Paul Michael Glaser and went to Tulane University, where he was roommates with film director Bruce Paltrow, and earned a Master's degree in English and theater in 1966. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. He earned a second master's degree from Boston University in acting and directing in 1967. After appearing in several Broadway productions, Glaser appeared in his first feature film in 1971, playing Perchik in the film version of "Fiddler on the Roof". After having appeared as an extra on NBC's "The Doctors", he was cast in the contract role of Dr. Peter Chernak on the daytime
Milton Glaser magazine. Through the magazine, Glaser reinvented service journalism. The magazine was about being on the reader's side, "it was about what was happening in New York city at the time." One example of this is "The Underground Gourmet." It was about cheap restaurants in New York. Glaser wrote the article for seven years with Jerome Snyder. It was one of the most popular columns in the magazine. The New York magazine, "became the model for the city magazines, and stimulated a host of imitations." Glaser left the magazine in 1977. In 2004, Glaser won a National Design Award Lifetime Achievement