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Biography of Billy Zane - Actor
 

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William George Zane, Jr. (born February 24, 1966
in Chicago, Illinois), better known as Billy Zane,
is an United States|American actor/model
(person)|model.

He was born as William Zanetakos, of Ethnic
Greek|Greek-United States|American heritage. His
parents, George and Thalia, were also actors. Zane
is the younger brother of actor|actress Lisa Zane.
He is a graduate of the Francis W. Parker School. 

His first prominent screen role was in Back to the
Future (1985) playing Biff Tannen's friend Match.
He landed the role as a fluke by appearing
nonchalant, dressed in a T-shirt. He is perhaps
best known for playing Caledon Hockley in the 1997
movie blockbuster movie|blockbuster Titanic (1997
film)|Titanic.

Premature hair loss has not diminished Zane's
acting career. Sometimes, while in character, he
wears a wig, although he usually shaves his head
while not in character and has been forefront in
promoting this look. For an example, see Zane's
appearance in Zoolander.

Zane married co-actress Lisa Collins
(actress)|Lisa Collins in 1989; the couple
divorced in 1995. He was also engaged for a time
to Chilean actress Leonor Varela, his costar in
the 1999 television movie Cleopatra
(movie)|Cleopatra.

In 1999 he participated in the first Gumball 3000
rally, driving a 1964 Aston Martin DB5.

Zane is also a singer and can occasionally be seen
in various Broadway theatre|Broadway shows.

Billy Zane also played the voice of Ansem in
Squaresoft and Disney's renowned video game
Kingdom Hearts.

Zane also had a recurring role in the popular
television series Charmed in which he played
poetry loving ex-demon Drake.

Zane played the villain in Dead Calm, a 1989
thriller film also starring Sam Neill and Nicole
Kidman.

== External links ==
* imdb name|name=Billy Zane|id=0000708




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