Zane McIntosh

Zane Mc Intosh was born in 1975 in Napa and raised in the towns of Yountville, Rutherford, and St. Helena. Mc Intosh's maternal family thrived by farming land holdings within the Napa Valley for 7 generations, since their first arrival in 1849 by horseback, ship, stage coach, and covered wagon. In Napa City his ancestors held the successful law firm Johnston and Johnston, along with several businesses, during the 19th and 20th centuries. His family were founding members of the Napa Valley Country Club, Napa State Hospital, and devoted their time towards holding elected offices, including 2 seats on the California State Senate. His father's line also pioneered California during the 1849 gold rush. His paternal family eventually settled within the Duboce Triangle District of San Francisco, while later surviving the 1906 Great Earthquake. The actor's lineage descends from some of the earliest established European families from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Antebellum Old South. Zane's maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother both descend from the House of Plantagenet. The actor descends from the Saxon Kings of England (Edward I), the Kings of France and Spain, the Dukes of Normandy, and the Counts of Flanders. One of his ancestors is French Nobleman Matthieu de Jouhet, Master of the Horse to Louis XIII of France. Through his father, the Zane is 1st cousins, 5 times removed, to United States President Ulysses S. Grant. Oral tradition on his maternal line points to close blood ties to President Tyler, President Johnson, and President Taylor; and to Jefferson Davis through marriage. His mother is a grape grower of Cabernet Franc in the Rutherford Bench. The actor's father built submarines for the United States Navy. During Mc Intosh's formative years he was an avid member of the Rutherford 4H club, eventually serving as its treasurer and president. While at St. Helena High School, he involved himself in sports, primarily football and track. Mc Intosh attended the University of Oregon where he first took advantage of acting classes while concurrently double-majoring in Psychology and Sociology. He later obtained a masters degree in counseling from Sonoma State University. Before acting Mc Intosh supported himself by keeping individuals safe from harm while in a temporary period of psychiatric crisis. Prior to this he involved himself towards the making of wine and viticulture.