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{{short description|Australian actor (born 1959)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Martin Sacks
| image =Martin Sacks 2016.jpg
| caption = Sacks attending the [[Logie Awards of 2016|2016 TV Week Logie Awards]], May 2016
| birth_name = Martin Colin Sacks
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|10|16}}
| birth_place = Sydney, Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Actor, director
| othername =
| website =
| spouse = Kate Sacks (née Allen)
| children =
| awards = 1998–2002: Silver [[Logie Award|Logie award]] for Most Popular Actor – for his role as [[PJ Hasham]] in ''[[Blue Heelers]]''
| years_active = 1977–present
}}

'''Martin Colin Sacks''' (born 16 October 1959) is an Australian actor who is chiefly known for his 12-year role on ''[[Blue Heelers]]'' from 1993 to 2005.

==Life and career==
Sacks was born in Sydney. He got into acting after a bit part in an episode of ''[[The Love Boat]]'' when it was filming in the Pacific. His first role came about in the series ''[[The Restless Years]]'' in 1977, which started him on the television circuit in Australia. He emigrated to Hollywood in the 1980s, guest starring in series such as ''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|thirtysomething]]'', but preferred Australia, and so he returned there after a few years. Also had guest appearances in: ''Love in Limbo'', ''Encounters'', ''Irresistible Force'', ''Fields of Fire III'', ''All the Way'', ''[[Touch the Sun (Australian TV series)|Touch the Sun: Princess Kate]]'', ''[[Slate, Wyn & Me]]'', ''Sentiments'', ''[[Emoh Ruo]]'', ''Stock Squad'' and ''The City's Edge''. Also ''[[Jake and the Fatman]]''.

Sacks took the role of [[PJ Hasham|Detective P.J. Hasham]] in the 1993 series ''[[Blue Heelers]]''. The show rocketed him to fame, most notably his 7-year "will-they-or-won't-they" relationship with [[Margaret 'Maggie' Doyle|Constable Maggie Doyle]] ([[Lisa McCune]]) which ended with her death in the programme's seventh season.

During the time he starred on the show, Sacks married Kate and had two children, Jack and Ned and had leading roles in two major Australian [[miniseries]]: ''[[Do or Die (miniseries)|Do or Die]]'' and ''[[My Husband, My Killer]]'' (both 2001).

After playing P.J. for twelve years, and being one of only three original cast still on the show in the twelfth season, Sacks left ''Blue Heelers'' in August 2005. Sacks asked the producers not to kill his character, so that he could return for a guest spot in the future. He did not get the chance, however: the show was cancelled in early 2006.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

Sacks is also a director, having directed episodes of ''Blue Heelers'', ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]'' and a short film called ''Crushed''.

Sacks also starred in the 2008 Australian TV hit, ''[[Underbelly (TV series)|Underbelly]]'', portraying [[Organized crime|underworld]] [[loanshark]] [[Mario Condello]]. In 2010, Sacks guest starred in three different shows – ''[[City Homicide]]'', ''[[Rescue: Special Ops]]'' and ''[[Sea Patrol]]''. In 2013 he appeared in ''[[Wentworth (TV series)|Wentworth]]''.

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
!Ref
|-
| 1983
| ''[[The City's Edge]]''
| Youth at Party
| Feature film
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1985
|''[[Stock Squad]]''
| Ric Santana
| TV movie 
|
|-
|''[[Emoh Ruo]]''
|Des. Tunkley
| Feature film
|
|-
| 1987
|''[[Slate, Wyn & Me]]''
|Slate Jackson
| Feature film 
|
|-
|1988
|''[[Touch the Sun (Australian TV series)|Touch the Sun: Princess Kate]]''
|Greg Mathieson
| TV movie
|
|-
|rowspan=3|1993
|''[[Irresistible Force (film)|Irresistible Force]]''
|Bomb Squad Officer
| Feature film 
|
|-
|''[[Love in Limbo]]''
|Max Wiseman
| Feature film
|
|-
|''[[Encounters (film)|Encounters]]''
|Martin Carr
| Feature film
|
|-
| 2001
|''[[My Husband, My Killer]]''
|Andrew Kalajzich
| TV movie
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2011
|''[[The Cup (2011 film)|The Cup]]''
|Neil Pinner
| Feature film
|
|-
| ''This Dog’s Life''
| Father
| Short film
|
|-
|rowspan=5|2012
|''[[Bait 3D]]''
|Todd
| Feature film
|
|-
| ''[[Jack Irish|Jack Irish: Black Tide]]'' 
| Steve Levesque
| TV movie
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=21 October 2011 |title=All-star cast joins Jack Irish telemovies &#124; TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2011/10/all-star-cast-joins-jack-irish-telemovies.html |website=TVTonight}}</ref>
|-
| ''Island''
| Chris
| Short film
|
|-
| ''Rise of the Underdog''
| Bridges
| Short film
|
|-
| ''Blackbuster''
| Graham
| Short film
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
| ''[[Absolute Deception]]''
| Hank
| Feature film 
|
|-
|''[[Cliffy (film)|Cliffy]]'' 
| Syd
|TV movie
|<ref>{{cite web |date=22 May 2013 |title=Cliffy &#124; TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2013/05/cliffy.html}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
| ''Breath''
| Father
| Short film
|
|-
|''[[Rise (2014 film)|Rise]]''
|Jimmy Cove
| Feature film 
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Truth (2015 film)|Truth]]''
| Robert Strong
| Feature film
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2016
| ''Hitch''
| The Man
| Short film
|
|-
| ''Land to Vale''
| Narrator
| Short film
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2017
| ''The Kindness of Strangers''
| Man
| Short film
|
|-
|''[[Don't Tell (2017 film)|Don't Tell]]''
|Tony
| Feature film 
|
|-
| 2018
| ''The Second'' 
| The Brother
| Feature film
|<ref>{{cite web |date=24 May 2018 |title=Airdate: The Second &#124; TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/05/airdate-the-second.html}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Ride Like a Girl]]''
| Owner #2
| Feature film
|
|-
|2020
|''Sweet River''
|John Drake
| Feature film 
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Buckley's Chance]]''
| Cooper
| Feature film
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Bosch & Rockit]]'' 
| Derek 
| Feature film
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
!Ref
|-
|1977
|''[[The Restless Years]]''
|Adam Lee
|TV series
|
|-
|1982–84
|''[[A Country Practice]]''
|Craig Thompson/Philby
|TV series. 6 episodes
|
|-
|1987
|''Sentiments''
|Jeff
| TV series
|
|-
| 1988
|''[[All the Way (TV series)|All the Way]]''
|Alan Scott
| Miniseries, 3 episodes 
|
|-
|1989
|''[[Fields of Fire (miniseries)|Fields of Fire III]]''
|Rinaldo
| Miniseries, 3 episodes 
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1990
|''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|thirtysomething]]''
|Assistant Director
| TV series, Season 3, episode 22
|
|-
|''[[Jake and the Fatman]]''
|Halsey Reed
| TV series, Season 4, episode 5
|
|-
|1993
|''[[Police Rescue]]''
|Lloyd Cooper
|TV series, Season 3, episode 4
|
|-
|1993–2005
|''[[Blue Heelers]]''
|[[P. J. Hasham|Senior Detective Patrick Joseph "P.J." Hasham]]
|TV series, [[List of Blue Heelers episodes|484 episodes]]
|
|-
| 1997
| ''Oz Encounter: UFOs in Australia ''
| Host
| Documentary
|
|-
| 1999
| ''Carols in the Domain''
| Host
| TV special 
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Do or Die (miniseries)|Do or Die]]'' (aka ''The Rubicon'')
|Jimmy Grattan
| Miniseries
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|''[[Underbelly (TV series)|Underbelly]]''
|[[Mario Condello]]
|TV series, 11 episodes
|
|-
|''[[The Strip (Australian TV series)|The Strip]]''
|Keith Boswell
|TV series, Season 1, episode 5
|
|-
|2009
|''[[East of Everything]]''
|Toby Ferrani
|TV series, Season 2, episode 7
|
|-
|rowspan=5|2010
|''[[Lowdown (TV series)|Lowdown]]''
|Tony Marino
|TV series, Season 1, episode 7
|
|-
|''[[City Homicide]]''
|Daniel Worthington
|TV series, Season 3, episode 22
|
|-
|''[[Sea Patrol]]''
|Derek Cavanaugh
|TV series, Season 4, episode 16
|
|-
|''[[Rescue Special Ops]]''
|Charles Howard
|TV series, Season 2, episode 12
|
|-
|''[[Offspring (TV series)|Offspring]]''
|Colin Soriel
|TV series, 2 episodes
|
|-
|2012
|''[[The Straits]]''
|Howard Reeman
|Miniseries, 2 episodes
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
|''[[Reef Doctors]]''
| David
| Miniseries, Episode: "Episode #1.9"
|
|-
| ''Air Rescue'' 
| Narrator
| TV series, 6 episodes 
|<ref>{{cite web |date=2 November 2013 |title=Martin Sacks narrates Air Rescue &#124; TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2013/11/martin-sacks-narrates-air-rescue.html}}</ref>
|-
|2014-15
|''Wonderland'' 
|Callan Beaumont
|14 episodes
|<ref>{{cite web |date=23 June 2014 |title=Martin Sacks steps into Wonderland &#124; TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2014/06/martin-sacks-steps-into-wonderland.html}}</ref>
|-
|2012, 2014
|''[[Rake (Australian TV series)|Rake]]''
|Roger Cross
| TV series, 7 episodes
|
|-
|2013–18
|''[[Wentworth (TV series)|Wentworth]]''
|Derek Channing 
|TV series, 17 episodes
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=29 March 2016 |title=Returning: Wentworth &#124; TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2016/03/returning-wentworth-3.html |website=TVTonight.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=27 February 2017 |title=Returning: Wentworth &#124; TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/02/returning-wentworth-4.html |website=TVTonight.com}}</ref>
|-
|2013–14, 2017
|''[[A Place to Call Home (TV series)|A Place to Call Home]]''
| Itzaak Goldberg
|TV series, 5 episodes
|
|-
|2014
|''[[The Gods of Wheat Street]]''
|Bobby Blackman
|Miniseries, 3 episodes
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[The Doctor Blake Mysteries]]''
| Martin O’Brien
| TV series, 1 episode 
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Brock (miniseries)|Brock]]'' 
|Geoff Brock
|Miniseries, 2 episodes
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=27 September 2016 |title=Airdate: Brock &#124; TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2016/09/airdate-brock.html |website=TVTonight.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''The Laps Tasmania'' 
| Narrator 
| Documentary
|
|-
| 2018
| ''Sisters''
|
| Online miniseries 
|
|-
|2022
|''[[Irreverent]]''
| Victor
|Miniseries, 3 episodes
|
|}

==Director==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2005-2006
|''[[Blue Heelers]]''
|[[List of Blue Heelers episodes|4 episodes]]
|-
|2006-2008
|''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]''
|[[List of All Saints episodes|6 episodes]]
|-
|
| ''Crushed''
| Short film
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Film
! Result
|-
|1996
|rowspan=6|[[Logie Award]]
|rowspan=6|[[Silver Logie Award for Most Popular Actor|Most Popular Actor]]
|rowspan=6|''[[Blue Heelers]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1997<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=732871&showcomments=true |title=1997 TV Week Logie Awards |access-date=15 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324042110/http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=732871&showcomments=true |archive-date=24 March 2012 }}</ref>
|{{won}}
|-
|1998<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=680108&showcomments=true |title=1998 TV Week Logie Awards |access-date=15 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324042155/http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=680108&showcomments=true |archive-date=24 March 2012 }}</ref>
|{{won}}
|-
|1999<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=673915&showcomments=true |title=1999 TV Week Logie Awards |access-date=15 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324034830/http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=673915&showcomments=true |archive-date=24 March 2012 }}</ref>
|{{won}}
|-
|2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=673864&showcomments=true |title=2000 TV Week Logie Awards |access-date=15 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324034856/http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=673864&showcomments=true |archive-date=24 March 2012 }}</ref>
|{{won}}
|-
|2001<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=673814&showcomments=true |title=2001 TV Week Logie Awards |access-date=15 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324042118/http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=673814&showcomments=true |archive-date=24 March 2012 }}</ref>
|{{won}}
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|0755308|Martin Sacks}}

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