Billy Zane
Billy Zane (* 24. February 1966 in Chicago , Illinois as William George Zane, Jr. ) is an American actor . He is the younger brother of actress Lisa Zane .
Career
His first prominent role on screen was that of Match , a friend of Biff Tannen's , in the first two parts of the Back-to-the-Future trilogy. He first received special attention for his role as the mad Hughie Warriner in the Australian film Death Silence . But he was best known for the blockbuster Titanic , in which he embodied the arrogant Cal Hockley . In the Valley of the Wolves - Iraq , as an American war criminal, he was the hero's opponent. On television he has appeared in recurring roles on the series Twin Peaks , Boston Public and Charmed . His work includes more than 140 film and television productions.
Private life
Zane is of Greek descent and is fluent in Greek . The original name of his family is Zanetakos.
Zane was married to actress Lisa Collins from 1989 to 1995 . After that he was engaged for a while to the Chilean actress Leonor Varela , whom he met in 1999 while filming the television film Cleopatra . He was also temporarily engaged to the British model Kelly Brook , with whom he shot the film Stranded in Paradise together in 2005 . Brook and Zane split in 2008. Zane and Croatian model Jasmina Hdagha were a couple in 2010, but they broke up in mid-2010. Billy Zane became the father of little Ava Katherine on February 20, 2011 - the mother is not Jasmina Hdagha, as is often falsely claimed in the media, but the model Candice Neil, with whom Zane is in a relationship.
Filmography
Films (selection)
- 1985: Back to the Future ( Back to the Future )
- 1986: Critters - You Are Here! ( Critters )
- 1989: Adam Sandler's Love Boat ( Going Overboard )
- 1989: Dead Calm ( Dead Calm )
- 1989: Back to the Future Part II ( Back to the Future Part II )
- 1990: Megaville
- 1990: Memphis Belle
- 1991: Millions - The Clan of Billionaires ( Miliardi )
- 1991: Femme Fatale
- 1991: Die Liebesdroge / Blood, Drugs & Libido - Survival in LA ( Blood and Concrete )
- 1992: Orlando
- 1993: The Cry of the Dove ( Betrayal of the Dove )
- 1993: Sniper - The Sniper ( Sniper )
- 1993: Posse - The Revenge of Jessie Lee ( Posse )
- 1993: Poetic Justice
- 1993: Tombstone
- 1994: Reflections on a Crime
- 1994: Flashfire - No way out ( Flashfire )
- 1994: The Silence of the Mutton ( Il Silenzio dei prosciutti )
- 1994: Just for you ( Only You )
- 1995: The Set Up - The Trap ( The Set Up )
- 1995: Demon Knight ( Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight )
- 1996: The Phantom ( The Phantom )
- 1996: Head Above Water ( Head Above Water )
- 1997: Danger Zone - Zone of Death ( Danger Zone )
- 1997: Without Conscience ( This World, Then the Fireworks )
- 1997: Titanic
- 1998: I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
- 1998: Susan's plan
- 2001: Inside a Skinhead ( The Believer )
- 2001: Morgan's Ferry
- 2001: Invincible ( Invincible )
- 2001: Zoolander
- 2002: Landspeed
- 2002: Claim - The Fraud ( Claim )
- 2003: Warnings - The signs are here ( Silent Warnings )
- 2003: Vlad
- 2004: Big Kiss
- 2004: Silver City
- 2005: The Pleasure Drivers
- 2005: BloodRayne
- 2005: Stranded in Paradise ( Three )
- 2005: Dead Fish
- 2006: The Last Mission - Das Himmelfahrtskommando ( The Last Drop )
- 2006: Valley of the Wolves - Iraq ( Kurtlar vadisi - Irak )
- 2006: Memory - When Thoughts Kill ( Memory )
- 2007: The Mad
- 2007: Alien Agent
- 2007: Fishtales
- 2008: Perfect Hideout
- 2008: Slave Story - The Revenge ( The Man Who Came Back )
- 2009: Love N 'Dancing
- 2009: Surviving Evil
- 2009: Darfur
- 2009: The Hessen Affair
- 2010: The Magician (Magic Man)
- 2011: The Roommate
- 2012: Border Run ( The Mule )
- 2013: Scorned
- 2013: Blood of Redemption
- 2016: Zoolander 2
TV films & direct to video
- 1986: Young Streetfighters ( The Brotherhood of Justice )
- 1987: Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (TV movie)
- 1988: The hot district / Police Story: A house full of police officers ( Police Story: Monster Manor )
- 1989: The Strangler Hillside ( The Case of the Hillside Stranglers )
- 1993: Mortal Sin ( Lake Consequence )
- 1994: Cyborg Agent ( Running Delilah )
- 1999: Cleopatra
- 2004: Bet Your Life
- 2000: Survivor - The Survivor ( Sole Survivor )
- 2001: Louis L'Amour's The Curse of the diamond ( The Diamond of Jeru )
- 2010: Journey to Promethea - The Last Kingdom ( Journey to Promethea )
- 2012: Barrabas
- 2015: Trouble Sleeping
- 2016: Beyond the Game
- 2016: Sniper: Ghost Shooter
- 2016: Dead Rising: Endgame
- 2017: Sniper: Homeland Security ( Sniper: Ultimate Kill )
TV Shows
- 1986: Detective Kennedy - Night Shift in LA ( Heart of the City , ep.1.05)
- 1987: Matlock (episode 1.17)
- 1988: Crime Story (episode 2.13)
- 1988: Murder is her hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , episode 4.17)
- 1991: Twin Peaks (5 episodes)
- 1993: Tales from the Crypt ( Tales from the Crypt , Episode 5.08)
- 2001: Boston Public (4 episodes)
- 2005: Charmed ( Charmed , 3 episodes)
- 2009: Samantha Who? (5 episodes)
- 2010: The Deep End (6 episodes)
- 2014: Psych (ep.8.10)
- 2015-2016: Mad Dogs (2 episodes)
- 2017: Legends of Tomorrow (1 episode)
- 2019: Curfew (8 episodes)
German dubbing voice
Charles Rettinghaus is the German voice of Billy Zane.
swell
- ↑ Hollywood star Billy Zane and Croatian model Jasmina Hdagha break up ( Memento November 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: Croatian Times , June 2, 2010
- ↑ Billy Zane Shops At The Grove With His Little Lady . Arneill, Lisa: growing your baby. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ↑ Ava is spelled with a A . Zane, Billy: on twitter May 14, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ^ Anastasios Papapostolou: Billy Zane Reveals His Newborn Daughter's Name and Talks Business. In: hollywood.greekreporter.com. June 27, 2011, accessed July 29, 2011 .
- ^ Billy Zane and Family . cafemidilosangeles. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
Web links
- Billy Zane in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Zane, Billy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zanetakos, William (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |