Olivier Martinez
Born	January 12, 1966 (1966-01-12) (age 43) 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.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

[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). He also starred as Gabriel in the 2007 movie adaptation of Blood and Chocolate, a popular book.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2010	Knight & Day		Forthcoming film
2007	Blood and Chocolate	Gabriel
2004	Taking Lives	Paquette
2003	S.W.A.T.	Alex Montel
	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	The Horseman on the Roof (USA title)
1993	Un, deux, trois, soleil	Petit Paul
1992	Les Paroles invisibles
	IP5: L'île aux Pachydermes	Tony
	Odyssée Bidon	Phil
1990	Plein Fer	Pascal
	Navaro	Rollo	TV program. Episode "Barbès de l'aube à l'aurore"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Olivier Martinez at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview magazine, May 2002 interview
• Olivier!, site at Cinetropic with interviews and articles

Awards and achievements
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