Michael Vartan Trivias

Wanted to be a professional pool player before deciding to act instead.

Avid sports fan.

Plays hockey as often as he can. This attribute has also been given to his "Alias" (2001) character Michael Vaughn, who plays pickup hockey occasionally with his co-worker characters.

When the studio resisted casting an "unknown", Drew Barrymore pushed to get him cast in Never Been Kissed (1999).

Speaks French and English fluently.

Turned down a role in Scream 3 (2000) because he wanted to take his career in a different direction.

Nephew of Sylvie Vartan.

Cousin of French singer David Hallyday.

Was engaged to Shannon Gleason for about 10 years. They've since split.

Also paints and plays guitar.

Although born in France, he comes from a complex ethnic background - his Bulgarian-born father is half Armenian and half Hungarian, while his American mother was born in Poland, and is of Jewish descent

Son of Eddie Vartan and Doris Vartan.

His favourite NHL Hockey team is the Los Angeles Kings.

Appeared in a television ad for the 2004 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. He stated that he hadn't been nervous while acting in 3 years, yet he was very nervous about appearing with the Stanley Cup.

Dated "Alias" (2001) co-star Jennifer Garner. (2003-2004)

Nephew of Johnny Hallyday.

Is a huge fan of Star Wars. He said in an interview that as a child he once watched it every day for a summer and ended up memorizing the lines from the movie.