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Michael Sacks

Michael Sacks

Born: 1948-09-11 • New York City, New York, U.S.

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