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Filmography

Actor Credits

Kurtlar vadisi - Irak [2006]

Taxman [1999]

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died [1998]

Miliardi [1991]
TV Shows/Series

Charmed (Drake) [2003] (# of episodes: 3)

Boston Public (Matthew Baskin) [2001] (# of episodes: 4)

The New Batman Adventures (Etrigan the Demon) [1998] (# of episodes: 1)

Tales from the Crypt (Miles Federman) [1993] (# of episodes: 1)

Twin Peaks (John Justice Wheeler) [1991] (# of episodes: 5)

Crime Story (Frankie `The Duke` Farantino) [1988] (# of episodes: 1)

Murder, She Wrote (Tony Gambini) [1988] (# of episodes: 1)

Matlock (Eric Dawson) [1987] (# of episodes: 1)
 

Billy Zane Biography

William George Zane Jr., better known as Billy Zane, was born on February 24, 1966, 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 Bealsalso 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 movies. 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 Cal Hockley in the billion dollar grossing Titanic (1997). Then in 1999, he starred in the television movie Cleopatra (1999) (TV) where he met his soon-to-be fiance, actress Leonor Varela from whom he subsequently split.

 

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gillian anderson [Friend] :: Martine McCutcheon [Friend] (hung out with martine & gillian anderson when he was dating kelly brook.)

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  • Engaged to English actress Kelly Brook.
  • He has filmed movies in over 19 countries, including Australia 5 times.
  • He pumped iron for over a year to play his title role in The Phantom (1996).
  • Is an avid swimmer and started shaving his head in 1997 for aerodynamics.
  • Was engaged to Leonor Varela.
  • Was originally cast as Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing (1987). During a dance rehearsal, Emile Ardolino realized that Zane could not dance, so they gave the part to Patrick Swayze.
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