Michael Sacks

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

12

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-09-11 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, U.S.

Michael Sacks

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Michael Sacks (born September 11, 1948) is an American actor and tech executive who played the role of Billy Pilgrim in George Roy Hill's Slaughterhouse Five, an adaptation from the novel by Kurt Vonnegut.

Sacks also appeared in Steven Spielberg's The Sugarland Express, as the kidnapped highway patrolman; The Amityville Horror, as James Brolin's character's friend and coworker; and Hanover Street, with Harrison Ford. On Broadway, he was the bewildered Viet Nam vet "Mark" in Kennedy's Children by Robert Patrick. He apparently retired from the entertainment industry in 1984; his last role was in the made for TV film Why Me?, with Annie Potts.

After spending time working in technology positions on Wall Street, Sacks in 2004 joined the online bond trading company, MarketAxess, as head of global applications development. He was employed by Morgan Stanley from 1994 to 2004, as executive director, global head of bond technology for the fixed income division. Other assignments at MS included chief operating officer for fixed income technology and global head of technology for the foreign exchange division. Prior to Morgan Stanley he held positions at Salomon Brothers, Inc. and IBM Research Division.

Mr. Sacks has an A.B. in Social Relations from Harvard College and a M.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University.

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Known For

The Amityville Horror
6.3%

The Amityville Horror

Jul 27, 1979

The Sugarland Express
6.6%

The Sugarland Express

Mar 31, 1974

Slaughterhouse-Five
6.5%

Slaughterhouse-Five

Mar 15, 1972

Hanover Street
5.6%

Hanover Street

May 18, 1979

Split Image
6.1%

Split Image

Oct 3, 1982

Why Me?
5.4%

Why Me?

Mar 12, 1984

The Great Niagara
6.0%

The Great Niagara

Sep 24, 1974

The House of God
1.5%

The House of God

Jan 1, 1984

Carola
6.0%

Carola

Feb 6, 1973

Bunco
0.0%

Bunco

Jan 1, 1977

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Acting

1984
Why Me? as Dr. Harry Jarrick
1984
The House of God as Wayne Potts
1983
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land as Pete
1982
Split Image as Gabriel
1979
The Amityville Horror as Jeff
1979
Hanover Street as 2nd Lieut. Martin Hyer
1977
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover as Melvin Purvis
1977
Bunco as Dixon
1974
The Great Niagara as Lonnie Grant
1974
The Sugarland Express as Slide
1973
Carola as Henri Marceau
1972
Slaughterhouse-Five as Billy Pilgrim
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