Jeremy Glazer

Jeremy Glazer (born November 1, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Letters From Iwo Jima and Save Me. Glazer has balanced his performances in big-budget blockbusters and independent films, theatre and with guest appearances on such television shows as CSI:NY, Desperate Housewives, Castle and In Plain Sight.

Early life

Glazer was born and raised in Huntington Station, New York on Long Island,^[1] in a Jewish family alongside his older brother, Daniel Glazer, a former talent agent and now successful commercial real estate broker in New York. During his childhood summers he competed in many athletics at a sports camp in West Virginia. He attended Walt Whitman High School, South Huntington and was elected President of his class from sophomore to senior year, began performing in school theatre productions, competed in All County Chorus and played varsity tennis. His father, Roger Glazer and mother, Evelyn Cohen, are both retired health and physical education high school teachers.

Glazer attended the University of Delaware, majoring in Mass Communications and minoring in Theatre. During his summer semesters off from college, Glazer lived in Los Angeles to intern in the entertainment industry to see where in entertainment his feet would land. After learning the industry from interning at reputable talent agencies and production companies, he graduated from college with a bachelor's degree and moved to Los Angeles. He first worked as a production assistant at Paramount Pictures on such television shows as The Trouble With Normal, Spring Break Lawyer and Men, Women & Dogs. Glazer then jumped into acting.

Career

He appeared in the film Letters from Iwo Jima which was directed by Clint Eastwood in 2006 and Save Me. He co-produced and appeared in Good Dick, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. He has also appeared in Moonlight Serenade and When Do We Eat? playing a young Jack Klugman.

Glazer has made guest appearances on the television shows CSI:NY, Castle, Desperate Housewives, In Plain Sight, Cold Case, Victorious, Numb3rs, Veronica Mars, ER, Angel.

He won the LA Weekly Best Male Comedy Award for his leading role in Block Nine.^[2] Other theatre roles include both Dorian Gray and James Vane in A Picture of Dorian Gray at the Boston Court Theatre in Los Angeles, The Sandstorm, 7 Redneck Cheerleaders and Anything with The Elephant Theatre Company.

Personal life

In November 2006, Greg Hernandez wrote in his column, "Out in Hollywood" in the The Los Angeles Daily News that Glazer was actor Chad Allen's partner, both appearing in the film Save Me.^[3] In October 2008, AfterElton.com noted that Allen was Glazer's boyfriend.^[4] In May 2009, photojournalist Bill Wilson wrote in the San Francisco Sentinel that when Allen accepted a GLAAD Media Award, he announced that he had met Glazer, his partner, exactly four years earlier.^[5]

Filmography

References

1. ↑ http://www.jeremyglazer.com/about.html
2. ↑
3. ↑ Hernandez, Greg (November 27, 2006). "Save Me by Chad Allen, Robert Gant and Judith Light makes Sundance". Out in Hollywood. The Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved October 6, 2011. 
4. ↑ Hartinger, Brent (October 19, 2008). "Gay Celebrity Boyfriends!". AfterElton.com. Retrieved November 29, 2008. 
5. ↑ Wilson, Bill (May 10, 2009). "On the Carpet at the GLAAD Media Awards – On Scene with Bill Wilson". San Francisco Sentinel. 

External links

• Jeremy Glazer at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.jeremyglazer.com/