Martin Sacks
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Martin Sacks has worked in Film, Television and Theatre for over forty
years. Having studied acting at the prestigious Stella Adler Acting
School in New York, Martin has appeared in many varied film and
television roles including the feature films 'Emoh Ruo', 'Slate, Wyn
and Me', 'Love in Limbo' with Russell Crowe, as well as the French film
'LaTricheuse' co-starring Kristen Scott Thomas. His US television
credits include , 'Jake and the Fatman' and the groundbreaking
character drama, 'ThirtySomething'. In Australia, his television
credits include the miniseries 'Do or Die', 'Fields of Fire', the
telemovie 'My Husband My Killer' playing the lead role of Andrew
Kalajzic & ABC telemovie "Cliffy", playing Sid Young. It was the police
drama 'Blue Heelers' that established Martin as one of Australia's most
talented actors, earning him five consecutive silver Logies for best
actor. Following his departure from the show after eleven years, Martin
moved behind the camera to direct his first film, 'Crushed', which
screened at the LA International Film Festival. He also directed
numerous episodes of Blue Heelers and the medical drama, 'All Saints'.
His real passion, however, was acting and after gaining experience
behind the camera, was offered the role of loan shark, Mario Condello,
in the original and highly acclaimed crime drama, Underbelly. Since
then he has featured in roles on television dramas including City
Homicide, Sea Patrol, Rescue: Special Ops, Lowdown, Offspring ,The
Straits, Jack Irish, Wonderland, The Gods of Wheat Street, A Place to Call Home, Reef Doctors, Rake and Wentworth
Martin starred in feature films 'The Cup' (2011), BAIT 3D (2012),
Rise (2014), Truth (2015), Don't Tell (2016), The Second (2018), Ride Like a Girl (2019), Sweet River (2020), Buckley's Chance (2021), Bosch & Rockit (2021).