No More Kings as a caricature of himself and Jimmy from The Karate Kid. O'Dell reprised the role of Jimmy during the second season of the 2019 YouTube web series Cobra Kai.

References

1. ↑ Delmar, Carie J. (1988-04-20). "His clean cut character is not an act". Los Angeles Daily News. p. Z4. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
2. ↑ Frye, Cory (2018-03-10). "Of Being and Johnny Lawrence (Sweep the Leg)". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
3. ↑ Strauss, Chris (2014-10-09). "'Karate Kid' villain Billy Zabka is still best friends with the Cobra Kais". USA Today. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
4. ↑ Topel, Fred (2019-04-27). "'Cobra Kai' Season 2: About That 'Karate Kid' Reunion in Episode 6…". /Film. Retrieved 2019-10-21.