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Ralph Macchio

Ralph Macchio

4 films · 243 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19832025

Born 4 November 1961 · Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA

Ralph George Macchio is an American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, producer, director and author. He is best known for his roles as Daniel LaRusso in the Karate Kid series, Billy Gambini in My Cousin Vinny, and Johnny Cade in The Outsiders. He is also known to American television audiences for his season five recurring role as Jeremy Andretti on the comedy-drama Eight Is Enough. He competed on the twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars.

How their films are shot

Measured across 243 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ralph takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 49% of their frames are day, 58% natural — the look of the work Ralph takes.

Time of day

Day49%
Night31%
Golden hour9%
Interior6%

Lighting

Natural58%
Low key28%
High key12%

Shot size

Medium59%
Wide15%
Fullbody12%
Closeup11%

Camera angle

Eye level87%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral63%
Tense17%
Lonely7%
Nostalgic4%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 243 frames from Ralph Macchio's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.