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Actor Ray Romano has long entertained the masses through shows like \u201cEverybody Loves Raymond\u201d and \u201cParenthood,\u201d but did you know his brother, Richard, is also a talented screenwriter?<\/p>\n
Richard Romano, in many ways, took a divergent path from his famed brother. A 20-year veteran of the New York Police Department, Romano became a cop because he wanted to make a positive impact in society.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to be a police officer and help people,\u201d he said during an interview with Pure Flix.<\/p>\n
And while Romano proudly served as a New York police officer, the harrowing experience taught him a lot along the way. There were some truly difficult lessons that deeply impacted him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was kind of like a naive kid \u2026 when I got in there, I was in for a shock in the sense that just seeing the sometimes dark side of humanity and the sadness and the pain of people,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was an adjustment for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eventually, Romano came to a place on his journey where he started to doubt his faith \u2014 a real-life story that serves as the basis of \u201cThe Investigator,\u201d\u00a0a movie he wrote<\/a>\u00a0about a veteran police detective who becomes a criminal justice teacher and baseball coach at a local high school before embarking on the \u201cmost important investigation of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch Romano discuss his faith crisis and the investigation he went on to prove Jesus\u2019 existence:<\/strong><\/p>\n