Michael Sacks

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Michael Sacks

Born	September 11, 1948 (1948-09-11) (age 59) New York City

Michael Sacks (born September 11, 1948) is an American actor perhaps best known for his role as 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 friend and coworker, and Hanover Street, with Harrison Ford. He apparently retired from the entertainment industry in 1984, his last role in the made for TV film Why Me?, with Annie Potts.

After spending time working in technology on Wall Street, Sacks has since 2004 worked as Head of Global Applications Development the online bond trading company, MarketAxess.^{[citation needed]} He was also employed by Morgan Stanley from 1994 to 2004, as Director, Global Head of Bond Technology for the Fixed Income Division. At Morgan Stanley he was 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.^{[citation needed]}