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Michael Sacks is a Actor American born on 11 september 1948 at New York City (USA)

Michael Sacks

Michael Sacks
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Nationality USA
Birth 11 september 1948 (75 years) at New York City (USA)

Michael Sacks (born September 11, 1948) is an American actor and technology industry executive who played the role of Billy Pilgrim in George Roy Hill's Slaughterhouse Five (1972), an adaptation from the novel by Kurt Vonnegut.

Sacks also appeared in Steven Spielberg's Sugarland Express (1974), as the kidnapped highway patrolman; The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977), as Melvin Purvis; The Amityville Horror (1979), as James Brolin's character's friend and coworker; Hanover Street (1979), with Harrison Ford; the thriller Split Image (1982); and the television disaster film Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983). On Broadway, he was the bewildered Vietnam vet "Mark" in Kennedy's Children by Robert Patrick. He apparently retired from the entertainment industry in 1984; his last role was in the black comedy film The House of God, with Tim Matheson.

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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Filmography of Michael Sacks (9 films)

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Actor

The House of God, 1h48
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Tim Matheson, Charles Haid, Michael Sacks, Bess Armstrong, Lisa Pelikan, George Coe
Roles Wayne Potts
Rating57% 2.856122.856122.856122.856122.85612
Le film relate le quotidien un groupe d'étudiants en médecine dans un hôpital universitaire aux États-Unis. L'histoire commence lorsque Jo, chef du groupe, sombre dans une dépression, et que les membres de ce groupe se retrouvent, dès lors, sous la coupe d'un autre interne, dénommé « The Fatman ».
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land, 1h45
Directed by Jerry Jameson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Lee Majors, Hal Linden, Lauren Hutton, Ray Milland, Gail Strickland, George DiCenzo
Roles Pete
Rating48% 2.4078052.4078052.4078052.4078052.407805
Starflight, the first hypersonic transport is being prepared for a media-covered inaugural flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, a planned two-hour flight. The passengers bring some of their problems on board: the pilot, Cody Briggs (Lee Majors), is unfaithful to his wife Janet (Tess Harper) and having an affair with the media relations representative for Thornwall Aviation, Erica Hansen (Lauren Hutton). Hal Parisi (Phil Coccoioletti) married another passenger because she won the trip on TV, but he is only interested in getting his stolen gold out of the country. Freddie Barrett (Terry Kiser) is trying to get his communications satellite launched from Australia to start his business carrying television signals. Starflight’s takeoff is delayed a short time so that the deceased Australian ambassador and his wife, Mrs. Winfield, can be taken aboard. Del (Kirk Scott), the first officer, remembers that nothing good happened the last time a corpse came aboard his aircraft. Finally, Josh Gilliam, the designer (Hal Linden), has misgivings, wishing the engines were under ground control.
Split Image, 1h51
Directed by Ted Kotcheff
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, James Woods, Elizabeth Ashley, Brian Dennehy
Roles Gabriel
Rating63% 3.1955253.1955253.1955253.1955253.195525
Danny Stetson (Michael O'Keefe) is a clean-cut, all-American college student and gymnast with dreams of Olympic gold when he's lured into "Homeland," a youth-oriented religious commune, by a compellingly beautiful girl, Rebecca (Karen Allen). Here he is programmed by the charismatic leader, Neil Kirklander (Peter Fonda), to believe that his new life now has the true meaning that it previously lacked.
Hanover Street, 1h49
Directed by Peter Hyams
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, William Hootkins, Alec McCowen, Richard Masur
Roles Second lieutenant Martin Hyer, co-pilote
Rating59% 2.996962.996962.996962.996962.99696
In London during the Second World War, Lieutenant David Halloran (Harrison Ford), an American, B-25 bomber pilot, with the Eighth Air Force based in England, and Margaret Sellinger (Lesley-Anne Down) an English nurse, meet on Hanover Street in a chance encounter during the Blitz.
The Amityville Horror, 1h58
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Ghost films
Actors James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton, John Larch
Roles Jeff
Rating62% 3.100913.100913.100913.100913.10091
George and Kathy Lutz are a young married couple who have recently purchased a home and move into the property. George appears not to be strong of faith, but Kathy is at least a nominal Catholic. The couple turn to Father Delaney to bless the home, but Delaney encounters troubles in trying to bless the home, including a room full of flies, out of season; violent stomach sickness; and later, blisters on his palm when trying to make a phone call to Kathy at their home.
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, 1h52
Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Broderick Crawford, Michael Parks, José Ferrer, Rip Torn, Celeste Holm, Ronee Blakley
Roles Melvin Purvis
Rating60% 3.0446653.0446653.0446653.0446653.044665
The film is a chronicle of forty years in the life of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, starting first in the time of Prohibition, as he enforced the law on bootlegging and organized crime. Later, the director comes up against the Red Scare of the 1950s, the Kennedys, the wave of change in the 1960s, and his hatred of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Examined here is the allegation that he had an 'abnormal' sexual life, along with his obsession with his dead mother.
The Sugarland Express, 1h48
Directed by Steven Spielberg, James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Themes Psychologie, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Aviation films, Road movies, Dans un avion, Chase films, Films about hijackings
Actors Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, William Atherton, Michael Sacks, Steve Kanaly, Gregory Walcott
Roles Patrolman Maxwell Slide
Rating66% 3.3485653.3485653.3485653.3485653.348565
In May 1969, Lou Jean Poplin (Goldie Hawn) visits her husband Clovis Michael Poplin (William Atherton) to tell him that their son will soon be placed in the care of foster parents. Even though he is four months away from release from the Beauford H. Jester Prison Farm in Texas, she forces him to escape to assist her in retrieving her child. They hitch a ride from the prison with an elderly couple, but when Texas Department of Public Safety Patrolman Maxwell Slide (Michael Sacks) stops the car, they take the car and run.
Carola
Carola (1973)

Directed by Norman Lloyd
Origin USA
Actors Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Albert Paulsen, Anthony Zerbe, Michael Sacks, Ivor Barry
Roles Henri Marceau
Rating65% 3.281153.281153.281153.281153.28115
Sous l'Occupation, dans la loge parisienne de l'actrice Carola, passent tour à tour trois hommes qui l'aiment, le général allemand von Clodius qui fut son grand amour et qui la retrouve prêt à déserter pour elle, Marceau un jeune résistant poursuivi par la Gestapo qu'elle aide dans sa fuite, et Campan le directeur du théâtre qui s'accommode de l'occupant mais qui veut montrer son courage.
Slaughterhouse-Five, 1h44
Directed by George Roy Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Historical, Comic science fiction
Themes Medical-themed films, Prison films, Time travel films, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Films about psychiatry, Political films
Actors Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Valerie Perrine, Eugene Roche, Perry King, Sharon Gans
Roles Billy Pilgrim
Rating67% 3.397383.397383.397383.397383.39738
The film follows the novel in presenting a first-person narrative from the point of view of Billy Pilgrim (Sacks), who becomes "unstuck in time" and experiences the events of his life in a seemingly random order, including a period spent on the alien planet of Tralfamadore. Particular emphasis is placed on his experiences during World War II, including the bombing of Dresden in World War II, as well as time spent with fellow prisoners of war Edgar Derby (Roche) and the psychopathic Paul Lazzaro (Leibman). His life as a husband to Valencia (Gans), and father to Barbara (Near) and Robert (King) are also depicted, as they live and sometimes even enjoy their life of affluence in Ilium, New York. A "sink-or-swim" scene with Pilgrim's father is also featured. The scenes of extraterrestrial life on Tralfamadore feature Hollywood starlet Montana Wildhack (Perrine).