Daniel Sallis Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an Italian-born American actor and film director. A member of the Huston family of filmmakers, he is the son of director

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and the half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston. He is known for his roles in films such as ''

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'' (2000), for which he was nominated for an

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, '' 21 Grams'' (2003), ''

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'' (2004), '' The Aviator'' (also 2004), '' The Proposition'' (2005), ''

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'' (also 2005), ''

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'' (2006), '' Children of Men'' (also 2006), '' The Kingdom'' (2007), '' 30 Days of Night'' (also 2007), ''

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'' (2010), ''

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'' (2012), '' The Congress'' (2013), ''

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'' (2014) and the

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superhero film ''

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'' (2017). Huston portrayed The Axeman on the FX series '' American Horror Story: Coven'' and Massimo Dolcefino on '' American Horror Story: Freak Show''. He played Ben "The Butcher" Diamond on '' Magic City'' (2012–13), Dan Jenkins in the first two seasons of the

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drama series ''

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'' (2018–19), and Jamie Laird on the second season of ''Succession'' (2019). His directing credits include the films ''

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'' (1988), '' The Maddening'' (1995) and ''

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'' (2017).

Early life

Huston was born May 14, 1962, in

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, Italy. He is the son of actor and director

, and British actress Zoe Sallis. At the time, Huston was in Italy directing '' The Bible: In the Beginning...'', in which Sallis played

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. Through his father, he has an adoptive half brother, Pablo Huston, and is the half brother of actress Anjelica Huston, screenwriter

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, and writer

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. He is the uncle of actor

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and grandson of Academy Award-winning actor

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. He is of Canadian, Welsh, Scots-Irish, Scottish, and

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descent. The younger Huston spent much of his early life in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and maintains British citizenship through his mother. 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.

Career

Huston made his acting debut at the age of 12 in the

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-starring thriller film ''The "Human" Factor'' (1975). In 1988, Huston directed ''

'', which was an adaptation of

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's ''Theophilus North''. The film was produced by his father, who died before its completion. In 1995, Huston played Bartender #2 in ''

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'' and directed the film '' The Maddening''. Huston was nominated for Best Male Performance at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2003 for his performance in the independent film ''

''. Huston appeared in

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's '' The Aviator''. The ensemble cast was nominated for a 2004 SAG Award. In 2006, Huston received the Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Sandy Woodrow in Fernando Meirelles' ''

''. Huston starred in the Australian western '' The Proposition''. Huston starred in ''Alpha Male'' and Oliver Parker's '' Fade to Black'', in which he played

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. He starred in ''

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'', which premiered at the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival. His other film credits include ''

'', '' Silver City'', ''

'', ''

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'', '' The Kingdom'', '' How to Lose Friends & Alienate People'', and '' 30 Days of Night''. He portrayed

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in the award-winning

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miniseries ''

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'' and Colonel William Stryker in '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', a prequel to the original trilogy of X-Men films. Huston has been featured in ''

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'', ''

The Warrior's Way ''The Warrior's Way'' is a 2010 New Zealand-South Korean fantasy action film written and directed by Sngmoo Lee and starring Jang Dong-gun, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston and Tony Cox. It was produced by Barrie Osborne, who also p ...

'', ''

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'', '' Clash of the Titans'', ''

'', '' You Don't Know Jack'', and ''

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''. Huston played gangster Ben "The Butcher" Diamond on

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's '' Magic City'', for which was nominated for the

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in 2013. He portrayed The Axeman in the FX thriller series '' American Horror Story: Coven'' and Massimo Dolcefino in '' American Horror Story: Freak Show''. Huston starred as General Erich Ludendorff in the 2017 film ''

'' and as Wade Jennings in '' Angel Has Fallen''.

Personal life

In 1989, Huston married actress

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. They divorced in 1992. In 2001, he married Katie Jane Evans with whom he had a child, Stella. Huston and Evans separated in 2006. Evans died by suicide in October 2008 before the divorce was finalized. He dated his ''Magic City'' co-star

Olga Kurylenko Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko ( uk, Ольга Костянтинівна Куриленко; born 14 November 1979) is a Ukrainian and French actress and model. She started her acting career in 2005, and first found success as an actress for ...

for about a year.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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