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BiLLY ZAKOLSKi

William Zakolski a.k.a. BiLLY Z

About Me

I'm Normal.....BUT CRAZY. What!?! I was born in Trenton, Michigan on April 8th. My father, Frederick, was a Postal Supervisor for the city of Wayne and my Coach for basketball and baseball, for these reasons I always wear white sox even at formal events. My mother, Patricia, a housewife and SUPERMOM is always there to support me, but strongly encourages me to buy a pair of dress sox. I found out at an early age that I could make people laugh, especially my three older brothers, whom I later found out were laughing at me not with me, but now with me.My high school years were spent on a local cable show Back Porch Video where I was a Video Jockey every Saturday night. When it was time to move on, a few friends from Back Porch Video were planning to create a sketch comedy show. They asked me to join them in a show named Elvis and his Bodyguards. Being on this show, started me off to a road to comedy and film. My friends and I moved to Chicago to attend Columbia College Chicago. While attending college, I took film and improvisation classes. When I graduated, I returned to Michigan and attended The Second City Detroit to further my improv skills. During the classes, my classmates and I formed The 3rd Level or The Third Level (we could never decide on the spelling.) One of the highlights for the The 3rd Level was HBO’s Comic Relief broadcasting out of the State Theatre, Detroit to the show in New York and LA. After the end of this troupe, I was contacted about the soon to be formed troupe named Motor City Improv.Shows that I have been in are MCI vs. Second City, Buffett For Vampire Slayers, Bringin’ Home The Bacon (A SHOW Inspired By The Footloose Soundtrack), Drai Hoomph-The One Hoomph or Two Reuniun Tour and Naughty or Nice? Motor City Improv is Naughty!I would like to thank my family for thier constant support, my love Kellie, the “lads” from Elvis and his Bodyguards, all past and present cast from Motor City Improv, all my friends through out the years and Detroit City, because you Rock!

My Interests

Comedy, Improv, Sketch, Writing, Acting, Directing, Ford Bronco's (1966-1977), Muscle Cars, Detroit, LA, Family, Kellie, Arrested Development, Pee Wee's Playhouse, and all that's Cool.

I'd like to meet:

Go Getters. Let's rock the D with Comedy. Don't tell me what you do, Show me what you GOT! Time is worth more than Money, don't waste my time. That's how I RoLL.

Music:

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime, Cybotron, Primus, Fishbone, Faith No More, 311, Living Colour, Lenny Kravitz, Mike Watt, fIREHOSE, Meat Puppets, Beastie Boys, Guns N' Roses, Butthole Surfers, Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C., Mr. Bungle, Big Chief, Henry Rollins, Infectious Grooves, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Led Zeppelin, Gang of Four, Funkadelic, Bad Brains, Bob Marley, The Minutemen,Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Black Flag, The Ohio Players, Parliament, Iggy Pop, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Headband, Frank Zappa, Black Sabbath, Public Image Ltd., David Bowie, The Ramones, Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Theatre of Hate, Devo, Howlin' Wolf, The Cult, Alice in Chains, Van Halen, Soundgarden, Deep Purple, The Stooges, Alice Cooper, Blue Öyster Cult, Motörhead, AC/DC, Kiss, The Ramones, Led Zeppelin,Monster Magnet, Sponge, Deftones, Queens of the Stone Age, Taproot, Ozzy Osbourne, Danzig, Frank Black, The Cars, The Velvet Underground, The Pixies, Jeffrey Osborne, Ray Parker, Jr., Stevie Wonder, Ice Cube, N.W.A, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Boogie Down Productions, The Smiths, Tom Jones, Morrissey, The The, New York Dolls, MC5, Aerosmith, Buckcherry, Slayer, White Zombie, Jeff Buckley, Charlie Sexton, Billy Idol

Movies:

Three O' Clock High, Better Off Dead, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Stand by Me, Mad Max, The Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Stalag 17, Psycho, The Birds, Vertigo, The Player, The Terminator, Blade Runner, Predator, Alien, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Saving Private Ryan, Run Ronnie Run!, The Jerk, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Game, Seven, Fight Club, Office Space, Beavis and Butthead Do America, BASEketball, Orgazmo, Clerks, Mallrats, The Lost Boys, Flatliners, Gremlins, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, This Is Spinal Tap, Goldfinger, Dr. No, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Thunderball, Caddyshack, Meatballs, National Lampoon's Vacation, Ghostbusters, Billy Madison, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, Napoleon Dynamite, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Blow, True Romance, Wild at Heart, Reservoir Dogs, Rumble Fish, Blue Velvet, Apocalypse Now, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Not Another Teen Movie, Fatal Instinct, Scary Movie, The Breakfast Club, American Pie, Kingpin, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Dead Poets Society

Television:

Arrested Development, Lost, Pee-wee's Playhouse, Northern Exposure, Married with Children, Overhaulin', Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Saturday Night Live, Mad TV, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Moonlighting, Knight Rider, Medium, Family Guy, South Park, Happy Days, All in the Family, Sanford and Son, The Apprentice, Friends, The Flintstones, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show, Too Close for Comfort, Three's Company, Diff'rent Strokes, Alice, Fantasy Island, CHiPs, T.J. Hooker

Heroes:

Mom and Dad, Russ, Doug and Tony. Family,Kellie and Friends.