Olivier Martinez

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Olivier Martinez (January 12, 1966) is a French actor of Spanish descent.

[edit] Biography

Born in Paris, France to a working-class family, Martinez studied at the prestigious CNSAD and began his acting career in his native France in 1990, and quickly achieved success. His father was a Spanish professional boxer born in Morocco and his mother was a French secretary. [1]. In 1994 he won a César Award as "Most Promising Actor" for his role in Un, Deux, Trois, Soleil, (1993).

He first came to mainstream attention in Hollywood films with his performance opposite Diane Lane in Unfaithful (2002). He has since appeared in a television adaptation of The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone (2003), S.W.A.T. (2003) and Taking Lives (2004).

Martinez lived with actress Juliette Binoche for three years, and their relationship was widely reported by the French press. He is currently in a relationship with Australian dance-pop singer Kylie Minogue.

[edit] Selected Filmography and Television

Year	Movie	Character	Notes
2007	The Snow Goose		In production
2007	Belle du Seigneur		Pre-production
2006	Blood and Chocolate	Gabriel	Not released
2004	Taking Lives	Paquette
2003	S.W.A.T.	Alex Montel
2003	The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone	Paolo di Lio	TV program.
2002	Unfaithful	Paul Martel
2002	Semana Santa	Quemanda
2000	Bullfighter	Jack
	Before Night Falls	Lázaro Gómez Carriles
	Toreros	Manuel
	La Taule	Le Muet
	Nosotras	David
1999	La Ciudad de los prodigios	Onofre Bouvila
1997	La Femme de chambre du Titanic	Horty
1996	Mon Homme	Jean-François
1995	Le Hussard sur le toit	Angelo Pardi
1993	Un, deux, trois, soleil	Petit Paul
1992	Les Paroles invisibles
1992	IP5: L'île aux Pachydermes	Tony
1992	Odyssée Bidon	Phil
1990	Plein Fer	Pascal
1990	Navvaro	Rollo	TV program. Episode Barbès de l'aube à l'aurore