About Olivier Martinez
Olivier Martinez (born 12 January 1966) is a French actor. He became well known after roles in several French films such as Un, deux, trois, soleil (1993), which garnered him the César Award for "Most Promising Actor", The Horseman on the Roof (1995), and The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997). He has also appeared in Hollywood-produced features, including the drama Before Night Falls (2000) and the erotic thriller Unfaithful (2002), and playing the role of a French drug lord in the action-crime-thriller S.W.A.T. (2003). == Early life == Martinez was born in Paris, France, to a working-class family. His father was a Spanish professional boxer and his mother was a French secretary. Olivier trained as a boxer and dreamed to become a professional boxer, but after trauma decided to become an actor. He studied at the CNSAD and began his acting career in his native France in 1990. Martinez was raised Catholic. == Career == In 1994, Martinez won a César Award as "Most Promising Actor" for his role in the film Un, deux, trois, soleil (1993). This was followed by a leading role in the Jean-Paul Rappeneau period film The Horseman on the Roof (Le Hussard sur le Toit) in 1995 in which he starred alongside Juliette Binoche as an Italian nobleman.
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