Jack Alexander Huston (born 7 December 1982) is a British actor. He appeared as

Richard Harrow Richard Harrow is a fictional character on the television series '' Boardwalk Empire'', played by the actor Jack Huston. Fictional biography Backstory Richard was a sharpshooter in the US Army during World War I. He was badly disfigured during t ...

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).

Early life and ancestry

Huston was born on 7 December 1982 in King's Lynn,

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, the son of Lady Margot Lavinia (''née'' Cholmondeley) and actor, assistant director and writer

Tony Huston Walter Anthony Huston (born April 16, 1950) is an American actor, writer, and assistant director. Biography He was born in Los Angeles County, California, the son of director John Huston and his fourth wife Enrica Soma. His siblings include An ...

. Huston decided to become an actor at the age of 6, after playing the title role in a school production of ''

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''. He later attended

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, a drama institute. His mother is English and his father is American. His paternal aunt is actress Anjelica Huston, and his paternal half-uncle is actor

Danny Huston 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 John Huston and the half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston. He is known for ...

. His paternal grandparents were American director John Huston (who became an Irish citizen) and model/dancer

Enrica Soma Enrica Georgia Soma (May 9, 1929 – January 29, 1969) was an American socialite, model, and prima ballerina. She was also the wife of director John Huston and mother of their three children. Life and career Soma was born in Manhattan, New York, ...

, and his maternal grandparents were The 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley and Lavinia Margaret (''née'' Leslie). Huston is the nephew of The 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley. On his father's side, he has Italian,

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, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, Welsh, and English ancestry, and is a great-grandson of Canadian actor

Walter Huston Walter Thomas Huston ( ;According to the Province of Ontario. ''Ontario, C ...

. Through his maternal grandfather's father, The 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley, Huston is descended from

Sir Robert Walpole Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745; known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole) was a British statesman and Whig politician who, as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leade ...

, the first

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of the

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. Jack's maternal grandfather's mother, Sybil, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, was from a

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family (from

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, and

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); through Sybil, Jack is descended from both David Sassoon, the Treasurer of Baghdad, and

Mayer Amschel Rothschild Mayer Amschel Rothschild (23 February 1744 – 19 September 1812; also spelled ''Anschel'') was a German-Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty. Referred to as a "founding father of international finance", Rothschild w ...

, who founded the Rothschild family international banking dynasty.

Career

Huston started his film career with a small screen adaptation of ''

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'', where he played Flavius. He then went on to having more prominent roles in such films as '' Factory Girl'', playing the American poet

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, the horror film '' Shrooms'', '' Outlander'' and '' Shrink''. Jack Huston - Berlinale - 2013 (cropped)

In 2010, he played the minor role of Royce King in '' The Twilight Saga: Eclipse''. He appeared in HBO's '' Boardwalk Empire'' as Richard Harrow, a severely disfigured

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marksman turned gangster. On 16 December 2010, it was announced Huston would be made a series regular after appearing in five episodes of the first season. After this he went on to be directed by Al Pacino in the 2011 film '' Wilde Salome'' and to having starring roles in '' Not Fade Away'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2012, he played the part of narrator on avant-garde musician John Zorn's album A Vision in Blakelight, an homage to

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. In 2013, he appeared in

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's comedy-drama '' American Hustle'', as Pete Musane. Later that year, Huston played Charles Bruno in '' Strangers on a Train'' at London's

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. In 2019 Huston played Bobby Kennedy in the Martin Scorsese film ''

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''. In 2020, he had a supporting role in the fourth season of the FX

black comedy Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discu ...

crime drama Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...

'' Fargo'' as Odis Weff, a corrupt Kansas City police detective with severe OCD.

Personal life

Huston began dating American model

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in 2011.Baby on the Way for Jack Huston and Shannan Click
''

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'', 9 October 2012 They have two children: a daughter (born 2013) and a son (born 2016).Jack Huston and Shannan Click Welcome Son Cypress Night
''

'', 19 January 2016

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* *
Interview with Jack Huston
in ''

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