- Source of Wealth: Film and Television
- Age: 53
- Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Height: 6′ 0½” (1.84 m)
- Weight: 210 lbs (95.25 kg)
- Marital Status: Divorced (Lisa Collins)
- Full Name: William George “Billy” Zane, Jr.
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: February 24, 1966
- Ethnicity: Greek
- Occupation: Actor and Producer
- Education: Harand Camp of the Theatre Arts, The American School in Switzerland, Francis W. Parker School
- Children: 2 (Ava Catherine and Gia)
William George, more popularly known as “Billy” Zane, Jr. is an American actor, director, and producer who own an incredible net worth of $20 million.
Billy Zane has made such a lot of money by acting in several big-budget movies since 1985. He was cast in the movie “Back to the Future” in 1985. Zane became popular after his acting roles as “Cal” in the Oscar-winning movie “Titanic”. Other famous roles played by Zane are in “Dead Calm” as Hughie, The Phantom from the movie “The Phantom”, as John Wheeler in the movie “Twin Peaks” and Mr. E in “CQ”.
He loves driving. Zane took part in the first Gumball 3000 rally in 1999 where he had driven a 1964 Aston Martin DB5. He was cast in the music video of Staind’s “Epiphany”. Zane was the executive and producer of a CD by bluesman Tim O’Connor. The album included three songs from his top popular movie “Dead Calm”. In this album, he had one of the lead roles. The science fiction movie “Back to the Future” was Zane’s first introduction in the silver screen – that was in 1985. The second was “Critters” in 1986.
Billy Zane was born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 24th, 1966. He was the son of Thalia and William George Zane, Sr. His family nurtured many amateur actors. Both of his parents were the founders of a school for health technicians. Zane married actress Lisa Collins in 1989. Unfortunately, they were separated in 1995. Later he was engaged to a Chilean actress, Leonor Varela.