Jeremy Glazer is an American actor and voice artist. He is best known for his roles in the films '' Letters from Iwo Jima'', '' Save Me'', ''On the Ride'' and '' Rust Creek''. Glazer's performances include big-budget blockbusters and independent films, theatre, and television shows such as '' Modern Family'', ''

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'', '' The Good Fight'' and '' Animal Kingdom''.

Early life

Glazer was born and raised in Huntington Station, New York on

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, in a

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family alongside his older brother, Daniel Glazer, a former talent agent and now successful commercial

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in New York. During his childhood summers, he competed in many athletics at a sports camp in

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. He attended Walt Whitman High School, South Huntington and was elected President of his class from

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to senior year. He began performing in school theatre productions, competed in All-County Chorus, and played varsity tennis. His father, Roger Glazer, and mother, Evelyn Cohen, are retired high school health and physical education teachers. Glazer attended the

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, majoring in Mass Communications and minoring in Theatre. During his summer semesters off from college, Glazer lived in

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and interned in the entertainment industry for 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

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on television shows including '' The Trouble With Normal'', '' Spring Break Lawyer'' and '' Men, Women & Dogs''. Glazer later started acting.

Career

He appeared in the film '' Letters from Iwo Jima,'' which was directed by

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in 2006, and '' Save Me''. He co-produced and appeared in '' Good Dick'', which premiered at the

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in 2008. He has also appeared in ''Moonlight Serenade'' and '' When Do We Eat?'' playing a young Jack Klugman. Glazer has made many appearances on the television shows ''

'', '' Modern Family'', '' The Fosters'', '' CSI:NY'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''

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'', '' Devious Maids'', ''

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'', '' Beauty & the Beast'', '' Desperate Housewives'', '' In Plain Sight'', ''

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'', '' ER'' and ''

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''.. He won the LA Weekly Best Male Comedy Award for his leading role in ''Block Nine''. Theatre roles include playing both Dorian Gray and James Vane in '' A Picture of Dorian Gray'' at the Boston Court Theatre in Pasadena, CA, and ''You Can't Take It With You'' at The Antaeus Theatre. In 2019, Glazer stars in the movie ''Samir'' with

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, Michelle Lukes, and Peter Greene.

Personal life

In November 2006, Greg Hernandez wrote in his column, "Out in Hollywood" in ''

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'' that Glazer was actor Chad Allen's partner, both appearing in the film ''Save Me''. In October 2008, AfterElton.com noted that Allen was Glazer's boyfriend. 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. Jeremy Glazer and Chad Allen are no longer partners. They were together from 2005-2011.

Filmography

TV

Film

Video game

References

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