William George "Billy" Zane Jr. is an American actor and filmmaker of Greek descent. He is one of the most prominent character actors working in the industry today. Hailing from a family of performers, Zane studied theatre in school and made his screen debut in 1985 in the science fiction film ‘Back to the Future’. A year later, he debuted on the small screen in ‘Brotherhood of Justice’, a TV movie. He spent the rest of the 1980s gathering experience and understanding his chosen craft. He made a solid start of the 1990s with the critically acclaimed war drama ‘Memphis Belle’ and followed that up by appearing in a recurring role in ABC’s ‘Twin Peaks’. In 1997, he was cast in the disaster epic ‘Titanic’ to portray Caledon N. "Cal" Hockley, for which he received a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nomination. He has played the titular character in ‘The Phantom’, John Rolfe in ‘Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World’, Mark Antony in ‘Cleopatra’, and P. T. Barnum in The CW’s ‘Legends of Tomorrow’. He is also known for starring as Richard Miller in the ‘Sniper’ film series.
