Adrian zmed biography filmography tom

Adrian Zmed is unique in that most actors traditionally change unusual or ethnic names.

"When I was born, my father, only two years removed from his native Romania, changed the family name to Smith," he says.

"When I graduated from the Goodman School of Drama, I changed it back to Zmed.

Adrian zmed biography filmography tom

Somehow I'm not a Smith. Besides, Adrian Zmed looks great on a marquee."

Zmed played officer Vince Romano in "T.J. Hooker," the hour-long contemporary action-adventure police drama series, now in its second season. It is produced by Spelling/Goldberg Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television.

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Zmed was born March 14 in Chicago, Illinois, where his father is now a retired Romanian Orthodox priest. He learned to love singing and dancing at his father's church where they were always doing folk dances.

When he entered high school, his main ambition was a career in professional football.

That ended one day when he took a handoff from the quarterback and his body went one