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In 1989 he reprised his henchman role in Back to the Future Part II. Earlier that same year, Zane gained international recognition with the role of villain Hughie Warriner in the thriller Dead Calm, alongside Nicole Kidman and Sam Neill.
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Within three weeks, he won his very first big screen role in Back to the Future (1985), playing the role of Match, one of Biff Tannen's thugs. He would later reprise that role for the sequel Back to the Future Part II (1989) .
Billy Zane in his 1984 audition to play Biff Tannen in Back to the Future. Put up for the role of bully Biff Tannen, Marty McFly’s nemesis, Zane for his audition donned a simple retro Jetsons T-shirt, checked shirt and jeans, and ruffled up his hair.
Learn the amazing history of the Tannen family, starting with his great-grandfather, Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen, fastest gun in the West. See Biff's humble beginnings and how a trip to the race track on his 21st Birthday made him a millionaire overnight.
Billy Zane (born William George Zane, Jr. on February 24, 1966) is an American actor and director. Zane's first screen role was in Back to the Future (1985, Robert Zemeckis) playing Biff Tannen's friend Match. He landed the role as a fluke by appearing nonchalant, dressed in a T-shirt.
Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson.
Match was portrayed by actor Billy Zane, whose most famous role was as the snobbish Cal Hockley in the 1997 blockbuster Titanic. Actress Elsa Raven, who played the Clock Tower lady, had a lesser role (Ida Strauss) in Titanic as well. Match is also Billy Zane's first cinematic role.
Feb 3, 2023 · Billy Zane made his acting debut as Biff’s friend Match in the first and second films Back to the Future, taking on a larger role than just a cameo. Zane originally auditioned for the role of Biff Tannen, but lost the role to Wilson.
The Back to the Future film trilogy and subsequent animated series feature characters created by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. The lead character of the series is Marty McFly. During the course of the trilogy, he travels through time using a DeLorean time machine invented by his friend Emmett Brown.
