Jennifer Garner Wishes 'Alias' Costar and Ex Michael Vartan a Happy 55th Birthday: 'XX S. Bristow'

Mar. 15, 2025

Michael Vartan and Jennifer Garner.Photo:Gregg DeGuire/WireImage

Gregg DeGuire/WireImage

Jennifer Garneris wishing her former boyfriend and costarMichael Vartana happy 55th birthday!

“I can’t remember why I was Bavarian, but I do know today is your birthday. I hope it’s a great one, Michael! XX S. Bristow,” the13 Going on 30actress, 51, captioned a cutethrowback photoof herself and theMonster-in-Lawactor on Monday.

In the Instagram upload, Garner was dressed in traditional German clothing as she held a broken beer mug.

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The pair had an on-screen romance in the early 2000s action thriller and science fiction seriesAlias. Garner starred as Sydney Bristow while Vartan portrayed Michael Vaughn. Their relationship carried over into the real world as they publiclydated briefly between 2003 and 2004.

Garner and Vartan have remained close over the years.

In 2018, she alsocelebrated his 50th birthdaywith another throwback of the two in their younger days.

Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan.Scott Garfield/Disney

Scott Garfield/Disney

WhenGarner joined TikTokin October 2021, she did it with the help of her formerAliascast members, including Vartan.Merrin Dungey,Kevin Weisman,Gina Torres, Mia Maestro andVictor Garberwere also present to mark the 20-year anniversary of the popular ABC spy series.

Garner included then and now photos of her costars among clips from the reunion party.

“We’re here, we’re older, but we still got it,” Garner wrote in the caption, adding the hashtags #FirstTikTok and #Alias20.

When she shared the same video on Instagram, Garner praised creatorJ.J. Abramsfor his “ambitious imagination [that] pushed every department on the crew ofAliasthrough and past the norm, it was so much FUN.”

Garner noted that Abrams was not able to attend the reunion and that the cast “missed everyone who was working and couldn’t make it in.”

As for theElektraactress and theNever Been Kissedactor, they have both moved on.

In 2011,Vartan married Lauren Skaar, but theyseparated in 2014. Skaar filed for divorce in July of that year.

Garner is currently dating Cali Group CEOJohn Miller. Earlier this month, they were seen holding hands while on an outing in Santa Monica, California, wearing coordinating gray outfits. A source told PEOPLE in February that the pair “like to date out of the spotlight” and they arehaving “a lot of fun” together.

source: people.com