Michael Sacks was born on September 11, 1948 in New York.
He has been featured in several Made-For-TV movies, including WHY ME? (1984) and STARFIGHT:
THE PLANE THAT COULDN'T LAND (1983).
Michael Sacks is best know for his starring role in SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE, in which he played the time traveler, Billy Pilgrim, who swings from the depths of a miserable POW existence in World War II, to the heights of future life on Tralfamadore, as a human in a zoo, mated with porn queen, Valerie Perrine. The 1972 film was based on the Kurt Vonnegut sci fi novel. Michael Sacks was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for most promising newcomer in and a result of his role in the movie.
In 1974, Michael Sacks played a state highway patrolman taken hostage by a pair of young desperados, on a mission to spring their kid from foster care, in Stephen Spielberg's THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS, with Goldie Hawn.
Michael Sacks portrayed another World War II soldier in HANOVER STREET, starring Harrison Ford in 1979. Also in 1979, he played a supporting role in the popular horror thriller, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, the story of a young family who moves into a house haunted by an evil presence.
He retired from the screen in 1984 with his last film, THE HOUSE OF GOD and his last TV movie, WHY ME? With an A.B. in Social Relations from Harvard and a M.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University, Michael Sacks has worked on Wall Street and held positions in securities technology at Salomon Brother, IBM Research Division and Morgan Stanley.
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