His central role as Michael Vaughn on "Alias" certainly led us to believe that Michael Vartan would continue to be a fixture on our TV screens after the ABC spy smash ended in 2006, and he was — just not on shows that were watched.

Actually, that's slightly unfair. Few of his more recent shows were true flops, they just suffered from being compared to "Alias," the sort of landmark show people talked about around the mythical water cooler.

His biggest post-"Alias" role was as part of the ensemble in the TNT medical drama "Hawthorne" alongside Jada Pinkett Smith ("Collateral," 2004). That show ran for three seasons (2009 to 2011), but never really attained hit status. A few years later, he was a main support in the E! drama "The Arrangement" (2017 to 2018).

His biggest role, however, was probably as a guest — he did a six-episode arc on the second season of the A&E hit "Bates Motel" in 2014. 

Between these endeavors, he also dabbled with film, most notably as the love interest in the 2011 action flick "Colombiana."

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