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Date of Birth: Billy Zane24 February 1966Billy attended Parker School in Chicago and Harand Camp of the Theater Arts in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin with Jeremy Piven. Was engaged to Leonor Varela. He attended The American School in Switzerland for his sophmore year of high school. Brother of actress Lisa Zane. Was originally cast as Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing (1987). During auditions, choreographer Emile Ardolino realized that Zane could not dance, so the part went to Patrick Swayze. Is an avid swimmer and started shaving his head in 1997 for aerodynamics. ... Is the voice of Broderick 'Brodi' Ford in the EA Sports Big game SSX Tricky (2001) (VG) (for Playstation2, Nintendo Gamecube, Xbox). Is of Greek descent. Original family name is Tzanetakos. Added more muscle to his already buff physique in order to effectively play Marc Antony in the 1999 movie Cleopatra (1999) (TV). He has played complete opposite sides of the typical "marooned love triangle." In Dead Calm (1989), he played the handsome and mysterious stranger who gets marooned with Sam Neill (the husband) and Nicole Kidman (wife). In Three (2005/I), he plays the jealous husband, in opposition to Kelly Brook (wife) and Juan Pablo Di Pace (handsome outsider). Engaged to English actress Kelly Brook. He pumped iron for over a year to play his title role in The Phantom (1996). He has filmed movies in over 19 countries, including Australia 5 times. His voice was used as a sample on Marilyn Manson's Mechanical Animals Tour as the intro for the song Rock Is Dead. He can be heard on the live album The Last Tour on Earth saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, from the dread capital of the world, Hollwood, California, Omega and the Mechanical Animals". Is perhaps best known to younger audiences as the voice of "Ansem" (Xehanort) in Kingdom Hearts (2002) (VG). Split from his fianc?e Kelly Brook in 2008. Read more At this site you can watch Billy Zane movies online for free.
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