Adrian Zmed
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| Adrian Zmed | |
 Zmed in October 2008 |
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| Born | Adrian George Zmed March 4, 1954 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Wood |
Adrian Zmed (born March 4, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Romanian-American television and film actor. Zmed's roles include "Johnny Nogerelli" in Grease 2, and "Officer Vince Romano" in the T.J. Hooker television series.
[edit] Career
Zmed has appeared in Grease three times: twice as Danny Zuko, first during the original Broadway run in the 1970s and again during the show's revival in 1995; he also appeared in 1982's Grease 2 as "Johnny Nogerelli", the new leader of the "T-Birds". In the original Broadway production of Grease (musical)|Grease, he starred with Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie in the 1978 motion picture Grease.
Adrian Zmed made his television debut as "Socks Palermo" in the 1979 series Flatbush. In 1980, he appeared on another television series, The Goodtime Girls, playing "Frankie Millardo". This was followed by a guest appearance in 1982's An Evening at the Improv. He was also in 1983's The Final Terror as "Gerone"; the film bombed at the box office. His next film fared better: Zmed played "Jay O'Neill" in 1984's Bachelor Party, with Tom Hanks.
Zmed continued to appear on television as the host of Dance Fever. He reached celebrity status playing "Officer Romano" in T.J. Hooker, a television series based on the life of a real Los Angeles cop of the same name. He appeared on the show until 1985. Meanwhile, Zmed played "Fred Feliciano" in the TV movie Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984) and made guest appearances on a number of television shows throughout the 80s and 90s, including Hotel, Empty Nest, Murder, She Wrote, and Caroline in the City. He provided the voiceover for "Toth" in the 2002 video game, Star Wars Jedi Starfighter. In 2006, he filmed a 30-second PSA on chained dogs for humane non-profit Dogs Deserve Better.
Adrian Zmed returned to stage work in the 1990s. He headlined the musical Children of Eden at the Paper Mill Playhouse, and starred in three shows on Broadway: Falsettos, Blood Brothers, and Grease. He most recently appeared as Noah in the musical The Ark, in New York City, and in the 2006 Stan Harrington film, The Craving Heart.
Zmed is under contract until April 2009 with Princess Cruise Lines to perform "Adrian Zmed, In Concert..." aboard the Coral Princess and the Island Princess. The show debuted June 25, 2008 on the Coral Princess "Voyage of the Glaciers" sailing from Vancouver, Canada, north to Alaska in the Universe Lounge.
Zmed has appeared as himself on VH1's I Love the 80s, and Saturday Night Live. He can currently be seen as Basil (the "floating head") on the NBC soap opera Passions and is on VH1's Confessions of a Teen Idol, a reality show in which former teen idols attempt to revitalize their entertainment careers.[1]
