Billy Zane
Date of Birth:
24 February 1966, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birth Name:
William George Zane Jr.
Height:
6' (1.83 m)
Mini 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) where he met his soon-to-be fiance, actress Leonor Varela from whom he subsequently split.
Spouse:
Lisa Collins (2 April 1989 - 8 December 1995) (divorced)
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There are three things in John's life. Betting, betting and betting. Betting rules John's life in more ways than any normal, sane, rational, non-gambling person can ever imagine. For John, it's an obsession. But his wife Helen puts up with it because she loves him - and she loves the high of a big win. When John's rolling in it, they both roll in it - flash hotels, flash holidays, flash life for a while. When it's good it's good and when it's not, there's always next time. And most important, John's honest with Helen: if he loses, he tells her. Always. That is, up until he meets Stan, a new bookie down at the dog track. Stan is also a woman. John's never seen a female bookie at the track. Neither have Wagner and Adrian, his two best friends. So John puts his money with Stan, and he wins. Big time. But soon enough the money's gone, and the wins dry up. It's at that point that Stan offers John a new way to make money, the Special Bet. The Special Bet can take any form, eat a hot chili, spend a week in the bath, pull out that broken tooth. Each time John can win real money by completing one, but Stan decides the stake and she has a penchant for personal things. She's not interested in money, but if something has sentimental value then that's what she demands as a stake. There's only one other rule, a Special Bet stays secret. No one else is allowed to know. Not even Helen. But when Adrian dies in a mysterious accident John wonders if he was the only person taking these Special Bets. He decides he's had enough but it's not that easy to walk away from Stan. Events start spiraling out of control as John digs himself deeper into Stan's pocket, until the stakes are raised to mind-blowing odds. The bet could change John's life, but like all of Stan's bets there are rules which cannot be broken. Break them and face the consequences. With his family. With his friends. John is going to make one last bet, and the stakes can't get any higher than this. Flutter is a tale of greed, responsible gambling and one very strange bookie.
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