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Michael Vartan

ActorBorn November 27, 1968 (56 years)
Michael S. Vartan (born November 27, 1968) is a French-American actor, known for his TV roles as Michael Vaughn on the ABC television action drama Alias, George Helen's on Bates Motel, James Walker on Big Shots, Terence Hoffman on the E! drama The Arrangement, and Dr. Tom Wakefield on the TNT medical drama Hawthorne. His best known film roles are as Sam Coulson in Never Been Kissed, Kevin Fields in Monster-in-Law, and Kevin Lassiter in The Next Best Thing.

His other film roles include The Pallbearer, One Hour Photo, Rogue, Colombiana, and Small Town Crime. He played the role of Lancelot in TNT's production of Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon (2001).

He also had a guest appearance on Friends as Dr. Tim Burke, Tom Selleck's character's son.

Vartan co-hosts a weekly live sports program called Advanced Shouting with friends Dan Petriw and Noel Fogelman. The first episode was uploaded to YouTube in June 2020. The broadcast is also available via Facebook.

He was born in France and lived there until the age of 5 when he moved to the United States with his mother after his parents divorced. He 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. At age eighteen, 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. He now considers himself to be American and is bilingual, being fluent in French and English.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Rogue
  • Small Town Crime
  • High School
  • Demoted

Known For

  • One Hour Photo
  • Alias
  • Colombiana
  • Never Been Kissed
  • Monster-in-Law
  • Rogue
  • Within
  • The Curve
  • Small Town Crime
  • The Pallbearer
  • Big Shots
  • It Had to Be You
  • The Next Best Thing
  • The Mists of Avalon
  • HawthoRNe
  • Ring of Fire (2012)
  • The Arrangement (2017)
  • Demoted
  • Sand
  • Jolene
  • Fiorile

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2018
    God Friended Me (TV Series) · as Jeffrey
    2017
    Small Town Crime · as Detective Crawford
    2017
    The Arrangement (2017) (TV Series) · as Terence Hoffman
    2016
    Within · as John Alexander
    2016
    Nina · as Radio Interviewer
    2014
    Satisfaction (2014) (TV Series) · as Dylan
    2013
    Rectify (TV Series) · as Forrest
    2013
    Bates Motel (TV Series) · as George Heldens
    2013
    Ring of Fire · as Dr. Matthew Cooper
    2012
    Ring of Fire (2012) (TV Series) · as Dr Matthew Cooper
    2012
    Go On (TV Series)
    2011
    Colombiana · as Danny Delanay
    2011
    Demoted · as Rodney
    2010
    High School · as Calculus Teacher (uncredited)
    2009
    HawthoRNe (TV Series) · as Dr. Tom Wakefield
    2008
    Jolene · as Brad
    2007
    Rogue · as Pete Mckell
    2007
    Big Shots (TV Series) · as James Walker
    2005
    Kitchen Confidential (TV Series) · as Michel Valentine
    2005
    Monster-in-Law · as Dr. Kevin Fields
    2002
    One Hour Photo · as Will Yorkin
    2001
    Alias (TV Series) · as Michael Vaughn
    2001
    The Mists of Avalon (TV Series) · as Lancelot
    2000
    Sand · as Ty
    2000
    The Next Best Thing · as Kevin Lasater
    2000
    It Had to Be You · as Charlie Hudson
    1999
    Never Been Kissed · as Sam Coulson
    1998
    The Curve · as Chris
    1997
    1997
    Ally McBeal (TV Series) · as Jonathan Bassett
    1997
    Touch Me · as Adam
    1996
    The Pallbearer · as Scott
    1995
    1994
    Friends (TV Series) · as Tim Burke
    1993
    Fallen Angels (TV Series) · as Harry Stone
    1993
    Fiorile · as Jean / Massimo
    1992
    Promenades d'été · as Thomas
    1992
    Stringer · as Chris
    1991
    1991
    Spender (TV Series) · as Paul Ducheyne

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