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Paul Michael Glaser Biography

Birth Name:
Paul Manfred Glaser
Birth Place:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Actor, director

Fast Facts

  • First appeared on stage at the age of 14, in Amahl and the Night Visitors
  • Was roommates with Bruce Paltrow in college
  • Studied acting in London for a time
  • Made his Broadway debut in The Man in the Glass Booth opposite Donald Pleasance in 1969
  • Has written poetry and novels, and tours in support of his books
  • His first wife founded the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation after she learned she had contracted HIV from a blood transfusion during childbirth; she unknowingly passed the virus on to her daughter, Ariel, and son, Jake
  • Ariel died at the age of 7
  • Is an avid photographer

Relationships