1. Michael Vartan's mother is a Polish Jewish immigrant to the United States.
19 Facts About Michael Vartan
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Michael Vartan has stated that he tends to be considered a Frenchman in the United States and an American in France.
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Michael Vartan's parents divorced when he was five and he moved to the United States with his mother.
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Michael Vartan moved back to France to be with his father until his high school years, and grew up a "farm kid" in a "simple environment" in Fleury, Manche, a small town in Normandy.
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At age eighteen, Michael Vartan moved back 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.
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Michael Vartan had attended the prestigious Lycee Francais de Los Angeles.
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Michael Vartan now considers himself to be American and stated on the talk show Rove that he would like Australia to be his second home.
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Michael Vartan is bilingual, being fluent in French and English.
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Michael Vartan played the role of Lancelot in TNT's production of Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon.
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Michael Vartan has had guest appearances on Friends and Ally McBeal.
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Michael Vartan appeared on the show Kitchen Confidential, which starred his former Alias co-star Bradley Cooper, as a French chef who was Cooper's rival.
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In September 2007, Michael Vartan played James Walker, a main role in the ABC drama Big Shots.
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Michael Vartan co-starred opposite Jada Pinkett Smith in TNT's series Hawthorne.
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Michael Vartan replaced Jeffrey Nordling, who played the role in the pilot.
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Michael Vartan began dating his Alias co-star Jennifer Garner in mid-2003.
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In March 2010, Michael Vartan announced his engagement to Lauren Skaar, whom he met in a Whole Foods Market parking lot in Los Angeles in 2009.
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Michael Vartan has a dog named Millie, with whom he appeared in a PETA video about good canine care and to whom he wrote a "love letter" for an anthology.
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Michael Vartan is a keen supporter of Australian rules football, having watched the game on numerous visits to Australia, in particular Melbourne.
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Michael Vartan is good friends with Brendan Fevola and supports Carlton.