Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Adrian Zmed, Renowned Actor About Harvey’s guest: Today’s guest, Adrian Zmed, is an iconic and beloved actor, singer, TV personality, producer and director who is well remembered for his portrayal of “Officer Vince Romano” in the highly popular TV show, “T.J. Hooker”.
And of course, we all know and love him as the leader of the T-birds, “Johnny Nogerelli” in “Grease 2”, and as the hilarious “Jay O’Neill” in the hit movie “Bachelor Party” co-starring Tom Hanks. But Adrian Zmed has had a long and diverse career that goes well beyond those 2 memorable roles.
On the big screen, he appeared in “The Final Terror”, “Eyewitness to Murder”, “The Other Woman”, “Unconditional Love”, “The Drone Virus”, “The Craving Heart”, and many more great movies. And on TV, in addition to “T.J. Hooker”, he appeared in dozens of TV shows including “Starsky & Hutch”, “Goodtime Girls”, “Hotel”, “Murder She Wrote”, “Diagnosis Murder”, “Passions”, “Lady Dynamite”, “Larry The Cable Guy’s Christmas Spectacular” and many more shows, in addition to hosting “Dance Fever” for 2 seasons.
And on the stage, Adrian Zmed has had a very special and unique connection with the legendary record-breaking musical, “Grease”. He played “Danny Zuko” on Broadway and in national touring companies multiple times. He also starred on Broadway in “Falsettos” and “Blood Brothers”, and in the national touring company of “Chicago”. In 1992, he appeared Off-Broadway in the musical version of “Eating Raoul”, and he has starred in many other theatrical productions including “Same Time Next Year”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, “Jesus Christ Superstar”, “Godspell”, “La Cage Aux Folles”, “Children of Eden”, “The Ark”, and “Surf: the Musical”.
Adrian Zmed is also a recording artist. His voice is featured on the soundtracks and cast albums for the movies and shows he’s been in. And in 1984 he released his own self-titled solo album. And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest also teaches master classes in film technique and gives musical theatre workshops in Los Angeles and New York.
Harvey Brownstone is a retired judge of the Ontario Court of Justice and was the first openly gay judge in Canada. He is also the bestselling author of “Tug of War: A Judge’s Verdict on Separation, Custody Battles and the Bitter Realities of Family Court” and hosted “Family Matters with Justice Harvey Brownstone,” a television talk show on matters involving the family justice system.
After a distinguished legal career, Harvey was appointed a judge at the age of 38 in 1995. He has presided in family and criminal courts. He has been a trailblazer in several ways. He was the first openly gay judge in Canada. He was the first sitting judge in the world to write a national best seller and to host a TV talk show.
Harvey has been a role model and icon in the LGBTQ community. When same-sex marriage was legalized in Canada in 2003, he was the only judge to make himself publicly available to officiate at weddings for lesbian and gay couples travelling to Toronto from all over the world to get married. In 2007, he officiated at the wedding of Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, the American couple whose marriage triggered the 2013 United States Supreme Court decision overturning the definition of “spouse” in the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
In February 2021, Harvey launched his online talk show “Harvey Brownstone Interviews” on his own YouTube channel. He saw this as an interesting hobby. Within several months, the show attracted hundreds of thousands – and then eventually, millions – of viewers. Because of the overwhelming success of the show, Harvey decided to retire from the judiciary on December 31, 2021 after having presided as a full-time judge for 26 1/2 years. Free from the constraints imposed upon judges regarding the expression of opinions and the endorsement of private enterprise, Harvey now happily devotes his full-time attention to hosting “Harvey Brownstone Interviews” as a regular member of the public – albeit one with a rather illustrious and unique career history.
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