Olivier Martinez

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César Awards
Olivier Martinez

Born	January 12, 1966 (age 41) Paris, France
Notable roles	Paul Martel in Unfaithful (2002)

Most Promising Actor 1994 Un, Deux, Trois, Soleil

Olivier Martinez (born January 12, 1966 in Paris, France) is a French film actor. He became known after roles in several French films, and has also appeared in Hollywood-produced features, including Unfaithful.

1 Biography
2 Selected filmography
3 Footnotes
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Martinez was born in Paris, France to a working-class family. His father was a Spanish professional boxer born in Morocco^[1] and his mother was a French secretary. He studied at the prestigious CNSAD and began his acting career in his native France in 1990, and quickly achieved success.

[edit] Career

In 1994, Martinez 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).

[edit] Personal life

Martinez lived with actress Juliette Binoche for three years, and their relationship was widely reported by the French press. He was then linked to Mira Sorvino, a Hollywood actress for four years. He has recently ended a four year relationship with Australian dance-oriented pop singer Kylie Minogue. In late January 2007 Britain's News of the World tabloid claimed the couple's four-year relationship was on the rocks and alleged Martinez, 41, had been unfaithful, though Kylie Minogue denies it. On 3 February 2007, they announced their split saying their decision to go their separate ways was mutual and amicable.

[edit] Selected filmography

Year	Movie	Character	Notes
2007	The Snow Goose		In production
2007	Belle du Seigneur		Pre-production
2006	Blood and Chocolate	Gabriel
2004	Taking Lives	Paquette
2003	S.W.A.T.	Alex Montel
2003	The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone	Paolo di Lio	Made for television
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

Awards
Preceded by Emmanuel Salinger for La sentinelle	César Award for Most Promising Actor for Un, Deux, Trois, Soleil 1994	Succeeded by Mathieu Kassovitz for Regarde les hommes tomber