Also in 1986, Macchio starred in Cuba and His Teddy Bear on Broadway, alongside Robert DeNiro. Macchio appeared in the 1986 film Crossroads, portraying music student Eugene Martone. Macchio's work in the Karate Kid series made him "stratospherically famous". In The Karate Kid, Macchio portrayed a "high school weakling turned bullybuster" who learns karate from his friend and mentor, Mr. It was this role that led him to be cast as Daniel LaRusso in the blockbuster 1984 film The Karate Kid and two of its sequels, The Karate Kid Part II and The Karate Kid Part III. After Eight is Enough ended, he won the role of Johnny Cade in the 1983 film The Outsiders. He was then cast as Jeremy Andretti in the television series Eight Is Enough. Macchio began tap dancing lessons at the age of three and was discovered by a talent agent when he was 16 years old. In 1979, Macchio graduated from Half Hollow Hills Central School District in New York. In a 1980 screen test, Macchio said his family is from Naples. His father is of half Italian and half Greek descent, and his mother is of Italian ancestry. He is the son of Rosalie (née DeSantis) and Ralph George Macchio, who owned a ranch. Macchio was born in Huntington, New York.
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