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William "Billy" Van Zandt (born December 13, 1957) is an American playwright and actor.
Van Zandt was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, the son of Mary H. Lento and William Brewster Van Zandt. He is of Italian and Dutch descent. He grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey.
Van Zandt is the half-brother of musician/actor Steven Van Zandt and brother-in-law of his wife, actress Maureen Van Zandt. He married actress Adrienne Barbeau December 31, 1992. The couple met in 1991 during the west coast premiere of Billy's play Drop Dead! They have twin sons, William and Walker (born March 17,... MORE
William "Billy" Van Zandt (born December 13, 1957) is an American playwright and actor.
Van Zandt was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, the son of Mary H. Lento and William Brewster Van Zandt. He is of Italian and Dutch descent. He grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey.
Van Zandt is the half-brother of musician/actor Steven Van Zandt and brother-in-law of his wife, actress Maureen Van Zandt. He married actress Adrienne Barbeau December 31, 1992. The couple met in 1991 during the west coast premiere of Billy's play Drop Dead! They have twin sons, William and Walker (born March 17, 1997).
Van Zandt is the co-author and star of the Off-Broadway plays 'You've Got Hate Mail," "Silent Laughter," "Drop Dead!," and 20 other theatrical plays written with Jane Milmore, including A Night at the Nutcracker," "Wrong WIndow," and summer stock perennial "Love, Sex, and the I.R.S." He also wrote '"The Property Known as Garland"' for wife Adrienne Barbeau, which ran Off-Broadway at the Actor's Playhouse.
Van Zandt was nominated for an Emmy Award for his television special I Love Lucy: The Very First Show, and won People's Choice and NAACP Image Awards for his work on the Martin Lawrence comedy LESS
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