Ralph Macchio Net Worth, Age, Bio, Wife, and Movies

Macchio is an American actor and producer known for playing Daniel LaRusso in three Karate Kid films and in Cobra Kai. The Ralph Macchio net worth figure is about $4 million as of 2022.

Early Life and Bio

Ralph George Macchio Jr. was born in November of 1961 in Huntington, New York to parents Rosalie (née DeSantis) and Ralph Sr. His mother and father owned a few local laundromats and a wastewater disposal company.

Meanwhile, Macchio and his younger brother Steven are of both Italian and Greek descent. In fact, a 1980 screen test revealed that their family hails from the Italian city of Naples.

As far as education goes, Ralph graduated from Half Hollow Hills Central School District in NY.

Macchio was discovered by a talent agent when he was 16 years old. Then, he was cast as Jeremy Andretti in the television series Eight Is Enough.

Ralph Macchio Net Worth and Career

In 1983, Macchio landed the role of Johnny Cade in The Outsiders. This led to him being cast as Daniel LaRusso in the blockbuster film The Karate Kid and its two sequels. The trio of wildly popular flicks made Macchio an international movie star.

Macchio’s next roles came in films like Crossroads and My Cousin Vinny. He also co-starred in Cuba and His Teddy Bear on Broadway, alongside legendary actor Robert DeNiro.

Recently, Macchio reprised the role of Daniel LaRusso in the action comedy-drama Netflix series, Cobra Kai. According to Celebrity Net Worth, the actor was reeling in $100 thousand per episode during the first two seasons.

His notable television appearances came in Entourage, Ugly Betty, Psych, Dancing with the Stars, How I Met Your Mother, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and of course, Cobra Kai.

Lastly, Macchio has performed in several stage productions such as How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and A Room of My Own.

Ralph Macchio Instagram and Twitter

Currently, the actor possesses about 2 million Instagram followers. To go along with that, Macchio has another 340 thousand followers on his Twitter account as of June 2022.

Personal Life

Interestingly, Macchio was introduced to his current wife, Phyllis Fierro, by his grandmother when he was just 15 years old. They married about 11 years later and have been together ever since. Together, they have two children, Julia (born 1992) and Daniel (born 1996).

In 2014, Macchio revealed that the yellow 1947 Ford convertible his character Daniel receives from Miyagi in the first Karate Kid film was sitting in his garage.

Lastly, the actor is an avid fan of the New York Islanders hockey team. In 1991, he was even featured as the team’s celebrity captain.