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Name: Michael Vartan

Age: 33

Height: 6 ft.

Status: Never married

Residence: Los Angeles

Education: Attended high school in Pontoise, France

The scoop: The French-born actor, who first attracted attention as Drew Barrymore's high school teacher in Never Been Kissed, now plays CIA agent Michael Vaughn on ABC's hit spy series Alias. Vartan left France at 18 to settle in L.A. with his artist mom, Doris, and stepdad, writer Ian Lafrenais. "I definitely feel more American," says Vartan. "My standard wardrobe is jeans, a T-shirt and my hockey hat on backwards. I'm a good old Yankee."

In his own words: "I love hockey more than anything," says Vartan, who hits the ice for pickup games two or three times a week. Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz."

The ideal woman: "The No. 1 quality I look for is being friendly," says Vartan, who ended a 10-year relationship with actress Shannon Gleason three years ago. "She's got to have a sweet demeanor." Adds his Alias costar Jennifer Garner: "I know she'll be grounded and unimpressed with the Hollywood side of his life."

What a catch: "He's smart, funny and handsome," says Garner. "And when he speaks French, forget it!"

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