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Born | Daniel Sallis Huston May 14, 1962 Rome, Italy |
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Alma mater | London Film School |
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Years active | 1975–present |
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Father | John Huston |
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Daniel Sallis Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an American actor, director and screenwriter. A member of the Huston family of filmmakers, he is the son of director John Huston and half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston.
He is known for his roles in films such as Ivans Xtc (2000), [1] for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, 21 Grams (2003), Birth (2004), The Aviator (also 2004), [2] The Constant Gardener (2005), Marie Antoinette (2006), [3] Children of Men (also 2006), The Kingdom (2007), [4] 30 Days of Night (also 2007), Robin Hood (2010), [5] Hitchcock (2012), [6] The Congress (2013), [7] Big Eyes (2014), [8] Wonder Woman (2017), [9] [10] Game Night (2018), Stan & Ollie (also 2018), and Angel Has Fallen (2019).
Huston portrayed The Axeman on the FX series American Horror Story: Coven and Massimo Dolcefino on American Horror Story: Freak Show . [11] [12] He played Ben "The Butcher" Diamond on Magic City (2012–13), Dan Jenkins in the first two seasons of the Paramount Network drama series Yellowstone (2018–19), and Jamie Laird on the second season of Succession (2019). His directing credits include the films Mr. North (1988), The Maddening (1995) and The Last Photograph (2017).
Huston was born May 14, 1962, in Rome, Italy. He is the son of director and actor John Huston and actress Zoe Sallis. [13] At the time, Huston was in Italy directing The Bible: In the Beginning... , in which Sallis played Hagar. Through his father, he is the half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston and screenwriter Tony Huston. He has two adoptive siblings, Pablo Huston and writer Allegra Huston. He is the uncle of actor Jack Huston and grandson of Academy Award-winning actor Walter Huston. He is of Canadian, Welsh, Scots-Irish, Scottish, and Anglo-Indian descent. [14] [15]
The younger Huston spent much of his early life in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and maintains British citizenship through his mother. [16] He worked as an assistant to his father during the production of Under the Volcano (1984), and was a second unit director on The Dead (1987). Huston is a graduate of London Film School. [17]
Huston made his acting debut at the age of 12 in the George Kennedy-starring thriller film The "Human" Factor (1975).
In 1988, Huston directed Mr. North , which was an adaptation of Thornton Wilder's Theophilus North. The film was produced by his father, who died before its completion. [18] [19] In 1995, Huston played Bartender #2 in Leaving Las Vegas and directed the film The Maddening . [20] [21]
Huston was nominated for Best Male Performance at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2003 for his performance in the independent film Ivans Xtc . [1]
Huston appeared in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator . The ensemble cast was nominated for a 2004 SAG Award. [2] In 2006, Huston received the Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Sandy Woodrow in Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener . Huston starred in the Australian western The Proposition . [22]
Huston starred in Alpha Male and Oliver Parker's Fade to Black , in which he played Orson Welles. [23] [24] He starred in The Kreutzer Sonata , which premiered at the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival. [25]
His other film credits include Birth , Silver City , Marie Antoinette , The Number 23 , The Kingdom , How to Lose Friends & Alienate People , and 30 Days of Night . He portrayed Samuel Adams in the award-winning HBO miniseries John Adams and Colonel William Stryker in X-Men Origins: Wolverine , a prequel to the original trilogy of X-Men [ broken anchor ] films. [26]
Huston has been featured in Boogie Woogie , The Warrior's Way , Edge of Darkness , Clash of the Titans , Robin Hood , You Don't Know Jack , and Medallion . [26]
Huston played gangster Ben "The Butcher" Diamond on Mitch Glazer's Magic City , for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2013. [27] He portrayed The Axeman in the FX thriller series American Horror Story: Coven and Massimo Dolcefino in American Horror Story: Freak Show . [11] Huston starred as General Erich Ludendorff in the 2017 film Wonder Woman and as Wade Jennings in Angel Has Fallen . [9] [10]
In 1989, Huston married actress Virginia Madsen. They divorced in 1992. In 2001, he married Katie Jane Evans with whom he had a child, Stella. [28] Huston and Evans separated in 2006. Evans died by suicide in October 2008 before the divorce was finalized. [29]
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Mister Corbett's Ghost | — | Director only; television film |
Bigfoot | — | ||
1996 | The Ice Princess | — | |
2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Ty Caulfield | Episode: "Suckers" |
2006 | Covert One: The Hades Factor | Frank Klein | 2 episodes |
2008 | John Adams | Samuel Adams | 3 episodes |
2010 | You Don't Know Jack | Geoffrey Fieger | Television film |
2012–2013 | Magic City | Ben "The Butcher" Diamond | 16 episodes |
2013–2014 | American Horror Story: Coven | The Axeman of New Orleans | 7 episodes |
2014 | Masters of Sex | Dr. Douglas Greathouse | 3 episodes |
2014–2015 | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Dr. Feinbloom (voice only) and Massimo Dolcefino | 3 episodes |
2016 | Paranoid | Nick Waingrow | 4 episodes |
2018–2019 | Yellowstone | Dan Jenkins | 17 episodes |
2019 | Succession | Jamie Laird | 6 episodes |
2019 | Doc Martin | Robert Brooke | Episode: "Wild West Country" |
2020 | Red Bird Lane | Hugh | Unaired pilot |
2021 | Calls | Frank | Voice, episode: "The Universe Did It" |
Institution | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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Chlotrudis Awards | 2007 | Best Supporting Actor | The Proposition | Nominated |
Edinburgh International Film Festival | 2017 | Best Film | The Last Photograph | Nominated |
Golden Globe Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Magic City | Nominated |
Independent Spirit Awards | 2003 | Best Male Lead | Ivans Xtc | Nominated |
Monte-Carlo Television Festival | 2008 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries | John Adams | Nominated |
Montreal World Film Festival | 2011 | Best Actor | Playoff | Won |
Satellite Awards | 2005 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | The Constant Gardener | Won |
Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2005 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The Aviator | Nominated |
Saturn Awards | 2014 | Best Guest Starring Role on Television | American Horror Story: Coven | Nominated [32] |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | 2006 | Best Supporting Actor | The Proposition | Nominated |
John Marcellus Huston was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and the BAFTA Fellowship in 1980.
Prizzi's Honor is a 1985 American black comedy crime film directed by John Huston, starring Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner as two highly skilled mob assassins who, after falling in love, are hired to kill each other. The screenplay co-written by Richard Condon is based on his 1982 novel of the same name. The film's supporting cast includes Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, CCH Pounder, Lawrence Tierney, and William Hickey. Stanley Tucci appears in a minor role in his film debut. It was the last of John Huston's films to be released during his lifetime.
Walter Thomas Huston was a Canadian actor and singer. Huston won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by his son John Huston. He is the patriarch of the four generations of the Huston acting family, including his son John, grandchildren Anjelica Huston and Danny Huston, as well as great-grandchild Jack Huston. The family has produced three generations of Academy Award winners: Walter, his son John, and granddaughter Anjelica.
Anjelica Huston is an American actress, director and model known for often portraying eccentric and distinctive characters. She has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2010, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Sofia Carmina Coppola is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and former actress. She has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Golden Lion, and a Cannes Film Festival Award, as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
The Dead is a 1987 drama film directed by John Huston, written by his son Tony Huston, and starring his daughter Anjelica Huston. It is an adaptation of the short story of the same name by James Joyce, which was first published in 1914 as the last story in Dubliners. An international co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States, and West Germany, the film was Huston's last as director, and it was released several months after his death.
The Grifters is a 1990 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Stephen Frears, produced by Martin Scorsese, and starring John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, and Annette Bening. The screenplay was written by Donald E. Westlake, based on Jim Thompson's 1963 novel of the same name. The film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and was declared one of the Top 10 films of 1990 by The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
ivansxtc is a 2000 British-American independent drama film co-written by Bernard Rose and Lisa Enos, produced by Enos and directed by Rose, the first of several Enos-Rose collaborations, including Snuff-Movie (2005), Kreutzer Sonata (2008) and Mr. Nice (2010). The film stars Danny Huston, Peter Weller, and Lisa Enos, with Rose and Enos' actual CAA agent, Adam Krentzmen, playing the role of fictional "Media Talent Agency" agent Barry Oaks. Other key roles include Morgan Walsh (Vukovic) as Lucy Lawrence, and SLC Punk director James Merendino as director Danny McTeague.
The Witches is a 1990 dark fantasy film directed by Nicolas Roeg from a screenplay by Allan Scott, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Anjelica Huston and Mai Zetterling. The plot features evil witches who masquerade as ordinary women and follows a boy and his grandmother, who must find a way to foil their plans of turning children into mice.
Bernard Rose is an English filmmaker, considered a pioneer of digital filmmaking. He is best known for directing the horror films Paperhouse (1988) and Candyman (1992), the historical romances Immortal Beloved (1994) and Anna Karenina (1997), and the independent drama Ivans xtc (2000), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director and the John Cassavetes Award. He has also been nominated for the Grand Prix des Amériques and the Venice Horizons Prize. He has frequently cast actors Danny Huston and Tony Todd in his films. In the 1980s, he directed music videos for UB40, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Bronski Beat.
Jack Alexander Huston is a British actor. He appeared as Richard Harrow in the HBO television drama series Boardwalk Empire. He also had a supporting role in the 2013 film American Hustle, portrayed the eponymous Ben-Hur in the 2016 historical drama, and appeared as one of the main characters in the fourth season of the FX anthology series Fargo (2020). In 2023, he starred in the supernatural television series Mayfair Witches.
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John Joseph Nicholson is an American retired actor and filmmaker. Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century. Throughout his five-decade career he received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award. He also received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award in 1994 and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. In many of his films, he played rebels against the social structure.
Mr. North is a 1988 American comedy-drama film starring Anthony Edwards and featuring Robert Mitchum and Lauren Bacall, based on the novel Theophilus North (1973) by Thornton Wilder.
The Kreutzer Sonata is a 2008 film co-written and directed by Bernard Rose based on the 1889 novella by Leo Tolstoy, starring Danny Huston, Elisabeth Röhm, Matthew Yang King and Anjelica Huston.
The Addams Family is a 1991 American supernatural black comedy film based on the characters from the cartoon created by cartoonist Charles Addams and the 1964 television series produced by David Levy. Directed by former cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld in his feature directorial debut, the film stars Anjelica Huston, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance as Morticia Addams, Raul Julia as Gomez Addams, and Christopher Lloyd as Fester Addams. The film focuses on a bizarre, macabre, aristocratic family who reconnect with someone whom they believe to be a long-lost relative, Gomez's brother Fester Addams.
Two Jacks is a 2012 comedy-drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose starring Sienna Miller and Danny Huston. It is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1856 short story "Two Hussars" and is Rose's fifth Tolstoy adaptation, following Anna Karenina (1997), Ivans XTC (2002), The Kreutzer Sonata (2008) and Boxing Day (2012). The film premiered in competition at the Montreal World Film Festival.
"The Axeman Cometh" is the sixth episode of the third season of the anthology television series American Horror Story, which premiered on November 13, 2013, on the cable network FX. This episode is rated TV-MA (LSV).
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