Paul Michael Glaser

Paul Michael Glaser is an American actor, director and writer. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up in Brookline and Newton. He began acting on Love Is a Many Splendored Thing and then appeared in The Waltons, The Streets of San Francisco and Kojak. He became known for playing Detective Dave Starsky in Starsky & Hutch, and he also wrote and directed episodes of that series. He later directed for Miami Vice, Judging Amy and Las Vegas. His film debut was in Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and he acted in Something's Gotta Give (2003) and made a cameo in the 2004 Starsky & Hutch film. He directed The Running Man and The Cutting Edge. On television, he played Captain Jack Steeper on Third Watch from 2004 to 2005 and appeared as Alan in Ray Donovan between 2013 and 2019. He also took small parts in Criminal Minds and The Mentalist, and his first U.S. art exhibition was in 2018.