Ralph George Macchio, Jr. is an American actor best known for his roles as Daniel LaRusso in the Karate Kid series, Eugene Martone in Crossroads, Billy Gambini in My Cousin Vinny, and Johnny Cade in The Outsiders. He is also known to American television audiences for his recurring role as Jeremy Andretti in the fifth season of the television comedy-drama Eight Is Enough. He also appeared on the television comedy Ugly Betty in the recurring role of Archie, a local Queens politician. He competed on the twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars.
Macchio portrayed Nick Conforth in Psych S5E13 "We'd Like to Thank the Academy" and reprised this role in Psych: The Movie. He also played Logan Phelps in S8E3 "Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement".
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- In S3E13 "Any Given Friday Night at 10pm, 9pm Central", Shawn apologizes to Lassiter and Juliet when he and Gus freeze up around Sammy Winslow and says "That's what happens to us when we're in the presence of one of our heroes. Gus almost fainted when we ran into Ralph Macchio at a Del Taco." In the same episode, a headshot of Macchio as Daniel LaRusso can be seen at the laundromat.
