Wife Elizabeth received HIV-tainted blood in a 1981 transfusion and unwittingly passed it on to their two children. Elizabeth became a fervent AIDS activist and spoke on AIDS at the 1992 Democratic convention. Daughter, Ariel, died at age 7 of AIDS in 1988. Son, Jake, is HIV-positive.
He and wife, Tracy Barone, have a daughter, Zoe, born in October 1997. Attended Boston University School for the Arts. Son of a Boston architect. Member of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. The famous Starsky and Hutch "striped tomato" Ford Gran Torino appears briefly in an episode of The Agency, directed by Glaser. Wife Elizabeth is the founder of the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Was roommates with Andy Summers of rock group The Police. Met first wife Elizabeth in June, 1975, while driving down Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. They smiled at each other, then Paul motioned for Elizabeth to pull over, where he invited her out for Chinese food. Elizabeth moved in with Paul three months later in September, 1975. Was roommates in college with Bruce Paltrow. The writers and producers of "Starsky and Hutch" thought he was similar in type to the actor, Paul Muni. In fact they even wrote it into a show where Starsky's mother says he's "the Paul Muni type". Is a very close friend of director Michael Mann. They both met during the filming of a Starsky & Hutch episode, adapted from a Mann's screenplay, and they became friends. Later, Glaser directed several episodes of Mann's TV shows Miami Vice (including the emmy-award winning episode The Prodigal Son) and Robbery Homicide Division. Mann also served as a producer on Glaser's crime drama The Band of the Hand. Directed a PSA spot on AIDS awareness in 1989, starring a soon-to-leave-office President Ronald Reagan.