Michael Vartan (born November 27, 1968, in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, ÃŽle-de-France, France) is a film and television actor. He grew up in France and the U.S., the son of a Jewish American mother and a Bulgarian father of Armenian and Hungarian descent. He is the nephew of French pop singer Sylvie Vartan. Vartan moved to Los Angeles from France with his mother at age 18. 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 also starred as Michael Vaughn in the American television series Alias (2001-2005) and is now starting pre-production work on an Australian horror film, Rogue.
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