Olivier Martinez

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Olivier Martinez

Born January 12, 1966 (1966-01-12) (age 42)
Paris, France

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

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[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 a relative success. Martinez was raised catholic [2]

[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

Olivier Martinez had a four year relationship with Kylie Minogue, but it ended in 2007. During the relationship, there were numerous reports that he was cheating throughout the relationship including with Michelle Rodriguez and Salma Hayek. After he also cheated on her with model Sarai Givati and then began dating Penelope Cruz, Kylie declared their relationship was over for good.

In February 2008, there was much media speculation about the relationship between Minogue and Martinez when they were seen together in Paris. The couple reportedly talked about reuniting and starting a family but the singer later dismissed the reports. Minogue was later quoted as saying "I had dinner with my ex-boyfriend and next thing I know there's a debate about whether we're having a family. We didn't even talk about that."

Olivier Martinez sued several websites for describing hypothetical aspects of his private life. Three French websites, including the Digg-like Fuzz.fr were condemned for publishing a link towards another website where aspects of his private life were described. On its judgment of the 27th March 2008, the court condemned the founder of Fuzz.fr to pay 1000 euros (despite O.Martinez ask for more than 35k €). The tribunal indicated that the content of fuzz.fr was based on an editorial decision, even if it is a Digg-like content[3]. He is currently dating Spanish actress Goya Toledo

[edit] Filmography

Year Movie Character Notes
2007 The Snow Goose In production
Belle du Seigneur Pre-production
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
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
IP5: L'île aux Pachydermes Tony
1992 Odyssée Bidon Phil
1990 Plein Fer Pascal
1990 Navaro 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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Olivier Martinez - Interview Magazine May 2002
  2. ^ http://http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.moviesonline.ca/movie-gallery/albums/Blood_A_Chocolates/BC-357%252043.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_11081.html&h=281&w=500&sz=86&hl=en&start=8&um=1&tbnid=MYFHOgNMY6sXXM:&tbnh=73&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3DOlivier%2BMartinez%2Bis%2Broman%2Bcatholic%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX
  3. ^ (French)Les sites hébergeant des informations émanant de tiers sont responsables de leur publication

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