Billy Zane Filmography

The Man Who Came Back

Actors: Eric Braeden, Billy Zane, Sean Young, Peter Jason, Carol Alt

Synopsis: Eric Braeden, Billy Zane, and Sean Young headline this traditional western about one man who stood tall against injustice in a time when corruption corroded the souls of once-decent men. His family slaughtered before his very eyes, plantation supervisor Reese Paxton (Braeden) is subsequently Read More

Memory

Actors: Billy Zane, Ann-Margret, Dennis Hopper, Tricia Helfer, Terry Chen

Synopsis: A man with the ability to see into the past sets out to solve a dark mystery that has haunted his family bloodline for three decades in director Bennett Davlin's time-shifting thriller. Dr. Taylor Biggs (Billy Zane) has accidentally ingested a hallucinogenic powder that allows him to experience Read More

Fishtales

Actors: Kelly Brook, Billy Zane, Alki David, Amber Savva, Felix Yanez

Synopsis: A widowed Greek-History professor on the verge of losing his research grant befriends a beautiful mermaid on the run from a malevolent fisherman in this fantasy comedy starring Kelly Brook and Billy Zane. Professor Thomas Bradley is on the verge of a major academic breakthrough in the area of Read More

Alien Agent

Actors: Mark Dacascos, Billy Zane, Amelia Cooke, Emma Lahana, Kim Coates

Synopsis: An teenage orphan and an intergalactic warrior join forces to prevent the world from being taken over by a ruthless race of aliens plotting to enslave mankind in this sci-fi action movie starring Mark Dacascos and Billy Zane. Rykker (Dacascos) is a benevolent alien who has become trapped on planet Read More

Valley of the Wolves - Irak

Actors: Necati Sasmaz, Billy Zane, Ghassan Massoud, Berguzar Korel, Gurkan Uygun

Synopsis: A Turkish special agent vows revenge against the evil American CIA agent who masterminded the humiliating raid on an undercover Turkish unit aiding the War on Terror in director Serdar Akar's controversial action film. It was July 4, 2003, when U.S. forces surrounded the headquarters of a Read More

BloodRayne

Actors: Kristanna Loken, Michelle Rodriguez, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Matthew Davis, Billy Zane

Synopsis: The war against the forces of darkness becomes a family affair in this cinematic prequel to the popular video game Bloodrayne. In 16th century Europe, Lord Kagan (Ben Kingsley) is an evil ruler who holds more power than any man alive, but he still dreams of having more, and when he's told of three Read More

Three

Actors: Billy Zane, Kelly Brook, Juan Pablo Di Pace

Synopsis: In Stewart Raffill's low-budget, direct-to-video exploitationer Three (aka Survival Island, 2006), Jennifer, the sexy trophy wife of the arrogant and emotionally abusive Zack (Billy Zane) escapes a blaze on the couple's yacht, only to wake up on a deserted island with Hispanic crewman Manuel (Juan Pablo Di Pace Read More

The Mad

The Last Drop

Actors: Billy Zane, Roden Karel, Michael Madsen, Alexander Skarsgård

Synopsis: In the midst of a bold military strike designed to end World War II before Christmas, a skilled team of special operatives are assigned the task of locating a hidden cache of Nazi gold in this tense wartime adventure starring Michael Madsen and Billy Zane. With 35,000 United States troops dropped Read More

Dead Fish

Actors: Gary Oldman

Synopsis: Gary Oldman, Terence Stamp, Robert Carlyle, and Billy Zane headline this stylish, darkly comic crime comedy centering on a disarmingly charming hit man (Oldman) on a frantic quest for love, money, and bloody revenge. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Charmed: Carpe Demon

Actors: Brian Krause, Dorian Gregory, Billy Zane, Ann Cusack, Jenya Lano

Synopsis: Valentine's Day is anything but festive for Piper (Holly Marie Combs), who worries that Leo (Brian Krause) will be harshly punished for aiding the Avatars in their misbegotten efforts to utopian-ize the world. Elsewhere, Paige (Rose McGowan) struggles to overcome the loss of Brody by plunging into Read More

The Pleasure Drivers

Actors: Angus MacFadyen, Lauren Holly, Lacey Chabert, Billy Zane

Synopsis: Lauren Holly, Lacey Chabert, Billy Zane, Angus Macfadyen, and Meatloaf all star in Cube 2 director Adrzej Sekula's darkly comic tale of interconnecting lives. The setting is the City of Angels, the players: a deranged kidnapper, a ruthless lesbian assassin, a sociopath call-girl, and a demented Read More

Charmed: The Seven Year Witch

Actors: Brian Krause, Dorian Gregory, John deLancie, Elizabeth Dennehy, Julian McMahon

Synopsis: As punishment for helping the Avatars, Leo (Brian Krause) has his memory wiped clean and sent back into the world to start helping people all over again. Although he doesn't know exactly who he is or what has happened, Leo is still expected to make a crucial choice: either permanently remain a Read More

Charmed: Show Ghouls

Actors: Brian Krause, Dorian Gregory, Rebecca Balding, Billy Zane, Muttalib J. Ibrahim

Synopsis: Hoping to purge Daryl's (Dorian Gregory) friend Mike (Charles Robinson) of a ghostly possession, Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) and Drake (Billy Zane) travel back to 1899, arriving at the place where a cabaret is destined to be destroyed by a horrific fire. Alas, the duo is unable to return to their own Read More

Silver City

Actors: Danny Huston, Maria Bello, Billy Zane, Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Daryl Hannah, Kris Kristofferson, Mary Kay Place, Miguel Ferrer, Thora Birch

Synopsis: Celebrated writer and director John Sayles turns his eye to politics in America in this drama. The son of respected Colorado politician Senator Jud Pilager (Michael Murphy), Dicky Pilager (Chris Cooper) is a charming but half-bright man with a bad habit of mangling the English language and a Read More

Vlad

Actors: Francesco Quinn, Billy Zane, Brad Dourif, Paul Popowich, Kam Heskin

Synopsis: Directed by former CIA officer Michael Sellers, Vlad chronicles the far-reaching consequences of a professor's (Child's Play veteran Brad Dourif) request that his students visit the tomb of the infamous Vlad Drakul (aka Vlad the Impaler). Known as one of the cruelest figures in world history Read More

Bet Your Life

Actors: Sean Carrigan, Corinne van Ryck de Groot, Billy Zane

Synopsis: The Next Action Star reality show winners Corinne van Ryck De Groot and Sean Carrigan star in this take on The Most Dangerous Game that finds an indebted former professional quarterback agreeing to pose as the prey in a particularly heated hunt. Sonny Briggs (Carrigan) was once the king of the Read More

Silent Warnings

Synopsis: Christian McIntire's thriller Silent Warnings features Stephen Baldwin as Joe Vossimer, a farmer whose corn has been used by some force to create crop formations. The symbols turn out to be responsible for a deadly terror that is unleashed upon Joe, his cousin (A.J. Buckley), and the town's Read More

The Kiss

Actors: Terence Stamp, Francoise Surel, Eliza Dushku, Billy Zane, Illeana Douglas

Synopsis: In this independent romantic drama, Cara Thompson (Francoise Surel) is a young woman who has recently landed a job at a publishing house. Cara's job is to read manuscripts, most of which aren't very good, but by chance she runs across a novel which had been submitted 20 years before. Cara is Read More

CQ

Actors: Jeremy Davies, Élodie Bouchez, Gérard Depardieu, Giancarlo Giannini

Synopsis: The feature debut of Roman Coppola (son of Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola) centers around an international film crew making a low-budget, Barbarella-like feature in Paris in 1969. The film is called Dragonfly and is being directed by Andrzej (Gérard Depardieu), who wishes to make a Read More

The Believer

Actors: Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Theresa Russell, Billy Zane, A.D. Miles

Synopsis: In this powerful and disturbing drama, Danny Balint (Ryan Gosling) is a member of a gang of racist skinheads who espouses a vile but well-articulated philosophy of anti-Semitism. Danny also has a secret -- he is a Jew, and was a top student in Hebrew school before he began to ask too many Read More

Zoolander

Actors: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Milla Jovovich

Synopsis: Comic actor Ben Stiller co-wrote, directed, and stars in this spoof of the fashion industry that began as a short skit for the 1996 VH1 Fashion Awards. Stiller is Derek Zoolander, an intellectually challenged but bone structure-blessed male model who's despondent after being eclipsed in popularity Read More

The Diamond of Jeru

Actors: Billy Zane, Paris Jefferson, Keith Carradine

Synopsis: A couple looking for adventure and romance get a lot more than they bargained for in this made-for-TV drama based on a novel by Louis L'Amour. It's 1955, and John and Helen Lacklan (Keith Carradine and Paris Jefferson) are two scientists who've been working for the United States government as part Read More

Invincible

Actors: Billy Zane, Byron Mann

Synopsis: A martial-arts master who had formerly fought alongside the malevolent Shadowmen eschews the dark side in a bid to redeem himself and train a group of misfits to do battle with the ultimate evil in this high-kicking adventure from producers Mel Gibson and Jet Li. Having formerly spent his time Read More

Landspeed

Actors: Billy Zane, Pam Gidley

Synopsis: Billy Zane stars in this action-adventure story as Michael Sanger, an expert racecar driver with a passion to do something out of the ordinary. Sanger and his crew have designed a special rocket-powered car, and their goal is for Sanger to become the first man to break the sound barrier on dry Read More

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

Synopsis: Before he became a billionaire and recluse, Howard Hughes not only ran Hughes Aircraft, he also helmed RKO at a time when the studio was a fairly powerful entity in Hollywood. Narrated by actor Billy Zane, this biography profiles Howard Hughes the film producer. Highlights include interviews with Read More

Dean Koontz' Sole Survivor

Actors: Billy Zane, John C. McGinley, Gloria Reuben, Isabella Hoffman, Rachel Victoria

Synopsis: This two-part, four-hour miniseries adaptation of Dean Koontz' best-seller Sole Survivor begins with a plane crash that takes the lives of the wife and daughter of reporter Joe Carpenter. No sooner has Carpenter absorbed this tragedy than he begins receiving evidence that the air tragedy may not Read More

Cleopatra

Actors: Leonor Varela, Timothy Dalton, Billy Zane, Rupert Graves, John Bowe

Synopsis: The epic saga of the Queen of Egypt gets yet another retelling in Cleopatra, a four-hour, two-part spectacular produced for television. Leonor Varela plays Cleopatra, the Egyptian monarch who uses her wisdom, charm, ruthlessness, and seductive powers to work her way into the heart (and bed) of Read More

Nothing to Declare

Actors: Billy Zane, Valerie Valois, Patrick Bergin, Gordon Masten, Serge Houde

Synopsis: A quaint small town that hasn't paid taxes since World War II draws the attention of an ambitious tax inspector in this comedy starring Billy Zane and Patrick Bergin. Putterton possesses all the charm of your typical small town without any of the irritations of modern city living: The crime rate Read More

Morgan's Ferry

Actors: Kevin Galecki, Billy Zane, Kelly McGillis, Johnny Galecki

Synopsis: A woman whom life has passed by finds love in a very unexpected way in this drama. Sam (Billy Zane), Darcy (Johnny Galecki), and Monroe (Henry Rollins) are three convicts who have escaped from a prison camp in the deep South, and are on the run from the police. Desperate to find money and a way Read More

Dying to Get Rich

Actors: Michael Biehn, Lisa Edelstein, Nastassja Kinski, Adrian Paul, Rob Schneider, Billy Zane, Dan Aykroyd, Stuart Gordon, Randal Kleiser, Adam Rifkin

Synopsis: John Landis directed this comedy suspense-thriller about a woman plotting to murder her ex-husband for insurance money. When Susan (Nastassja Kinski) and insurance salesman Sam (Billy Zane) decide to kill her ex, Paul (Adrian Paul), Sam contacts Bill (Michael Biehn) and Steve (Rob Schneider) to do Read More

The Greek Americans

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

Actors: Irene Bedard, Judy Kuhn, Billy Zane, David Ogden Stiers, Jean Stapleton

Synopsis: For this animated direct-to-video sequel to Disney's 1995 animated Pocahontas, Irene Bedard returns to the title role -- with Judy Kuhn once again providing Pocahontas' singing voice. The story starts in colonial Jamestown before Pocahontas travels to England to meet with the king in hopes of Read More

I Woke Up Early The Day I Died

Crew: Producer

Actors: Billy Zane, Sandra Bernhard, Ron Perlman, Tippi Hedren, Andrew McCarthy

Synopsis: Aris Iliopulos directed this campy comedy utilizing schlock filmmaker Ed Wood's last unproduced screenplay. Stock footage and old hygiene films are intercut with this near-silent story following a cross-dresser (Billy Zane), who escapes from the Casa de la Loco Sanitarium, manages to acquire some Read More

Titanic

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher

Synopsis: This spectacular epic re-creates the ill-fated maiden voyage of the White Star Line's $7.5 million R.M.S Titanic and the tragic sea disaster of April 15, 1912. Running over three hours and made with the combined contributions of two major studios (20th Century-Fox, Paramount) at a cost of more Read More

This World, Then the Fireworks

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Billy Zane, Gina Gershon, Sheryl Lee, Rue McClanahan, Seymour Cassel

Synopsis: Pulp fiction writer Jim Thompson's novels have been adapted into noirish movies such as The Grifters and this one, directed by Michael Oblowitz. This unusual dark tragedy is narrated by Marty (Billy Zane), a successful investigative reporter who is unhappy with his shy and sick wife. As children Read More

Head Above Water

Actors: Harvey Keitel, Cameron Diaz, Craig Sheffer, Billy Zane, Shay Duffin

Synopsis: A woman finds out how the dead body of your old boyfriend can ruin your whole day in this black comedy. Nathalie (Cameron Diaz) is a lovely young woman with a history of substance abuse problems who is married to George (Harvey Keitel), a circuit court judge who first met her when she was brought Read More

The Phantom

Actors: Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones, James Remar

Synopsis: The first superhero ever, created by Lee Falk in 1936, gets another shot at movie stardom 60 years after achieving fame in comics and serials. Billy Zane stars as Kit Walker, who discovers that he's the 21st in a line of purple-clad African superheroes known as "The Phantom" or, to superstitious Read More

Danger Zone

Crew: Co-producer

Actors: Billy Zane, Robert Downey, Jr., Ron Silver, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Lisa Collins

Synopsis: In this action drama, an American mining engineer is deceived into returning to a civil-war-torn East African nation and forced into finding a missing plutonium shipment. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Set Up

Actors: Billy Zane, Mia Sara, James Russo, James Coburn

Synopsis: When Charlie Thorpe, an MIT-educated security systems expert and convicted cat-burglar, gets out of prison, he promises himself to go straight. Yet when a psycho he knew from prison kidnaps his girlfriend, he is forced back into the crime game. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More

The Silence of the Hams

Actors: Dom DeLuise, Ezio Greggio, Billy Zane, Joanna Pacula, Charlene Tilton, Martin Balsam

Synopsis: In the tradition of Mel Brooks, this Italian comedy offers an episodic parody of classic thrillers and horror movies. Film includes cameos from several stars including Mel Brooks, John Astin, Larry Storch, Phyllis Diller, John Carpenter, and John Landis. The story begins as director Ezio Greggio Read More

Flashfire

Actors: Billy Zane, Louis Gossett, Jr., Kristen Minter

Synopsis: An honest cop stands in the face of the corruption of his peers in this thriller. Jack Flinder is a police detective who loves his work. Jack and his partner Art are chasing an arsonist. Their investigation reveals a shocking conspiracy. Art is subsequently murdered in front of his girlfriend Lisa Read More

Just in Time

Only You

Actors: Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey, Jr., Bonnie Hunt, Joaquim de Almeida, Fisher Stevens

Synopsis: A woman throws caution to the wind in the pursuit of the man of her dreams -- whom she's never met -- in this romantic comedy. Eleven-year-old Faith (Tammy Minoff) and her cousin Kate (Jessica Hertel) are playing with a Ouiji Board when Faith asks who she will marry -- the magic oracle answers Read More

Reflections on a Crime

Actors: Mimi Rogers, Billy Zane, John Terry, Kurt Fuller, Lee Garlington

Synopsis: This prison thriller is told in a series of flashbacks that lead to doubts about the guilt of a Death Row inmate. Mimi Rogers stars as Regina, a prisoner waiting for the date of her execution for the murder of her husband, James (John Terry). Curious about his beautiful charge, a prison guard Read More

Demon Knight

Actors: Billy Zane, Bill Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith, Brenda Bakke, CCH Pounder

Synopsis: This first theatrical feature spun off from the television series Tales from the Crypt (which was in turn inspired by the infamous EC horror comics of the 1950s) concerns a mysterious man named Brayker (Bill Sadler), who arrives at a church-turned-rooming house in a small town in New Mexico. Hot Read More

Posse

Actors: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles Lane, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Big Daddy Kane

Synopsis: Writer, director, and star Mario Van Peebles tried to correct historical misconceptions about African-Americans on the frontier with this action-packed western that's also an homage to spaghetti Westerns. During the Spanish-American War, a squadron of black soldiers led by Jesse Lee (Van Peebles) Read More

Tombstone

Actors: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn, Powers Boothe, Robert John Burke, Dana Delany

Synopsis: A high-energy action adventure based on legend rather than historical fact finds Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) desiring to retire from law enforcement. With brothers Virgil (Sam Elliot) and Morgan (Bill Paxton), he arrives in Tombstone, Arizona intending to build his fortune. He discovers that Read More

Poetic Justice

Actors: Billy Zane, Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Regina King, Joe Torry, Tyra Ferrell

Synopsis: R&B star Janet Jackson made an impressive film debut in Poetic Justice as Justice, a hairdresser at a small salon in South Central Los Angeles. Justice uses her poetry to deal with her grief after her boyfriend is killed in a shooting incident at a drive-in. Hired to work at a hair stylists' event Read More

Tales From the Crypt: Well-Cooked Hams

Sniper

Actors: Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J.T. Walsh, Aden Young, Ken Radley

Synopsis: In this fast-paced military thriller, Tom Berenger is Thomas Beckett, a tough, grizzled, U.S. Marine Corps veteran sharpshooter who goes through target-spotter partners faster than bullets on his ultra-dangerous missions. The National Security Council secretly assigns Beckett to assassinate a Read More

Betrayal of the Dove

Actors: Harvey Korman, Helen Slater, Alan Thicke, Billy Zane

Synopsis: Divorcee Helen Slater doesn't mind single life, but she doesn't like being alone either. Her best pal Kelly LeBrock dutifully sets up a blind date. Outwardly charming doctor Billy Zane is Slater's companion for the evening, and things couldn't be rosier. But it turns out that neither Zane nor LeBrock Read More

Orlando

Actors: Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Charlotte Valandrey

Synopsis: Independent filmmaker Sally Potter's gender-bending epic, which views four centuries of sexual politics through the eyes of a sex-switching main character, is based on the 1928 novel by Virginia Woolf. The androgynous title character is played with delicate quietude by Tilda Swinton. The story Read More

Running Delilah

Actors: Kim Cattrall, Billy Zane, Diana Rigg, Yorgo Voyagis, Francois Guetary

Synopsis: A recently deceased lady spy is outfitted with robotic body parts and is revived to become a super secret agent in this made-for-television sci-fi thriller. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Blood and Concrete

Actors: Billy Zane, Jennifer Beals, James LeGros, Darren McGavin, Nicholas Worth

Synopsis: Billy Zane stars in this direct-to-video gem as a spectacularly unsuccessful car thief. Hoping to reform by leaving LA, Zane must scare up $400 worth of exit money. He decides to pull off one last job, stealing a TV from William Bastiani. An ill-tempered criminal, Bastiani stabs Zane, who then Read More

Megaville

Actors: Billy Zane, J.C. Quinn, Grace Zabriskie, Kristen Cloke, Daniel J. Travanti

Synopsis: In a futuristic world, the U.S. is ruled by a repressive government that bans most forms of media. As part of the enforcement, a cop (Billy Zane) is sent to the rebel state of Megaville on an undercover mission to infiltrate an unlawful media organization. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Miliardi

Actors: Carol Alt, Lauren Hutton, Billy Zane, Catherine Hickland

Synopsis: Leo Feretti is awfully rich and lives the glamorous life of a corporate magnate, travelling from one nest of luxury to another around the world. He is married to a loving, supportive woman, who is extremely loyal. That's good, because when he falls ill, his slimy low-down brother and his nephew Read More

Memphis Belle

Actors: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Zane, David Strathairn

Synopsis: Unabashedly sentimental, this war film was produced by David Putnam in partnership with Catherine Wyler, whose father William Wyler directed an acclaimed documentary about the real-life events depicted in the film. The ensemble cast is composed of ten young actors portraying the crew of the World Read More

Femme Fatale

Actors: Colin Firth, Lisa Zane, Billy Zane, Scott Wilson, Lisa Blount

Synopsis: An independent American thriller of identity and personality. Joe Prince (Colin Firth) is a park ranger and an artist who falls deeply in love with Cynthia (Lisa Zane), a mysterious woman he meets in his park. They are (too) hastily married, and the day before the honeymoon Joe finds Cynthia's