Danny Huston Wiki Biography
Daniel Sallis “Danny” Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an American actor, writer and director. Huston got his start directing Mr. North starring Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum and his sister, Anjelica Huston. Later, Huston gave his breakthrough acting performance in the independent film Ivans Xtc and was nominated for Best Male Performance at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2003.His film credits include Birth opposite Nicole Kidman, Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator, for which the ensemble cast was nominated for a 2004 Screen Actors Guild Award, The Constant Gardener, for which he received the Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance; Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, Peter Berg’s The Kingdom, Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood and Sacha Gervasi’s Hitchcock. Huston’s latest film, The Congress, opened the 45th Director’s Fortnight sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2013.Huston is filming the Weinstein Company film Big Eyes where he will star alongside Christoph Waltz, Amy Adams, Krysten Ritter and Jason Schwartzman. The film is directed by Tim Burton. In 2013, he joined the cast of the FX thriller series American Horror Story: Coven, portraying The Axeman.
| Net Worth | $3 Million |
| Date Of Birth | May 14, 1962 |
| Place Of Birth | Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Height | 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Director, Writer |
| Spouse | Katie Jane Evans |
| Children | Stella |
| Parents | John Huston and Zoe Sallis |
| Siblings | Anjelica Huston Jack Huston Allegra Huston Walter Huston |
| IMDB |
| Quote | |
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| 1 | I seem to play a lot of losers. |
| 2 | Why should I ever get fed up talking about my father? He was a brilliant, colorful man who left us with thousands of memories. Most people remember his films, but I’ve got anecdotes and advice and episodes of real life tucked away inside my head. I’m always amazed that there are more to come out, but one day something triggers something off and a new memory of him emerges, like a ghost. |
| 3 | Sometimes film is just the family business. Some families are generations of carpenters or farmers, or they make clothes, or they’re all lawyers. I’m in the family business. |
| Fact | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Visited 12. Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia) to promote his Movie “The Proposition”. [August 2006] |
| 2 | His father was of English, Scottish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), distant German, and remote Portuguese, ancestry. His mother was of English and Indian ancestry. |
| 3 | He and his Hitchcock (2012) cast mate, Anthony Hopkins have both played King Richard the Lionheart. Hopkins made his film debut in that role in The Lion in Winter (1968), while Huston played the part in Robin Hood (2010). They have also both played members of the Adams political clan: Huston played Samuel Adams in John Adams (2008), while Hopkins played his cousin John Quincy Adams in Amistad (1997). |
| 4 | His divorce from Katie Evans was never finalized. She committed suicide in 2008. |
| 5 | In 1943, his grandfather Walter Huston starred in a film called Edge of Darkness (1943). In 2009, he starred in a film with the same name Edge of Darkness (2010), based on the British mini-series. |
| 6 | He is known for his ear for dialects, which often vary from role to role for him. This may be due partially to his assimilation to various regions while his parents moved him around as a kid. |
| 7 | In two of his films, he kills a character by stomping on them, The Proposition (2005) and 30 Days of Night (2007). |
| 8 | Uncle of Jack Huston. |
| 9 | Has a daughter named Stella (b. 2002), with his wife Katie Jane Evans. |
| 10 | One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007. |
| 11 | Invited to join to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences [2007]. |
| 12 | Former brother-in-law of Michael Madsen |
| 13 | Born while his father, director John Huston, was shooting Freud (1962) in Rome. |
| 14 | Went to boarding school in Somerset. |
| 15 | In The Aviator (2004), he works with Cate Blanchett, who plays Katharine Hepburn, star of his father’s film The African Queen (1951). |
| 16 | Grandson of Walter Huston. |
| 17 | Half-brother of Anjelica Huston, Allegra Huston and Tony Huston. |
| 18 | Son of John Huston and Zoe Sallis |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2004 | TV Series | Ty Caulfield, Casino Manager |
| 21 Grams | 2003 | Michael | |
| The Bacchae | 2002 | Herdsman | |
| Torture TV | 2002 | TV Series | Gary Silverman |
| Hotel | 2001 | Hotel Manager | |
| Eden | 2001/I | Kalman | |
| Ivansxtc | 2000 | Ivan Beckman | |
| Timecode | 2000 | Randy | |
| Rockin’ Good Times | 1999 | Short | Jimmy’s Manager |
| Susan’s Plan | 1998 | Gambler #2 | |
| Spanish Fly | 1998 | John | |
| Anna Karenina | 1997 | Stiva | |
| Leaving Las Vegas | 1995 | Bartender #2 | |
| The ‘Human’ Factor | 1975 | Mark Kinsdale (as Danny Houston) | |
| Wonder Woman | 2017 | post-production | |
| Io | 2017 | filming | Henry |
| The Last Photograph | 2017 | post-production | Tom Hammond |
| Paranoid | 2016 | TV Mini-Series | Nick Waingrow |
| All I See Is You | 2016 | Doctor | |
| Frankenstein | 2015 | Victor | |
| Pressure | 2015/II | Engel | |
| American Horror Story | 2013-2015 | TV Series | The Axeman Massimo Dolcefino |
| Big Eyes | 2014/I | Dick Nolan | |
| Tigers | 2014 | Alex | |
| Masters of Sex | 2014 | TV Series | Dr. Douglas Greathouse |
| The Liberator | 2013 | Torkington | |
| Magic City | 2012-2013 | TV Series | Ben Diamond |
| Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | 2013 | Video | General Lane (voice) |
| The Congress | 2013 | Jeff Green | |
| Hitchcock | 2012 | Whitfield Cook | |
| Stolen | 2012 | Tim Harlend | |
| Boxing Day | 2012/I | ||
| 2 Jacks | 2012 | Jack Hussar Sr. | |
| Wrath of the Titans | 2012 | Poseidon | |
| Playoff | 2011 | Max Stoller | |
| A Monster in Paris | 2011 | Préfet Maynott (English version, voice) | |
| Die neue Burg | 2011 | Short | Sir Herold |
| The Warrior’s Way | 2010 | Colonel | |
| Made in Dagenham | 2010 | American Boss (voice) | |
| The Conspirator | 2010 | Joseph Holt | |
| Robin Hood | 2010 | King Richard the Lionheart | |
| You Don’t Know Jack | 2010 | TV Movie | Geoffrey Fieger |
| Clash of the Titans | 2010 | Poseidon | |
| Edge of Darkness | 2010 | Jack Bennett | |
| Made in Romania | 2010 | Danny Huston | |
| Boogie Woogie | 2009 | Art Spindle | |
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine Character Spotlights | 2009 | Short | Stryker |
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | 2009 | Stryker | |
| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | 2008 | Lawrence Maddox | |
| The Kreutzer Sonata | 2008 | Edgar | |
| John Adams | 2008 | TV Mini-Series | Samuel Adams |
| 30 Days of Night | 2007 | Marlow | |
| The Kingdom | 2007 | Gideon Young | |
| I Really Hate My Job | 2007 | Al Bowlly / Himself | |
| The Number 23 | 2007 | Isaac French Dr. Miles Phoenix | |
| Fade to Black | 2006 | Orson Welles | |
| Children of Men | 2006 | Nigel | |
| Alpha Male | 2006/I | Jim Ferris | |
| Marie Antoinette | 2006 | Emperor Joseph II | |
| Covert One: The Hades Factor | 2006 | TV Mini-Series | Frank Klein |
| The Proposition | 2005 | Arthur Burns | |
| The Constant Gardener | 2005 | Sandy Woodrow | |
| The Aviator | 2004 | Jack Frye | |
| Birth | 2004 | Joseph | |
| Silver City | 2004 | Danny O’Brien |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Photograph | 2017 | post-production | |
| The Maddening | 1996 | ||
| Die Eisprinzessin | 1996 | TV Movie | |
| Becoming Colette | 1991 | ||
| Mr. North | 1988 | ||
| Mister Corbett’s Ghost | 1987 | TV Movie | |
| Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color | 1987 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie | 1985 | TV Movie documentary |
Camera Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | 1988 | Documentary additional still photographer |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Volcano | 1984 | director: main title sequence |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Merchant of Venice | 2004 | special thanks | |
| Hotel | 2001 | special thanks | |
| John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | 1988 | Documentary special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Made in Hollywood | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Good Day L.A. | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| 70th Golden Globe Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Himself – Nominee |
| Stolen: Cast and Crew Interviews | 2013 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2012 | TV Series | Himself – Guest |
| 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2007-2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| TV Festival Du Cannes 2010 | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Edge of Darkness: Focus Points | 2010 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The Bonnie Hunt Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Paul O’Grady Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Making of I Really Hate My Job | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Tavis Smiley | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Making of ‘Marie Antoinette’ | 2007 | Video short | Himself |
| Film ’72 | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of the Constant Gardener | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Hollywood Greats | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| Hollywood Legenden | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| History vs. Hollywood | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | 1988 | Documentary | Himself |
| Observations Under the Volcano | 1984 | Documentary | Himself |
| Notes from Under the Volcano | 1984 | Documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Work of Director Jonathan Glazer | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Best Actor | Montréal World Film Festival | Playoff (2011) | |
| 2005 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama | The Constant Gardener (2005) |
| 2004 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Ensemble Acting | 21 Grams (2003) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Guest Starring Role in a Television Series | American Horror Story (2011) |
| 2013 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Magic City (2012) |
| 2010 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | You Don’t Know Jack (2010) |
| 2008 | Golden Nymph | Monte-Carlo TV Festival | Outstanding Actor – Mini Series | John Adams (2008) |
| 2007 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Proposition (2005) |
| 2006 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Performance, Male | The Proposition (2005) |
| 2005 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Ensemble Cast | The Aviator (2004) |
| 2005 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The Aviator (2004) |
| 2004 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | The Aviator (2004) |
| 2004 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Ensemble Cast | 21 Grams (2003) |
| 2003 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | 21 Grams (2003) |
| 2003 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Male Lead | Ivansxtc (2000) |
