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Adrian Zmed made his debut on Broadway, appearing in the emblematic role of Danny Zuko in the scenic version ofFat. A few years later, he returned to the time fast cars and leather jackets with a role in the followingFat 2, but he found his most sustainable success on television, playing the Recruit Policeman Vince Romano oppositeWilliam Shatner Holder sergeant for five seasons onABCT.J. Hooker.

If Zmed has never found any success too obviously, he maintained his career in Hollywood during the nearly four decades that followed the end of this show - and recently took his work in a new surprising direction. Continue to read to learn what he is doing now, at 68 years old.

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Just before landing the role onT.J. Hooker, Zmed made his cinema debut in the musical bomb that has become a favorite cultFat 2, next toMichelle Pfeiffer andMaxwell Caulfield. Between the seasons of the series, he also turned a role at the startTom Hanks vehicleBaccalaureate group. Then, in the decades which followed T.J. Hooker finished in 1985, he recorded a dozen roles of additional films, mainly in low -budget and direct video productions with titles likeThe drone virus,,Shira: Vampires Samurai, andMisbehavior.

Zmed seems to have a sense of humor on his star character and his curriculum vitae. One of his most recent cinema roles was an appearance of Camée - like himself - in theHorror action at IVRAGE,Sharknado 4.

Zmed was more successful on the small screen. From 1985 to 1987, he hosted 60 episodes of the enhanced musical varieties showDancing fever, on which he had already appeared as a judge, taking over for the original hostTERRIO DENEY.

"They were in a frenzy to find someone who couldDance in Hollywood And host it, and there were not many people who could [do it], "Zmed said in an interview in 2021 with the YouTube Show the Locher Room."T.J. Hooker] was canceled, literally, and ... the week they heard that it had been canceled, and my heart was broken that it was canceled, I literally received the offer from [producer]Merv Griffin. And I said, "Oh my God, can I organize a show and dance in Hollywood? I don't have to go to Broadway to do it? OK I will do it.'"

While he was happy to obtain the concert, the timing was unfortunate: although he took theDancing fever work only afterT.J. Hooker Was canceled, the series was briefly relaunched to film 10 additional episodes to fill in a syndication package, and ZMED was contractually forbidden to return because of the new concert. This gave many fans the wrong impression he leftT.J. Hooker forDancing fever, he said to the Locher room.

Job-Dancing fever, Zmed remained a familiar presence on the small screen, generally as a guest star, appearing in episodes ofThe love boat;Empty nest;The murder she wrote;Silk hunt;Diagnosis: murder; andCaroline in the city. More recently, he played again in an episode of Netflix comedyLady Dynamite.

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Zmed also had a long career on stage. As mentioned above, he played Danny inFat In Broadway, both in the original race of the show and the Renaissance of 1994. He later returned to the emblematic musical in a plusRecent regional production, this time as the adolescent angel. He also appeared on Broadway inFalsettos andBlood brothers.

The actor has also played in a number of Off-Brroadway and Touring productions, in particularThe ark (like Noah), an adaptation on stage of black comedyEat Raoul, and more recently,Middletown, about two couples who meet each week for dinner during the decades, a performance of which wasbroadcast online last November.

When he does not act, Zmed took care of other efforts, including the exploitation of a company focused onReserve celebrity appearances During casino events, according to his LinkedIn page. But in recent years, he focused on the work he finds personally significant - namely, raising awareness of a disturbing question that has an impact on the Aboriginal American community today.

"I am at one point in my life where ... if I will do something with television or the film, I prefer to be behind the camera ... and I also want to do something that means something at this time Hey my life, "said Zmed in his YouTube interview.

The actor, who said that he had a "passion for the American lifestyle" since his adolescence, learned the thousands of cases of missing and assassinationAboriginal American women In the United States, which has become largely uninformed and unnoticed by the dominant current. Deeply moved, he joined an Amerindian production company to produceWomen have erased, a documentary television series that seeks to raise awareness of these tragedies and to "give voice" to some of these women. The series is currently in production.

Zmed married his school girlfriend,Barbara Fitzner, in 1978, and the couple had two sons,Zachary Aidan andDylan (Which would continue to train the group The Janks, as well as the tribute group to Everly Brothers, The Bird Dog), before divorcing. The actor later married the stage actressSusan Wood In 1995, although this relationship also ended with divorce.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Since 2012, Zmed has been married to Las Vegas ArtistLyssa Lynne Baker, who hemet in 2005. Singer and dancer, Baker appears the groupMr. $ Mrs Smith, played withMeatloaf In his vegas show "Rocklls and Cocktails", and is currently part ofBat: experience, a tribute group celebrating the late musician led by American Idol WinnerCaleb Johnson.