'''Michael Vartan''' (b. November 27, 1968, in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France) is a film and television actor.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''.
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TV
=He most notably starred as Michael Vaughn in the American television series ''Alias'' (2001–2005), leaving the series at the start of its fifth season when Vaughn was apparently killed off.
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.
2005–2006 was ''Alias''<nowiki>'</nowiki>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)
External links
*{{nndb name|id=657/000044525|name=}}*Michael Vartan Gallery
*The Safe House
*VartanFan.com
For more information about Michael Vartan, please visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Vartan
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