Mike Barnes Archives

Cobra Kai: Sean Kanan’s Put Off Surgery to Dedicate Season 6 Return
There was no way "The Bad Boy of Karate" was missing the final season of showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg's Cobra Kai, especially after the hard work Sean Kanan put in for Mike Barnes' return and redemption following the events of The Karate Kid Part III (1989) When we find him in[...]
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Two of its breakout stars were Thomas Ian Griffith and Sean Kanan, who played villains, Terry Silver and Mike Barnes, respectively, who would carve out very successful careers in Hollywood ever since Season five of Cobra Kai would see the two reunite under unexpected circumstances with Terry's martial arts expansion throughout the Valley following his[...]
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The actor played karate's bad boy Mike Barnes in 1989's The Karate Kid Part III as Daniel LaRusso's (Ralph Macchio's) rival and tormentor, working with Cobra Kai's Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) Cobra Kai season five finds Barnes back into the fold, but perhaps not in the way you might expect Kanan spoke to Bleeding[...]
Cobra Kai S05: Ralph Macchio & William Zabka on Chozen, Barnes Returns
What we do know is that not only is Okumoto returning to help, but we also have another major return in Mike Barnes, played by Sean Kanan, who once tormented Daniel during the events of The Karate Kid Part III (1989) Macchio and Zabka spoke to Bleeding Cool about Chozen and Barnes' returns, with Macchio[...]
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As Terry Silver's (Griffith) prized pupil Mike Barnes, he terrorized Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) every step of the way during the events of the film until their final bout at the film's climax As the release draws closer, the streamer released new images, one included the 55-year-old actor in a black gi, which all but[...]
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Given the natural course of the narrative in The Karate Kid franchise, the next major character will make his triumphant return in Sean Kanan as Mike Barnes The actor confirmed his return on Twitter, showing off how well he's aged along with his peers in Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso) and William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence) in[...]
Cobra Kai: How Terry Silver Wreaks Havoc - Season Four Predictions
Here are my bold and some, not-so-bold predictions for season four of the Netflix series. Image: Screencap Mike Barnes Returns As much of a question mark as Griffith was in coming back despite having not a screen credit to him since 2007 prior to the announcement, it wouldn't be a stretch that his own Cobra Kai pupil in[...]