Adrian Zmed
Birthday: Born in 1954-03-04 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Deathday: Alive
Adrian Zmed was born in Chicago on March 14, 1954, the son of George Zmed, a Romanian Orthodox priest, and his wife, Persida. He is an actor, known for T.J. Hooker (1982), Bachelor Party (1984) and Grease 2 (1982). He has been married to Lyssa Lynne since October 5, 2012. He was previously married to Barbara Fitzner and Susan Wood. Zmed graduated from Lane Tech High School in Chicago. He began playing football as halfback for the Lane Tech High School team until he broke a bone in his leg, which in turn punctured a major artery, while playing.He quit sports and began acting, appearing in his high school's production of Guys and Dolls. After being featured on a local TV show as one of Chicago's top high school performers, Zmed transferred to the Goodman School of Drama and began studying voice at the Chicago Conservatory of Music. He graduated with a BFA from the famed Goodman School of Drama. His first major acting gig was the role of the male lead, Danny Zuko, in the national touring company production of Grease. He later appeared in the Broadway stage musical three times, twice in the role of Zuko. In the original Broadway production of Grease, he starred with Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie in the 1978 motion picture Grease. At 40, Zmed revived the role of Danny Zuko during the show's revival in 1995.
TV Credits
Murder, She Wrote
Character: Bert Firman
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases....
T. J. Hooker
Character: Officer Vince Romano
Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recuits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals....
Starsky & Hutch
Character: Marty Decker
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City....
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
Character: Self
A much cherished annual tradition since 1972, the show includes special musical performances, reports on New Year’s celebrations from around the globe and the traditional countdown to midnight along with the iconic Times Square ball drop....
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aire...
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Edgar Kraft
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents....
Bosom Buddies
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Kip and Henry, two young studs working for a New York ad agency, must disguise themselves as women to live in the one apartment they can afford....
Empty Nest
Character: Gary
Widowed pediatrician Harry Weston is a miracle worker when it comes to dealing with his young patients, but he's more challenged by the other people surrounding him: daughters Barbara and Carol; his wisecracking office assistant, nurse LaVerne Todd; and obnoxious neighborhood mooch Charley Dietz. Thank goodness he always finds a friendly shoulder (and a warm, wet tongue) in Dreyfuss, his enormous dog....
Hotel
Character:
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal ...
Angie
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Angie is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast by the ABC network from February of 1979 to October of 1980....
The Steve Harvey Show
Character: Derrick Love
Down on his luck and out of money, former R&B star Steve Hightower lands a music teacher gig at an inner-city Chicago school. Showing who's in charge with his unorthodox approach, Steve discovers a new groove at Washington High School....
Goodtime Girls
Character: Frankie Millardo
Goodtime Girls is an American situation comedy which ran on ABC from January 22, 1980 until August 29, 1980. It was created by Leonora Thuna, and produced by Thomas L. Miller, Edward K. Milkis and Robert L. Boyett, in association with Garry Marshall's Henderson Productions and Paramount Television. It is a period piece comedy set during World War II, which was the producers' 1940s answer to their top 1950s-themed hits Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley....
Diagnosis: Murder
Character: Adrian Zmed
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders....
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Character: Self
Compelling, surprising and downright spooky — celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal in each one-hour special. From encounters with ghosts and angry spirits to haunted homes, unexplainable spells and magic, these descriptive, first person narratives from our favorite stars delivers a brand new way of experiencing the thrills and chills of the addictive world of the paranormal....
Caroline in the City
Character: Jonathan
Caroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran on the NBC television network. It stars Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy, who lives in Manhattan in New York City. The series premiered on September 21, 1995 in the "Must See TV" Thursday night block after Seinfeld. The show ran for 97 episodes over four seasons, before it was cancelled; its final episode was broadcast on April 26, 1999....
Movie Credits
The Final Terror
Character: Cerone
A group of friends head out for what is expected to be a vacation of hiking, camping and a good time, but when a backwoods mama finds them on her turf, it becomes anything but a vacation....
Sex Sells: The Making of 'Touché'
Character: Lance Long
A world record orgy, wild sex scenes, ninjas... just a typical day at the office when you happen to work on a porn set. Director Chuck Steak is making his last film and wants to go out with a bang. With the help of veteran actress Roxy Free and the outrageously endowed Lance Long, they concoct the biggest and most absurdly complicated porn film ever made. But along the way, everything that can possibly go wrong does go wrong. Tempers flare, secrets are revealed and a hidden past is exposed, as a...
Grease 2
Character: Johnny Nogerelli
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?...
Bachelor Party
Character: Jay O'Neill
On the eve of his wedding to his longtime girlfriend, unassuming nice guy Rick is dragged out for a night of debauchery by his friends....
The Other Woman
Character: Greg Mathews
A ambitious reporter investigating a murder case becomes intrigued with a mysterious woman whom she suspects is having an affair with her husband....
For the Love of It
Character: Fernando Forsalito
An entrepreneur discovers a Russian plan for taking over the Middle East. He wants to use it to create a new video game but the KGB, the CIA and the FBI have different ideas....
Running from the Shadows
Character: Sasch
After living a life of abuse, and being mistreated by one man after another, a young woman named Jennifer Waylon runs from her past to begin anew. She ultimately meets, and falls in love with Sasch, a man who treats her with respect and dignity. However, she realizes that she must return to face the mistakes of her past....
Naked Movie
Character: Self
When director Sam Henry Kass gets little help from his agent in procuring funding for his flick, he turns to a porn king for bucks. Soon, however, Kass is relegated to directing adult videos, and the porn mogul has wrested control....
Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story
Character: Fred Feliciano
Before stalking was a well-known crime in North America, there was Theresa Saldana's story. A drifter from the U.K., Arthur Jackson, flies to the U.S. to seek Saldana out. His twisted mission: Jackson planned to murder Saldana, then request the death sentence for himself so he "could join her in paradise." The psychopathic Jackson confronts Saldana on the street in front of her home and stabs her violently several times. No one comes to Theresa's aid except water deliveryman Jeff Fenn, who overp...
Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister
Character: Smitty
Jamie Marshall (Kelly McGillis) is a "storm chaser" who, having lost her husband in a crash after his plane was struck by lightning, recklessly throws herself into her work. Sent by her boss to Colorado to investigate the cause of a devastating tornado, she meets Will Stanton (Wolf Larson), Field Coordinator for FEMA. One night, while working closely together examining the wreckage of the recent storm, Jamie and Will experience a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon - a ball of lightning falling from t...
Improper Conduct
Character: Doug
A woman seeks her own brand of justice when her sister's sexual harassment case is smothered by acts of foul play....
The Drone Virus
Character: Frank Schmidt
The unthinkable strikes when the advanced MRI scanner within a hospital forces Dr. Colleen O'Brian to choose between her superiors and a desperate father who has lost a child to the scanner before the it claims its next victim....
Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
Character: Adrian Zmed
The new installment of the Sharknado franchise takes place 5 years after Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! There have been no Sharknados in the intervening years, but now they’re appearing again in unexpected ways....
Eyewitness to Murder
Character: Tyler
A beautiful artist stumbles onto a murder just as the killer is leaving. After he levels a brutal blow to her head, she wakes up blind, and the only witness to the murder. Now in the frightening darkness, she must find her way through a dangerous world where killers stalk the innocent and cops are scarce. Two overworked, angry detectives are assigned to hunt down the killer, and to keep the witness safe....
Rickles... On the Loose
Character: Self
Special featuring Don Rickles in his live comedy act at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, mixed with footage of Rickles "on the loose" across the state of California....
Middletown
Character: Tom Hogan
Through the highs, the lows, and everything in-between, Middletown is the ride of your life. Follow the story of two couples — Peg and Tom, and Dotty and Don — as they endure the roller coaster of life together in this exhilarating and universal depiction of love, life and friendship....