Michael Sarrazin
1940–2011 · Canadian actor
Jacques Michel André Sarrazin, known as Michael Sarrazin, was a Canadian actor. He gained prominence with a number of leading roles in Hollywood films from the late 1960s through the 1970s, with a breakout part in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). According to one obituary, "Sarrazin fit the anti-hero ethos of the era, often playing rootless characters." He was a BAFTA Award, Golden Globe, and Gemini Award nominee.
Michael Sarrazin, in order
- 1966 The Doomsday Flight (TV movie): acted · directed by William A. Graham
- 1967 The Flim-Flam Man: acted · directed by Irvin Kershner
- 1968 A Man Called Gannon: acted · directed by James Goldstone
- 1968 Journey to Shiloh: acted · directed by William Hale · audiences 17%
- 1968 The Sweet Ride: acted · directed by Harvey Hart
- 1969 Eye of the Cat: acted · directed by David Lowell Rich
- 1969 In Search of Gregory: acted · directed by Peter Wood
- 1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: acted · directed by Sydney Pollack
- 1971 Believe in Me: acted · directed by Stuart Hagmann
- 1971 Sometimes a Great Notion: acted · directed by Paul Newman
- 1971 The Pursuit of Happiness: acted · directed by Robert Mulligan
- 1972 The Groundstar Conspiracy: acted · directed by Lamont Johnson
- 1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean: acted · directed by John Huston
- 1973 Frankenstein: The True Story (TV movie): acted · directed by Jack Smight
- 1973 Harry in Your Pocket: acted · directed by Bruce Geller
- 1974 For Pete's Sake: acted · directed by Peter Yates · critics 50%, audiences 54%
- 1975 The Reincarnation of Peter Proud: acted · directed by J. Lee Thompson
- 1976 The Gumball Rally: acted · directed by Charles Bail
- 1976 The Loves and Times of Scaramouche: acted · directed by Enzo G. Castellari
- 1978 Caravans: acted · directed by James Fargo
- 1980 Double Negative: acted · directed by George Bloomfield
- 1982 Fighting Back: acted · directed by Lewis Teague
- 1982 Viadukt: acted · directed by Sándor Simó
- 1985 Joshua Then and Now: acted · directed by Ted Kotcheff
- 1989 Passion and Paradise (TV movie): acted · directed by Harvey Hart
- 1991 Lena's Holiday: acted · directed by Michael Keusch
- 1993 La Florida: acted · directed by George Mihalka
- 1995 Bullet to Beijing (TV movie): acted · directed by George Mihalka
- 1997 Crackerjack 2: acted · directed by Robert Lee
- 1997 The Peacekeeper: acted · directed by Frédéric Forestier
- 1998 The Second Arrival: acted · directed by Kevin S. Tenney
- 2002 FeardotCom: acted · directed by William Malone
- 2008 The Christmas Choir (TV movie): acted · directed by Peter Svatek