Posted March 17, 200619 yr Olivier Martinez Born: on 01/12/66 in Paris, France His mother is French and his father is Spanish-Moroccan. Dark and handsome, 5'11", Olivier Martinez won his first international notice with "The Horseman on the Roof" (1995), in which he played a dashing 19th Century Italian cavalry officer who falls in love with a married woman (Juliette Binoche). Martinez slipped into acting. Both his father and grandfather had owned garages, and after Martinez finished schooling in his native Paris, he worked in numerous jobs for about five years before deciding on acting as a career. His first film roles were in "Plein fer/Full Steel" (1990), the story of a potentially deadly petanque competition, and Jean-Jacques Beineix's "IP5" (1991). In the latter, he portrayed a graffiti artist whose life is changed by a an odd old man (Yves Montand). The next year he won the most promising actor Cesar Award for Bertrand Blier's "1,2,3 Soleil". Jean-Paul Rappeneau's "The Horseman on the Roof"--a stunning romance in which Martinez and Binoche do not even kiss--and "Mon Homme/My Man" (1996) followed. In 2000, Martinez offered a superlative supporting performance as Cuban writer Lazaro Gomez Carriles in "Before Night Falls", Julian Schnabel's film adaptation of the memoirs of Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas. The actor had the challenge of portraying Arenas' friend (who also contributed to the script) who steadfastly stood by the writer through his battle with AIDS. The actor's considerable sexual magnetism was unleashed on mainstream audiences when he appeared in director Adian Lyne's "Unfaithful" (2002) as the roguish, young and charismatic rare book dealer who tempts Diane Lane into a steamy but disastrous extramarital affair. In the wake of this breakout performance, Martinez was cast as an incarcerated drug kingpin who offers up $100 million to anyone who can free him from police custody in the big-budget, action-oriented film version of the 70s TV crime drama "S.W.A.T." (2003) Education Conservatoire National Superieur d'Art Dramatique, Paris, France, acting Ecole Florent, Paris, France Milestones 1990 Co-starred in "Plein fer" 1991 Won critical notice with role in "IP5" 1992 Starred in "1,2,3 Soleil" 1996 Had first American release with "The Horseman on the Roof" 1997 Played male lead in "The Chambermaid on the Titanic" 2000 Co-starred as writer Lazaro Gomez Carriles in "Before Night Falls", Julian Schnabel's film version of the memoirs of Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas 2002 Cast opposite Helen Mirren in the Showtime remake of "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" 2003 Starred with Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell in "S.W.A.T." 2004 Cast as opposite Diane Lane in "Unfaithful"; plays a man who has an adulterous affair with Lane's character 2004 Played a Detective opposite Angelina Jolie in "Taking Lives" (info taken from: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800023475/bio) yummy! don't mind me, I totally fell for him in Unfaithful! he was sooooo SEXY
March 17, 200619 yr Author All walls except the last one were found on http://www.dreamvision-entertainment.com/dvw/olivier.html
March 17, 200619 yr Author i want to have his kids!!!! ok not really but still I know ... seriously though ... he's born in 1966 .. my mom is two years younger than him
March 17, 200619 yr He's so gorgeous. I first saw him in 'Unfaithful' and I was drooling the whole time.
March 17, 200619 yr Author I know me too... that movie is what inspired me to make his thread, i saw it last night.. practically twice just to see him again at the beginning ..
May 18, 200618 yr Author ouu la la.. Olivier and Kylie... what's the dealio!? http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story...8948.html?menu= http://www.kissme.it/foto%20per%20news/kylie-olivier.jpg http://usuarios.lycos.es/minogue57/glasgow2.html and a signed poster http://www.oqdiamondm.com/hollywood/unfa.jpg 109 ladies... pay up
May 18, 200618 yr He's so gorgeous. I first saw him in 'Unfaithful' and I was drooling the whole time. me too. Now I own the movie.
May 18, 200618 yr Author the second one is bigger than the first time I posted it.. and the rest are just wtv
March 2, 200718 yr Olivier Martinez at Armani event video World Fashion Tv = 3MB = 17sec = High Quality http://rapidshare.com/files/19004259/Olivi...rmani_Event.mpg
January 9, 200817 yr He's so gorgeous. I first saw him in 'Unfaithful' and I was drooling the whole time. oh, gosh, that film was wicked! i'd love to watch it again...mmm
January 9, 200817 yr this is from Before Night Falls, worth watching, he proved that he is a brilliant actor here
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