Michael Sacks

As Billy Pilgrim in the classic adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s _Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)_ (qv), 'Michael Sacks' (qv) left a mark on his brief career as an actor. Right with his first on-screen performance he received a Golden Globe nomination as the Most Promising Newcomer in the Male category - losing out to Edward Albert. Through the 1970's he had an extensive body of work with films such as _The Sugarland Express (1974)_ (qv), where he plays a kidnapped trooper; as Melvin Purvis in _The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)_ (qv), _Hanover Street (1979)_ (qv) and the horror classic _The Amityville Horror (1979)_ (qv). He worked under the direction of Steven Spielberg, George Roy Hill, Stuart Rosenberg and Peter Hyams. He's a Bachelor of Arts in Social Relations from Harvard College.In the 1980's he made a few TV movies and his two theatrical roles were in _Split Image (1982)_ (qv) alongside James Woods and Peter Fonda; and _The House of God (1984)_ (qv), which marked his retirement from acting. After the movies, he had a long and successful career as a technology industry executive with positions on Morgan Stanley, Salomon Brothers, Inc. and IBM (Research Division), thanks to his knowledge on Computer Science from Columbia University.::Rodrigo Amaro