Paul Michael Glaser Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended a private school in Cambridge, Mass․, transferring to the Cambridge School of Weston, and then graduating from Tulane University with a master's degree in English and theater
• Attended Boston University School for the Arts
• After his success on "Starsky and Hutch," decided to work behind the camera, and directed several action films and episodes of well-known TV series including "Miami Vice" and "Judging Amy․"
• Best known for his playing Detective David Starsky on the 1970s series "Starsky and Hutch․"
• His first feature film was playing Perchik in the musical "Fiddler on the Roof․"
• Close friends with director Michael Mann
• Is an avid photographer, poet and author
• Rumored to have been roommates with Andy Summers of the '80s rock group The Police
• Served as chairman of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, founded after his wife who passed away from complications from AIDS