2009
Search results
William George Zane Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor. His breakthrough role was in the 1989 Australian film Dead Calm, a performance that earned him a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor. He has since appeared in numerous films and television series, notably playing the main ...
Billy Zane is an American actor of Greek descent, known for his roles in Titanic, The Phantom, Dead Calm and Back to the Future Part II. He has also produced and directed several films and TV shows, and has a height of 6'0½".
- January 1, 1
- 1.84 m
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Learn about the life and career of Billy Zane, an American actor of Greek descent who starred in Back to the Future, Dead Calm, Titanic and more. Find out his birth date, height, family, spouse, children, trivia and quotes.
- February 24, 1966
May 16, 2024 · Billy Zane gives a talk at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2024. Getty Images “Waltzing with Brando” is set in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the Academy Award-winning actor ...
- Eric Todisco
- 56 sec
Billy Zane married actress Lisa Collins on April 2, 1989. They divorced in 1995 after six years of marriage. Since then, he had been engaged to Chilean actress Leonor Varela, who played the titular role in ‘Cleopatra’, and British model and actress Kelly Brook, whom he met on the set of ‘Survival Island’ (2005).
Dec 19, 2022 · Actor Billy Zane, who played the villain Cal Hockley in Titanic, talks to Vulture about the film's legacy, his accent, and his relationship with James Cameron. He also reveals how he accompanied Frances Fisher to the Avatar 2 premiere.
Born in 1966 and raised in Chicago, Billy Zane was the son of professional stage actors Thalia and William George Zane Sr. After attending summer acting camps, the teenager decided to try following in his parents’ footsteps. When he turned 18, Zane planned to spend a year in Hollywood, soaking up the atmosphere, before attending acting school.
