Biography
Born in Canada and trained for an acting career in New York, Michael Sarrazin made his earliest movie appearances through the auspices of the National Board of Canada. Arriving in Hollywood in 1967, Sarrazin was almost immediately lionized critically for his supporting work opposite George C. Scott in
The Flim-Flam Man (1967). He went on to co-star with
Jane Fonda in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); with
Paul Newman and
Henry Fonda in
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971); and with
Barbra Streisand in
For Pete's Sake (1974). Though his Hollywood commitments have kept him hopping, Sarrazin has never abandoned his Canadian rootings, appearing in such above-the-border productions as
The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972),
Double Negative (1979), and
Joshua Then and Now (1985). On television, Michael Sarrazin played the creature in Frankenstein: The True Story (1973), adhering to Mary Shelley's original intention that the monster be as intelligent and well-spoken as it was uncontrollably violent. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide