1964年3月17日生于弗吉尼亚州。父母离异后随母亲前往洛杉矶居住，1979年开始参加美国广播公司的电视剧集演出，曾以电视剧集《时间事件》荣获艾美奖。
作品《影星在利物浦永驻》
Owning a pair of the most incredibly soulful and searching eyes you'll ever find, Michael Sarrazin's poetic drifters crept into Hollywood unobtrusively on little cat's feet, but it didn't take long for him to make his mark. Quiet yet uninhibited, the lean, laconic, fleshy-lipped actor with the intriguingly faraway look and curiously sunken features enhanced a number of quality offbeat fare without ever creating too much of a fuss. While Hollywood couldn't quite pigeonhole him, they also weren't sure what to do with him. Out-and-out stardom would prove elusive.
