Paul Xavier Gleason was born on May 4, 1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Before Paul Gleason was an actor, he worked with his father in construction. He came much into contact with asbestos, which would later become his undoing. Triggers that Gleason wanted was acting, "Splendor in the Grass". The drama of Elia Kazan, he had seen in 1961 in the cinema. He applied to study with Lee Strasberg. In 1965, Gleason then became the first small roles. On 27/05/2006 Paul Gleason died due to asbestos poisoning of mesothelioma. Paul Gleason leaves a wife and two children.