Billy Zane
Biological Information
Full name	William George Zane, Jr.
Nickname	Bill Zane
Gender	Male
Born	February 24, 1966 (age 46)
Birthplace	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Background Information
Family	William George Zane, Sr. (Father) Thalia Zane (Mother)
Romances	Lisa Collins (m. 1989–1995)
Occupation	Actor, producer
Active	1985–present

William George "Billy" Zane, Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor and producer. He is probably best known for his roles as Hughie in Dead Calm, Caledon Hockley in Titanic, The Phantom from The Phantom, John Wheeler in Twin Peaks and Mr. E in CQ.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Trivia 3 Personal Quotes 4 Gallery 5 External links 6 Comments

Biography Edit

William George Zane Jr., better known as Billy Zane, was born on February 24, 1966,(age 42) in Chicago, Illinois, USA to parents William George Zane Sr. and Thalia Zane. Both of his parents ran a medical technical school. Billy also has a sister named Lisa Zane, an actress born in 1961. Billy was bitten by the acting bug early on. In his early teens, he attended Harand Camp of the Theater Arts in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. In 1982, he attended the American School in Switzerland. His high school days were spent at Francis Parker High School in Chicago, Illinois. Daryl Hannah and Jennifer Beals also attended Parker, prior to Billy's attendance. Soon after graduating high school, Billy decided to venture out to California to try his hand at acting. Within three weeks, he won his very first big screen role in Back to the Future (1985), playing the part of Match, one of Biff's thugs. He would later reprise that role for the sequel. Then after a small role in the film Critters (1986), he landed starring roles in several television films. In 1989, Billy filmed Dead Calm (1989). It was on the set of this movie that he met his future wife, Lisa Collins. They were married from 1988-1995. In 1996, Billy starred in The Phantom (1996) and in 1997 as Caledon Hockley in the billion dollar grossing Titanic (1997). Then in 1999, he starred in the television movie "Cleopatra" (1999) where he met his soon-to-be fiance, actress Leonor Varela from whom he subsequently split. He also played Drake de'mon for three episodes on WB series charmed.

Trivia Edit

Personal Quotes Edit

• (What he thinks about his age) I'm enjoying 40. Old enough to know better, young enough not to care.
• With me it's always about first impressions. I trust my instincts. I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

GalleryEdit

External linksEdit

• Billy Zane at the Internet Movie Database
• Billy Zane on Wikipedia