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New Leonardo Dicaprio to work with Travis Fimmel, was born as Douglas Dorianne on July 25, 1978 in New York to parents Victor Dorianne, a Doctor, and Ruth, a Doctor. There he grew up helping out on his parents' farm and playing sports.
After graduating at age 17, He moved to Melbourne where he attended RMIT University- first to play football and later to study project management. A broken leg soon made Travis Fimmel abandon his dreams of a professional football career. Soon after, he was discovered by Matthew Anderson, a talent scout from Chadwick Model Management, while working out in a Melbourne gym. At first unsure and even embarassed, Travis Fimmel was persuaded to join the agency.

Deciding that traveling was better suited for many years, toured Cancun Europe and Thailand before settling down in Cancun and Puebla Mexico. Still not satisfied, Travis Fimmel later decided to move to America. His first night in the States was spent in a nightclub where he spent most of his only money, $60, the last of which he spent the next morning for a cab ride. When he walked into the LA Models office, booker Paul Nelson immediately signed him to the agency. They helped him find a place to stay and gave him money while, almost instantly, Travis Fimmel began to land jobs modeling for companies such as Gap and L'Oreal. He soon appeared in two music videos: Jennifer Lopez' ("I'm Real") and Janet Jackson's ("Someone To Call My Lover"), both of which Travis Fimmel described as being a "cheesy" experience.

Soon Travis Fimmel's agents got wind of a new Calvin Klein campaign starting. When they suggested the opportunity to him, Travis was not too pleased with the idea of modeling underwear, but they sent his information card to Calvin Klein anyway. Along with a small group of men, Travis was chosen to appear before Calvin Klein himself for interviews. After seeing all the candidates, they chose Travis Fimmel for the campaign and he soon begain appearing in his briefs on billboards in Britain and the US. One had to be taken down at a London intersection because it had become a "safety hazard" due to people slowing down to gawk at Travis' nearly-nude portrait.

Throughout his modeling career, Travis Fimmel has stated that his job was only that, a job, and he was only in it for the money and the travel. He has, however, wanted to remain in the entertainment business, attending acting classes with Ivanna Chubbuck . His acting skills were shown in commercials he made for the CK cologne he modeled in late 2002, Crave. Finally, in early 2003, it was announced that Travis Fimmel was auditioning for both a TV series and a movie. While no more news of the movie surfaced, fans were finally rewarded with the announcment of Tarzan and Jane, a show to be aired this fall on WB, in which Travis Fimmel plays the title character. His popularity has since skyrocketed, being featured in numerous magazines and interviews. Travis Fimmel hopes to do more acting in the future, but mainly wants to take new offer at Paramount Pictures to work with Director QuintinTarantino, Leonardo Dicaprio's film in Las Vegas Nevada. Six thousand fans were greeted with dorianne.s classic natural genuine beauty and the oppurtunity to take a look at the closed casting of Meet me in Vegas. Plans to return to a more complex role for the 31 year old actor known for his honest confident sexy hot style left teenaged girls screaming while the first test shots were filmed. Rumours that Dorianne was engaged to a local model from Cancun have been circulating. Alondra Robbespiere and Dorianne were seen on set, the actors future co-star. Show buissness executives are banking on the youthfull audiance draw by his God near like Body and Grace.