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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.

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Martin Sacks
Sacks attending the 2016 TV Week Logie Awards, May 2016
Born	Martin Colin Sacks (1959-10-16) 16 October 1959 (age 62) Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actor, director
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Kate Sacks (née Allen)
Awards	1998–2002: Silver Logie award for Most Popular Actor – for his role as PJ Hasham in Blue Heelers

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 the early 1980s, which started him on the television circuit in Australia. He emigrated to Hollywood in the 1980s, guest starring in series such as 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: Princess Kate, Slate, Wyn & Me, Tricheuse, La, Emoh Ruo, Stock Squad and The City's Edge. Also Jake & The Fatman.

Sacks took the role of 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 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 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]}

Sacks is also a director, having directed episodes of Blue Heelers, All Saints and a short film called Crushed.

Sacks also starred in the 2008 Australian TV hit, Underbelly, portraying 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.

Filmography

As Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	The Restless Years	Adam Lee
1982–1984	A Country Practice	Craig Thompson/Philby	6 episodes
1985	Stock Squad
	Emoh Ruo	Des. Tunkley
1987	La tricheuse	Jeff
	Slate, Wyn & Me	Slate Jackson
1988	Touch the Sun: Princess Kate	Greg Mathieson
	All the Way	Alan Scott
1989	Field of Fire III	Rinaldo
1990	thirtysomething	Assistant Director	Season 3, episode 22
	Jake and the Fatman	Halsey Reed	Season 4, episode 5
1993	Encounters	Martin Carr
	Irresistible Force	Bomb Squad Officer
	Love in Limbo	Max Wiseman
	Police Rescue	Lloyd Cooper	Season 3, episode 4
2001	The Rubicon	Jimmy Grattan
	My Husband My Killer	Andrew Kalajzich
1993–2005	Blue Heelers	Senior Detective Patrick Joseph "P.J." Hasham	484 episodes
2008	Underbelly	Mario Condello	11 episodes
	The Strip	Keith Boswell	Season 1, episode 5
2009	East of Everything	Toby Ferrani	Season 2, episode 7
2010	Lowdown	Tony Marino	Season 1, episode 7
	City Homicide	Daniel Worthington	Season 3, episode 22
	Sea Patrol	Derek Cavanaugh	Season 4, episode 16
	Rescue Special Ops	Charles Howard	Season 2, episode 12
	Offspring	Colin Soriel	2 episodes
2011	The Cup	Neil Pinner
2012	The Straits	Howard Reeman	2 episodes
	Bait 3D	Todd
2012, 2014	Rake	Roger Cross	7 episodes
2013–2018	Wentworth	Derek Channing	17 episodes
2013–2014, 2017	A Place to Call Home	Itzaak Goldberg	5 episodes
2013	Cliffy	Syd	Television film
2013	Reef Doctors	David	Episode: "Episode #1.9"
2014	The Gods of Wheat Street	Bobby Blackman	3 episodes
2014	Rise	Jimmy Cove
2016	Brock	Geoff Brock	2 episodes
2017	Don't Tell	Tony
2021	Buckley's Chance	Cooper

As Director

Year	Title	Notes
2005-2006	Blue Heelers	3 episodes
2006-2008	All Saints	6 episodes

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
1996	Logie Award	Most Popular Actor	Blue Heelers	Nominated
1997[1]				Won
1998[2]				Won
1999[3]				Won
2000[4]				Won
2001[5]				Won

References

External links

• Martin Sacks at IMDb

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