Billy Zane is a famous American actor and director popular in the world for portraying in the movie, Dead Calm. He is famous for appearing in movies and television series like Blue World Order, Deception, Psych, Twin Peaks, and many others.
Billy Zane's Early Life and Education
Billy Zane was born William George Zane, Jr. on February 24, 1966, and is 53 years old as of early 2019. He was born in an upper-middle-class family in Chicago, Illinois, the United States of America to his mother Thalia Zane, and his father William George Zane.
Billy is of American nationality and belongs to the Greek ethnicity. He studied at The American School In Switzerland, Francis W. Parker School, and Harand Camp of the Theater Arts.
Billy Zane's Career
Billy Zane dreamed to be an actor since his childhood days, he was kind of lucky too as both of his parents were also actors and actresses but not that popular.
Billy started his professional career in 1985 appearing in the role of Match in the movie, Back to the Future. However, he came into the spotlight appearing in Dead Calm in 1989.
To date, Billy has appeared in numerous movies and television series like Brotherhood of Justice, Samson, Blue World Order, Trouble Sleeping, Deception, Mad Dogs, Psych, Hannah's Law, Community, The Wheel of Time: The Winter Dragon, Samantha Who? and many others.
Billy Zane's Net Worth
As of early 2019, Billy Zane's net worth is reported to be around $20 million that he collected from his acting and directing career. Back in 1999, Bill's salary from Cleopatra was reported to be around $2,000,000.
The box office sales of the movie Titanic was $2,190,000,000, The Phantom was $17,320,000, Only You was $20,060,000, Memphis Belle was $27,440,000, Critters was $13,170,000, Back to the Future was $38,110,000, and many others.
Billy Zane's Personal Life
Billy Zane was once married to Lisa Collins who is also a famous actress from the United States. She is popular in the world for her role in Fix. They got married in 1989 but their married life didn't last more than half a decade and they dissolved their marriage in 1995.
After that, he began a love affair with Leonor Varela. Her full name is Leonor Varela Pilme and she is also a great actress and model from Chile. They also got engaged after dating each other for a few years but this engagement was called off just after a few months.
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He was also once engaged with model Kelly Brook but called off their engagement in August 2009.
For now, he is engaged to Candice Neil. The couple has two children; two daughters. Their first daughter, Ava Catherine was born in 2011, and their second daughter, Gia was born in 2014.
Billy stands at a height of 6 feet ½ inches and her weight is around 90 kg.