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Ethan Zane Browne, Biography and Personal Life

Ethan Zane Browne

Ethan Zane Browne is a model and actor born in Los Angeles on November 2, 1973. He is Jackson Browne’s and Phyllis Major’s son.

Biography of Ethan Zane Browne

Ethan Zane Browne is an extraordinarily gifted American actor renowned for his incredible martial arts and self-stunt scenes in films and television series. He is 43 years old and stands 1.85m tall.

Ethan grew up in a small hamlet on New Zealand’s east coast, honing his skill with his brothers. Ethan’s stepmother also gave him a younger sibling called Ryan Browne.

Growing up in a family of musicians, he began playing numerous instruments at an early age, eventually performing in bands in his adolescence. When his daughter Alayah was born, Ethan was only 16 years old. After Alayah was born, Ethan became more determined to provide a good life for his daughter, so he quit acting and went to college to study Civil Engineering. He eventually enrolled at the NIDA to study acting after becoming dissatisfied with his job as a civil engineer.

Among his most well-known film roles are:

  • Home and Away
  • Roberto Zucco
  • Richard II
  • Glengarry Glenn Ross
  • The Cherry Orchard

Ethan is quite active on social media and has a large fan base on Facebook and Instagram.

Ethan Zane Browne’s Father-Jackson Browne

Jackson was born in Germany on October 9, 1948, and brought up in Los Angeles and Orange County. He graduated from Sunny Hills High School in 1966. He performed folk tunes at Ash Grove and The Troubador Club during his early adolescence.

Browne is one of the most innovative singers and songwriters. He rose to prominence as a folk singer whose songs addressed the enigmas of passion and existence.

Browne’s first wife and Ethan’s mother, Phyllis, attempted suicide in 1976. In the aftermath of the loss, Browne produced his mainstream breakout album. Ethan Zane Browne, born to Jackson’s first wife, Phyllis Major, and Ryan Daniel Browne, born to his second wife, Lynne Sweeney, are his two sons. Although Jackson has not remarried after his divorce from Lynn, he has been in a long-term relationship with Dianna Cohen for over a decade.

Brownie founded Musicians United for Safe Energy. He was a member of the Abalone Alliance and has received several awards for his contributions to the industry.

Browne is also well-known for his environmental, arts education, civil rights and advocacy. In 2021, he won the Gandhi Peace Award in recognition of his decades of activism.

Ethan Zane Browne’s Mother- Phyllis Major

Phyllis Major was an American model and actress starring role in The Candy Snatchers and Cops Is Cops. Phyllis was born in the United States on January 9, 1946, and died on March 25, 1976, at 30.

Phyllis Major had long-standing mental issues and was suffering from acute postpartum depression when she attempted suicide, and she died after overdosing on medication in their Hollywood Hills home. She married musician Jackson Browne in December 1975 after meeting him at the famed Hollywood venue, the Troubador.