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Michael Vartan (b. November 27, 1968, in
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France) is a French-American film and
television actor.
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Biography
Early
life
Vartan grew up in France and the U.S., the son of
Eddie Vartan, who was born in Bulgaria of Armenian and Hungarian descent, and
Doris, a Jewish American who was born in Poland; his paternal aunt is French pop
singer Sylvie Vartan.
Vartan's parents divorced when he was five and he
moved to America with his mother. He moved back to France to be with his father
until his high school years. At the age of seventeen, Vartan moved back in with
his mother in Los Angeles, telling her that he wanted to be an artist, because
he did not wish to fulfill the mandatory military service required in France. In
Los Angeles, he attended an acting school after he was told he possessed acting
talent.
Career
Film
After many minor film roles, Vartan had noticeable
supporting roles in major movies, including Never Been Kissed (1999), One Hour
Photo (2002) and Monster-in-Law (2005). He has recently finished filming for the
Australian horror film, Rogue.
TV
He most notably starred as Michael Vaughn in the
American television series Alias (2001–2006), leaving the series to start
focusing on his movie career.
Vartan has also had guest appearances on Friends
(as Dr. Tim Burke, Tom Selleck's character's son), Ally McBeal (as Jonathan
Basset), and most recently Kitchen Confidential (as a rival French chef)
starring his former Alias co-star Bradley Cooper.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
2005–2006 was Alias's last season. Vartan returned
as a guest star in a number of episodes, after his character's apparent death
was revealed to have been a ruse. He appeared as Vaughn in Sydney Bristow's
dream in one episode, and in the episode broadcast on April 19, 2006, he
returned to the series.
Selected filmography
Rogue (2006)
Monster-in-Law (2005)
One Hour Photo (2002)
Alias (2001) (TV series) (2001–2005)
The Mists of Avalon (2001)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
The Curve (1998)
The Pallbearer (1996)
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar
(1995)
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