So how old is Ralph Macchio (a.k.a Daniel LaRusso) and who is he married to? Well, it's been more than three decades since Ralph Macchio first embodied the Karate Kid, and, as of this writing, he's 59 years old. As it turns out, he knew his wife long before he became a household name in the '80s. On an episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan in 2019, Macchio shared that he was around 15 years old when he met future wife Phyllis Macchio (née Fierro). They were introduced at his grandmother's house during his cousin's Sweet 16. The pair wed in 1987, three years after The Karate Kid premiered, but they knew it was destiny from the start.
"From the earliest days as teenagers, we've just believed that this was meant to be," Macchio told Men's Journal. "Even at the toughest times, that is what we believe: that we are meant to be together. I don't think we are just saying that to get through — I think it's the truth." He added, "my wife and two children [Julia and Daniel Macchio] — they provide the support, the love, the unconditional everything."
Although Ralph Macchio honored his wife with a performance on Dancing with the Stars in 2011, that's seemingly the closest she's come to fame. Phyllis studied at SUNY's Stony Brook School of Medicine and became a nurse practitioner. It sounds like a trophy-winning love story!
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