William George "Billy" Zane, Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor, producer and director. He is probably best known for his roles as Caledon "Cal" Hockley in Titanic, The Phantom from The Phantom, John Wheeler in Twin Peaks and Mr. E in CQ.

KNOWN FOR

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2025
Charmed
2005
The Boys
2022
Twin Peaks
1991
Psych
2014
Murder, She Wrote
1988
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2017
Community
2015
Matlock
1987
Boston Public
2001
President Curtis
2026
Tales from the Crypt
1993

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
190
Directing
1
Producing
7
2026
Special Op: Rent-a-Cop
as Malachi
2026
Takeover
as Gamal Akopyan
2026
President Curtis
as Salem Montgomery (voice)
2025
Tapawingo
as Stoney Tarwater
2025
Waltzing with Brando
as Marlon Brando
2025
Day of Reckoning
as Butch Hayden
2025
Deadly Vows
as Det. Manny
2025
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2024
Held Hostage in My House
as Dr. Walter
2024
Single Car Crashes
as Coach Jim
2024
Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story
as Larry Ray
2024
Don't Mess with Grandma
as Stan
2023
Stay Calm
as Giorgio
2023
The Oath
as King Aaron
2023
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Centurion: The Dancing Stallion
as Jeffrey Hall
2023
INT. HALLWAY / NIGHT
as Graham
2022
Hellblazers
as Joshua
2022
Prophets of Change
as Narrator
2022
Trouble Sleeping
as Charles
2022
Iké Boys
as Newt Grafstrom
2022
The Boys
as Alastair Adana in 'Not Without My Dolphin'
2022
Titanic Secrets
as Narrator
2021
Rupture
as Victor
2021
The Believer
as Dr. Benedict
2021
Stallone: Frank, That Is
as Self
2021
MacGruber
as Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth
2021
True Story
as Ari
2020
Guest House
as Douglas Masters
2020
Ghosts of War
as Dr. Engel
2020
Final Kill
as Carl Riser
2020
Battle of the Bulge: Winter War
2019
Cliffs of Freedom
as Christo
2019
The Great War
as Colonel Jack Morrison
2019
The Ballet of the Nations
as Narrator
2019
Curfew
as Joker Jones
2019
The Boys
as Billy Zane
2018
Samson
as King Balek
2018
Lucid
as Elliot
2018
Holmes & Watson
as Billy Zane
2018
Deception
as Switch
2018
Deception
as Bishop
2017
Blue World Order
2017
Swing State
as Richard Sollow
2017
The Adventure Club
as Langley
2017
Sniper: Ultimate Kill
as Richard Miller
2017
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
as Self
2017
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
as P.T. Barnum
2016
Zoolander 2
as Billy Zane
2016
Dead Rising: Endgame
as Dr. Leon Rand
2016
Sniper: Ghost Shooter
as Richard Miller
2016
White Island
as Leo
2016
A Winter Rose
as Preston Holdsworth
2016
Guilt
as Stan Gutterie
2015
Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard
as Seiler
2015
West of Redemption
as Hank Keller
2015
Winter Dragon
as Ishamael
2015
Lord of the Freaks
as Self
2015
Mad Dogs
as Milo
2015
Community
as Honda Boss
2014
The Ganzfeld Haunting
as Father
2014
Ghost of Goodnight Lane
as Alan
2014
Guido
as Sid Shine
2014
Beyond the Game
as Tom Reynolds
2014
Mining for Ruby
as Sam Goodwell
2014
Psych
as Ian Collins
2013
The Employer
as Alan
2013
A Green Story
as Greg Hutchins
2013
Blood of Redemption
as Quinn
2013
Scorned
as Kevin
2013
Barabbas
as Barabbas
2012
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
as Talus
2012
Leprechaun's Revenge
as Sheriff Connor O'Hara
2012
The Kill Hole
as Marshall
2012
Electrick Children
as Paul
2012
Border Run
as Aaron
2012
Hannah's Law
as Lockwood
2012
2 Jacks
as Max Faraday
2012
Barabbas
as Barabbas
2012
Blackout
as Frank Wilcox
2012
Reflections on Titanic
as Self
2011
Mercenaries
as Colonel Torida
2011
The Roommate
as Professor Roberts
2011
Mysteria
as Producer
2011
Sniper: Reloaded
as Richard Miller
2011
Lovemakers
as Jake's Agent
2011
Flutter
as Edwin
2010
Journey to Promethea
as King Laypach
2010
Enemies Among Us
as Graham
2010
The Confidant
as Monty
2010
The Deep End
as Cliff Huddle
2009
The Hessen Affair
as Jack Durant
2009
Surviving Evil
as Sebastian Beazley
2009
Blue Seduction
as Mikey Taylor
2009
Love n' Dancing
as Kent Krandel
2009
Attack on Darfur
as Bob Jones
2009
Evil - In the Time of Heroes
as Prophitis
2009
Magic Man
as Darius
2009
The Gold Retrievers
as Hector
2009
Samantha Who?
as Winston Funk
2008
Perfect Hideout
as Victor
2008
The Man Who Came Back
as Ezra
2007
The Mad
as Jason Hunt
2007
Fishtales
as Thomas Bradley
2007
Alien Agent
as Tom / Saylon
2006
The Last Drop
as Robert Oates
2006
The Pleasure Drivers
as Marvin
2006
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq
as Sam William Marshall
2006
BloodRayne
as Elrich
2006
Memory
as Taylor Briggs
2005
Three
as Jack
2005
Dead Fish
as Virgil
2005
Charmed
as Drake
2004
Bet Your Life
as Joseph
2004
Vlad
as Adrian
2004
Silver City
as Chandler Tyson
2004
The Best of So Graham Norton
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Silent Warnings
as Bill Willingham
2003
The Kiss
as Alan Roberts / Young Philip
2003
Overnight
as Self
2003
Starving Hysterical Naked
as Jack
2002
Landspeed
as Michael Sanger
2002
Claim
as Roberto Bealing
2001
The Believer
as Curtis Zampf
2001
Zoolander
as Billy Zane (uncredited)
2001
CQ
as Mr. E
2001
Invincible
as Oz
2001
The Diamond of Jeru
as Mike Kardec
2001
Morgan's Ferry
as Sam
2001
Boston Public
as Matthew Baskin
2000
Sole Survivor
as Joe Carpenter
2000
Hendrix
as Michael Jeffrey
2000
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
as Narrator (voice)
1999
Promise Her Anything
as George Putter
1999
So Graham Norton
as Self - Guest
1999
Cleopatra
as Marc Antony
1998
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
as The Thief
1998
Susan's Plan
as Sam Myers
1998
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
as John Rolfe (voice)
1998
The New Batman Adventures
as Etrigan the Demon / Jason Blood (voice)
1997
This World, Then the Fireworks
as Marty Lakewood
1997
Titanic
as Cal Hockley
1996
Head Above Water
as Kent
1996
The Phantom
as The Phantom / Kit Walker
1996
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
as Self
1996
Danger Zone
as Rick Morgan
1995
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
as The Collector
1995
Lake Consequence
as Billy
1995
The Set Up
as Charles Thorpe
1994
The Silence of the Hams
as Jo Dee Foster
1994
Only You
as The False Damon Bradley
1994
Flashfire
as Jack Finder
1994
Reflections on a Crime
as Colin
1994
Running Delilah
as Paul
1993
Tombstone
as Mr. Fabian
1993
Poetic Justice
as Brad
1993
Sniper
as Richard Miller
1993
Posse
as Colonel Graham
1993
Betrayal of the Dove
as Jesse Peter
1993
Tales from the Crypt
as Miles Federman
1992
Megaville
as Palinov / Jenson
1992
Orlando
as Shelmerdine
1991
Femme Fatale
as Elijah
1991
Blood and Concrete
as Joey Turks
1991
Millions
as Maurizio Ferretti
1991
Critters 3
as Steve (archive footage)
1991
Twin Peaks
as John Justice Wheeler
1990
Memphis Belle
as Val Kozlowski
1990
The Word
1989
Back to the Future Part II
as Match
1989
Dead Calm
as Hughie Warriner
1989
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
as Kenneth Bianchi
1989
Going Overboard
as King Neptune
1988
Police Story: Monster Manor
as Officer Don Varney
1988
Murder, She Wrote
as Tony Gambini
1988
Police Story
as Officer Don Varney
1987
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
as Cop
1987
Matlock
as Eric Dawson
1986
Critters
as Steve Elliot
1986
The Brotherhood of Justice
as Les
1986
Heart of the City
as Greg
1985
Back to the Future
as Match
Faceless
Redemption
Big Kiss
as Billy
Blood Rush
as Aamon
Mascotland
Gloss and Grit: The Man Who Made Art Pop
as Self
Milliseconds
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