Paul Michael Glaser
Paul Michael Glaser (born March 25, 1943 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) is an American actor and director . He gained fame through the crime series Starsky & Hutch , in which he played David Michael "Starsky".
Life
Paul Glaser began his career in the early 1970s. Above all, he had guest roles in various television series until he took over the first-mentioned leading role in the US crime series Starsky & Hutch . He played this role for four years.
In 1987 Glaser directed the film Running Man , based on Stephen King's bestselling manhunt . He has directed five episodes of Starsky & Hutch , as well as several episodes of the television series Miami Vice , then in Las Vegas in the 2000s .
Glaser appears repeatedly in smaller roles and directs some episodes of television series or films.
Private
In 1980 Paul Glaser married Elizabeth Meyer, who was infected with HIV during a blood transfusion in 1981 while giving birth to their daughter Ariel . Since the disease initially went unnoticed, it also infected her daughter and their son Jake, who was born three years later. The HIV infection was only discovered when daughter Ariel developed AIDS at the age of four and died in 1988. Due to the loss of her daughter and her experiences in the fight against the disease, his wife and two friends founded the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Elisabeth Glaser died in 1994.
His son Jake Glaser lives with the disease to this day, including a mutation in the CCR5 gene inherited from his father helping to delay the onset of the disease. Jake has carried on his mother's legacy and works for the foundation she founded.
From 1996 to 2007 Paul Glaser was married to the film producer Tracy Barone. He has a daughter with her.
Filmography
- actor
- 1971: Anatevka
- 1972: The Streets of San Francisco ( The Streets of San Francisco , television series, episode 1x12)
- 1972: Butterflies Are Free (Butterflies Are Free)
- 1972: Cannon (TV series, episode 2x13)
- 1973: The Waltons ( The Waltons , TV series, episode 2x13)
- 1974: Kojak - deployment in Manhattan ( Kojak , TV series, episode 1x19)
- 1974: Detective Rockford - a call is enough ( The Rockford Files , TV series, episode 1x08)
- 1975–1979: Starsky & Hutch (TV series, 89 episodes)
- 1976: The Great Houdini (The Great Houdini)
- 1980: Phobia
- 2003: Something's Gotta Give (Something's Gotta Give)
- 2004: Third Watch - Operation at the Limit ( Third Watch , TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2004: Starsky & Hutch
- 2008: The Closer (TV series, episode 4x02)
- 2008: Criminal Minds (TV series, episode 4x08)
- 2008: Numbers - The Logic of Crime ( NUMB3RS , TV series, episode 5x09)
- 2009: The Mentalist (TV series, episode 2x02)
- 2013–2019: Ray Donovan (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2019: Grace and Frankie (TV series, 2 episodes)
- Director
- 1977–1979: Starsky & Hutch (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 1984–1985: Miami Vice (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1987: Incredible Stories ( Amazing Stories , TV series, 1 episode)
- 1987: Running Man
- 1992: Love and Ice (The Cutting Edge)
- 1994: The Air Up There
- 1996: Kazaam - The Spirit from the Bottle (Kazaam)
- 2001/2003: Judging Amy ( Judging Amy , television series, 2 episodes)
- 2002: The Agency - In the crosshairs of the CIA ( The Agency , TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2004–2005: Third Watch - Operation at the Limit ( Third Watch , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2005–2008: Las Vegas (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2008: Criminal Minds (TV series, 1 episode)
Web links
- Paul Michael Glaser in theInternet Movie Database(English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glaser, Paul Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge , Massachusetts , United States |