Thomas Ian Griffith (born March 18, 1962) is an American actor who has starred in film and on television.
Thomas Ian Griffith was born in Hartford, Connecticut. His father was a college professor, his mother was a dance teacher. Griffith trained as an opera singer in New York City with Metropolitan Opera star Delia Rigal. He attended Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts (majoring in English literature and music.) While still in school, he was cast in the Broadway show "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas". He continued to work on Broadway and in regional theater until moving to Los Angeles to star in his first feature film, Karate Kid, Part III, The (1989). Griffith also works as a screenwriter, with four produced feature films to his credit. He is married to actress Mary Page Keller and they have two sons.
