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Zane at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2019
Born
William George Zane Jr.

(1966-02-24) February 24, 1966 (age 58)
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present
Spouse
(m. 1989;div. 1995)
Partner(s)Candice Neil (2010–present; engaged)
Children2
Family Lisa Zane (sister)

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, most notably playing the main antagonist Caledon Hockley in the epic film Titanic (1997), for which he and the rest of the ensemble cast was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

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Zane's other film roles include Kit Walker / The Phantom in the superhero film The Phantom (1996), "Match" in the Back to the Future franchise, Lieutenant Val Kozlowski in Memphis Belle (1990), The Collector in Demon Knight (1995), Curtis Zampf in The Believer (2001), and Richard Miller in the Sniper film series. He also played the recurring role of John Justice Wheeler in the second season of the TV series Twin Peaks , and provided the voice of Ansem in the video game Kingdom Hearts (2002).

Early life

Zane was born in Chicago to Thalia and William George Zane Sr.; both were professional actors and founders of a school for medical technicians. [1] [2] His parents are of Greek descent (from Chios through his mother and Mani through his father); and his family's original surname, "Zanetakos", was anglicized to "Zane" by his parents. He grew up in the Greek Orthodox faith. [3] [4] [5] He has an older sister, Lisa Zane, who is an actress and singer. [6]

After completing a year of school at The American School in Switzerland (TASIS), Zane graduated from Francis W. Parker School and attended Harand Camp of the Theater Arts in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.[ citation needed ]

Career

1980s

Zane's first two screen roles were in the science fiction films Back to the Future in 1985 and Critters in 1986, around the same time he appeared in the music videos for Sheena Easton's songs "Do It For Love" and "Magic of Love". In 1988, he played Tony Gambini alongside Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote: A Very Good Year for Murder. Zane also appeared in an episode of Matlock entitled "The Nurse". In 1989 he reprised his henchman role in Back to the Future Part II . Earlier that same year, Zane gained international recognition with the role of villain Hughie Warriner in the thriller Dead Calm , alongside Nicole Kidman and Sam Neill. He also starred in the NBC film The Case of the Hillside Stranglers (1989), and Adam Sandler's "no budget" debut Going Overboard (1989) which was not released to a wider audience until 1996.

1990s

Zane's first starring role was in a 1990 independent film, the low budget science fiction thriller Megaville . In 1990, he also co-starred in the film Memphis Belle , a film version of a 1944 film about a World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, as the bombardier. Zane also forayed into television work, and in 1991 he appeared as John Justice Wheeler in several episodes of David Lynch's hit TV-show Twin Peaks . In 1992 Zane co-starred alongside Tilda Swinton in the film adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando . In 1993, he played the Shakespearean actor "Mr. Fabian" in Tombstone , took a starring role in Sniper he also starred alongside Mario Van Peebles as a cold-blooded and corrupt Colonel Graham in Posse and also in Lake Consequence and played a playboy named Harry, posing as the elusive, albeit fake Damon Bradley alongside Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. in Only You .

He also starred in a couple of Tales from the Crypt productions, including Tales From the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight , where he played a henchman of Satan called The Collector, and the episode "Well-Cooked Hams", where he played a poorly skilled magician who killed to steal good tricks from other magicians. In 1996, Zane played the eponymous classic comic book hero in the big budget action film The Phantom , based on Lee Falk's comic.

Zane played the snobbish millionaire misanthrope Caledon Hockley in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic . This role as Rose's (played by Kate Winslet) fiancé earned him an MTV Movie Award nomination for "Best Villain" and a Blockbuster Entertainment Award. Along with the rest of the ensemble cast, he was nominated for a SAG award.

In 1998, he starred in and produced I Woke Up Early the Day I Died , a silent film based on Ed Wood's last script, intended as a parody on bad filmmaking. He won several awards at the B-Movie Film Festival, including Best Movie and Best Actor, for this work. The year after, he starred opposite Timothy Dalton, Bruce Payne, Sean Pertwee and Leonor Varela (who became his fiancé after shooting ended) in a TV-movie about Cleopatra. Zane played the part of Mark Antony.

The same year, he voiced John Rolfe in Disney's Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World and Etrigan the Demon in an episode of The New Batman Adventures .

2000s

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Billy Zane at the Cannes Film Festival, 2010

Zane was instrumental in realizing the critically acclaimed film The Believer , which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival in 2001. [7] In it, he portrayed neo-fascist Curtis Zampf, and starred opposite Ryan Gosling. The same year, he also had a cameo as himself in the comedy Zoolander .

Zane appeared on Broadway in Chicago , where he played lawyer Billy Flynn.

Zane also had a recurring role in the television series Charmed in which he played poetry-loving ex-demon Drake. He also provided the voice of Ansem, the main antagonist of the 2002 video game Kingdom Hearts , opposite Haley Joel Osment. Though archive audio of Zane was later used for Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories , he was replaced by Richard Epcar for the rest of the series from Kingdom Hearts II onwards. Zane's performance, however, was kept for the Kingdom Hearts Final Mix remaster in Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix .

In 2006, Zane starred in Arthur Allan Seidelman's West End production of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks as an acerbic gay dance instructor opposite Claire Bloom. [8] In the same year, he appeared in the Turkish film Valley of the Wolves Iraq (Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak in Turkish), part of the Kurtlar Vadisi franchise. The film tells the story of the U.S. Army run amok in Iraq, eventually brought into check by a Turkish soldier. Zane plays Sam William Marshall, a cruel U.S. soldier who is the main antagonist in the film.

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Zane in 2008

He took over Timothy Olyphant's role as Christina Applegate's ex-boyfriend on Samantha Who? . The show, however, was not renewed for the 2009–2010 season. [9]

Zane is a principal at RadioactiveGiant, a film and television production and distribution company. [10]

2010s

Zane starred in the 2012 action/thriller film The Kill Hole , [11] and in January 2017 he appeared in a commercial for KFC as a gold-colored Colonel Sanders to pitch the restaurant chain's newest limited-time flavor, Georgia Gold Honey Mustard BBQ chicken. [12] Zane also appeared in an episode of Community , season 6's "Advanced Safety Features".

Zane was also featured in two episodes of The Boys portraying a fictional version of himself who made a movie with Popclaw and also attended a comic convention with Tara Reid. In season 3, Zane appeared as himself portraying Alastair Adana in the Vought film Not Without My Dolphin.

In 2024, Zane portrayed Larry Ray in the Lifetime film Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story as part of its "Ripped from the Headlines" feature films. [13]

Personal life

Zane was married to actress Lisa Collins from 1989 to 1995. He was also engaged for a time to Chilean actress Leonor Varela who was his co-star in Cleopatra (1999), a television film. [14]

Later Zane was engaged to British model-turned-actress Kelly Brook; he met her when they co-starred in the movie Survival Island (2005), also known as Three. They split in April 2008, got back together again shortly after that, and ended the relationship in August 2008.[ citation needed ] Zane dated Croatian model Jasmina Hdagha in 2010; they broke up later that year. [15]

Through a friend he met American model Candice Neil with whom he has two daughters; they became engaged. [14] [16] Their first daughter, Ava Catherine, was born in 2011, and their second daughter, Gia, was born in 2014. [17]

In 1999, Zane participated in the first Gumball 3000 rally, driving a 1964 Aston Martin DB5. [18] He is an abstract expressionist painter and he has had many solo and group exhibitions. [19]

Other media projects

Zane executive-produced an album by bluesman Tim O'Connor that includes three songs from Dead Calm , in which Zane had one of the lead roles. [20]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1985 Back to the Future "Match"
1986 Critters Steve Elliot
1989 Going Overboard King Neptune
Dead Calm Hughie WarrinerNominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor
Back to the Future Part II "Match"
1990 Megaville CKS Agent Raymond Palinov / Jensen
Memphis Belle Lieutenant Val KozlowskiNominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor
1991 Femme Fatale Elijah
Blood and Concrete Joey Turks
Millions Maurizio Ferretti
1992 Orlando Shelmerdine
1993 Sniper NSC Agent Richard Miller
Posse Colonel Graham
Poetic Justice Brad
Tombstone Mr. Fabian
Betrayal of the Dove Jesse Peter
1994 Reflections on a Crime Colin
The Silence of the Hams Jo Dee Fostar
Flashfire Jack Flinder
Only You Harry / Fake Damon Bradley
1995 The Set-Up Charles Thorpe
Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight The Collector
1996 The Phantom Kit Walker / The Phantom
Head Above Water Kent
Danger Zone Rick MorganAlso co-producer
1997 This World, Then the Fireworks MartyAlso executive producer
Titanic Caledon N. "Cal" Hockley Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor – Drama
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast
Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
1998 I Woke Up Early the Day I Died The ThiefAlso producer
Susan's Plan Sam Myers
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World John Rolfe Voice, direct-to-video [21]
1999Promise Her AnythingGeorge Putter
2001 Zoolander HimselfUncredited cameo
The Believer Curtis Zampf
CQ Mr. E.
Morgan's Ferry SamDirect-to-video
2002ClaimRoberto Bealing
Landspeed Michael Sanger
2003 Silent Warnings Sheriff Bill WillinghamDirect-to-video
Vlad Adrian
The Kiss Alan Roberts / Young Philip NaudetDirect-to-video
Starving Hysterical NakedJack
Imaginary GraceNero
2004 Silver City Chandler Tyson
Big KissBillyAlso director and executive producer
2005 Dead Fish Virgil
The Pleasure Drivers Marvin
BloodRayne Elrich
2006 The Last Drop Lieutenant Robert OatesDirect-to-video
Survival Island Jack
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq Sam William Marshall
Memory Taylor Briggs
2007 The Mad Jason Hunt
Fishtales Professor Thomas BradleyAlso co-producer
Alien Agent Tom Hanson / SaylonDirect-to-video
2008 Perfect Hideout Victor
The Man Who Came Back Ezra
Love N' Dancing Kent Krandel
2009 Surviving Evil Sebastian "Seb" Beazley
Blue Seduction Mikey Taylor
Evil – In the Time of Heroes Prophitis Messenger
Darfur Bob Jones
The Hessen Affair Jack Durant
2010 Magic Man Darius
The ConfidantMonty
Enemies Among UsGraham
2011 The Roommate Professor Roberts
Boop Max Fleischer Short film
Sniper: Reloaded NSC Agent Richard MillerDirect-to-video
Mercenaries Colonel Torida
Flutter Edwin "The Dentist"
Mysteria The Producer
LovemakersJake's Agent
GuidoSid Shine
2012 The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption King TalusDirect-to-video
Electrick Children Paul McKnight
Mama, I Want to Sing! Dillan
A Green Story Greg Hutchins
Two Jacks Max Faraday
Border Run Aaron Talbert
Dark Star Hollow The Devil
2013 The Employer Alan
The Kill Hole Marshall
Blood of Redemption Quinn ForteDirect-to-video
Come Find MeUncleShort film
2014 Scorned Kevin
The Ganzfeld HauntingFather
HUVrHimselfShort film
Ghost of Goodnight LaneAlan
Mining for Ruby Professor Sam Goodwell
2015 Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard Seiler
Billy Zane Thinks Zayn Tweets Are About HimHimselfShort film
West of RedemptionHank Keller
Trouble Sleeping Charles
2016 A Winter Rose Preston Holdsworth
Zoolander 2 Himself
Swing State Governor Richard Sollow
Dead Rising: Endgame Leo Rand
White Island Leo [22] [23]
Sniper: Ghost Shooter NSC Agent Richard MillerDirect-to-video
The Adventure Club Langley
2017 Sniper: Ultimate Kill NSC Agent Richard MillerDirect-to-video
2018 Samson King Balek
Holmes & Watson HimselfCameo
Blue World Order Master Crane
2019 Cliffs of Freedom Christos
The Great War Colonel Jack Morrison
2020 Ghosts of War Dr. EngelAlso executive producer
Final KillCarl Riser
Guest House Douglas Masters
Battle of the Bulge: Winter WarGeneral Omar Bradley Direct-to-video
Centurion: The Dancing StallionJeffrey Hall
2021 The Believer Dr. Benedict
Iké Boys Newt GrafstromAlso co-executive producer
RuptureVictor
2022 Hellblazers Joshua
2023 Legend of Destruction Simon bar Giora English dub
Centurion: The Dancing Stallion Jeffrey Hall
The Oath King Aaron
2025 Waltzing with Brando Marlon Brando Post-production
TBA Takeover Gamal Akopyan
Tapawingo TBA

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
1986 Brotherhood of Justice LesTelevision film
Heart of the City TobinEpisode: "Don't Sell Yourself to the Cannibals"
1987 Matlock Eric DawsonEpisode: "The Nurse"
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 Police OfficerTelevision film
1988 Crime Story Frankie "The Duke" FarantinoEpisode: "Protected Witness"
Murder, She Wrote Tony GambiniEpisode: "A Very Good Year for Murder"
Police Story: Monster Manor Officer Don VarneyTelevision film
1989The Case of the Hillside Strangler Kenneth Bianchi Television film
1991 Twin Peaks John Justice Wheeler5 episodes
1993 Lake Consequence BillyTelevision film
Running Delilah PaulTelevision film
Tales From the Crypt MilesEpisode: "Well-Cooked Ham"
1998 The New Batman Adventures Jason Blood / Etrigan the Demon Voice, episode: "The Demon Within" [21]
1999 Cleopatra Marc Antony 2 episodes
2000 Sole Survivor Joe CarpenterTelevision film
Hendrix Michael JeffreyTelevision film
2001The Diamond of JeruMike KardecTV movie
Invincible OsTelevision film
Boston Public Matthew Baskin4 episodes
2004Bet Your LifeJosephTelevision film
2005 Charmed Drake3 episodes
2008FinneganBrian ClarkPilot
2009 Blue Seduction Mikey TaylorTelevision film
Samantha Who? Winston Funk [9] 5 episodes
2010 Journey to Promethea King LaypachTelevision film
The Deep End Cliff Huddle6 episodes
2012 Red Clover Sheriff Connor O'HaraTelevision film
Hannah's Law LockwoodTelevision film
Robot Chicken Commander Edwards / King Ding Dong Voices
Episode: "Poisoned by Relatives"
Barabbas Barabbas Television film
2014Checked OutUncle DennisPilot
Psych Ian Collins [24] Episode: "The Break-Up"
2015 The Wheel of Time: The Winter Dragon Elan Morin Tedronai / Ishamael Television film; also executive producer
Community Honda BossEpisode: "Advanced Safety Features"
2015–2016 Mad Dogs Milo2 episodes
2016 Guilt Stan Guthrie10 episodes
2017 Legends of Tomorrow P.T. Barnum Episode: "Freakshow"
2018 Deception "Switch"2 episodes
2019 Curfew "Joker" Jones8 episodes
2019, 2022 The Boys Himself3 episodes
2021 True Story Ari2 episodes
MacGruber Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth5 episodes
2024 Devil On Campus: The Larry Ray Story Larry Ray Television film

Video games

YearFilmVoice roleNotes
2001 SSX Tricky Broderick "Brodi" Ford [21]
2002 Kingdom Hearts Ansem [21]
2013 Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix Archival audio; Kingdom Hearts Final Mix only
2017Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 RemixArchival audio; Kingdom Hearts Final Mix only

Music videos

YearSongArtistRole
1985"Do It For Love & Magic of Love" Sheena Easton Unknown
1998"The Dope Show" Marilyn Manson Recording Industry Executive
2001"Epiphany" Staind Unknown
2013"Rock n Roll" [25] Avril Lavigne Protagonist / Antagonist / BearShark
2023“I’m My Only Friend” Dillon Francis, Arden Jones Actor

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