Raymond "Ray" Sacks is a major antagonist appearing in the CW television series Smallville Season 9 episodes "Idol" and "Charade".
He was the corrupt former District Attorney of Metropolis and an agent of Checkmate code named Black Knight.
He was portrayed by Dylan Neal, who also played Anthony Ivo in Arrow.
Biography[]
In the Season 9 episode "Idol", Sacks condemned the actions of a vigilante known as The Blur. Ray Sacks spoke to the press, blaming The Blur for the recent happenings in Metropolis.Sacks issued a press conference demanding that The Blur reveal himself after undercover cops were accidentally captured by the Wonder Twins and when the Twins mistakenly shut down all the power in Metropolis.
When the power returned, he issued a press conference demanding The Blur reveal himself and show he truly is a vigilante. Before Clark could step forward to confess his secret, Lois Lane interrupted Sacks' speech by telling the public how The Blur needs to stay confident in knowing who he truly is and the best way for him to help the good people of Metropolis was for his secret identity to remain secret.
Feeling outraged, Sacks set a trap for Lois by making her believe The Blur had sent her a rose and wanted to meet her on the rooftop of the Daily Planet. When she went there, instead Sacks and his men waited for her. Lois believed the city would never believe Sacks, yet Sacks quickly said that The Blur would be at fault after spray-painting his symbol on the rooftop. He had his henchmen grab Lois and threw her over the roof.
Sack thought Lois died and left but she had managed to grab onto a flagpole on the side of the building. Clark was able to rescue her with help from the Wonder Twins; Zan transformed into mist to block Clark's rescue and Jayna prevented Sacks from escaping when she turned into a rottweiler in his car. Lois then told Clark how Sacks was arrested for his dirty political antics.
In the episode "Charade", Sack was released from prison which the Daily Planet was interested in checking it out. Sack offered two million dollars for anyone who could get him a picture of The Blur, because he still held a grudge against him.
Lois confronted Sacks outside his favorite pizza joint and threatened to have him jailed for trying to kill her. Sack tried to kill her until The Blur saved her. While holding a welcome home party at Maxwell's, a photographer arrived with a picture of the Blur.
Before Sacks could take a look at the picture, Lois staged a fake fight while Clark secretly destroyed the picture. Sacks was working with Maxwell Lord to eliminate the Blur. Sacks was given the Black Knight chess piece as token of his initiation into the government agency Checkmate and while examining it, he was knocked out by Clark Kent, who crushed the chess piece. His fate after that is unknown, however he is assumed to have died or arrested again.
