
Danny 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), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, 21 Grams (2003), Birth (2004), The Aviator (also 2004), The Constant Gardener (2005), Marie Antoinette (2006), Children of Men (also 2006), The Kingdom (2007), 30 Days of Night (also 2007), Robin Hood (2010), Hitchcock (2012), The Congress (2013), Big Eyes (2014), Wonder Woman (2017), 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. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits

Wonder Woman (2017)
as Ludendorff

The Naked Gun (2025)
as Richard Cane

Children of Men (2006)
as Nigel

Clash of the Titans (2010)
as Poseidon

Angel Has Fallen (2019)
as Wade Jennings

Wrath of the Titans (2012)
as Poseidon

Robin Hood (2010)
as King Richard the Lionheart

The Aviator (2004)
as Jack Frye

Icefall (2025)
as Rhodes

The Crow (2024)
as Vincent Roeg

Game Night (2018)
as Donald Anderton

Newness (2017)
as Larry Bejerano

30 Days of Night (2007)
as Marlow

Edge of Darkness (2010)
as Jack Bennett

The Number 23 (2007)
as Isaac French / Dr. Miles Phoenix

21 Grams (2003)
as Michael Peck

The Kingdom (2007)
as Gideon Young

The Constant Gardener (2005)
as Sandy Woodrow

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
as Barman 2

The Dead Don't Hurt (2024)
as Rudolph Schiller

Marie Antoinette (2006)
as Emperor Joseph

The Professor (2019)
as Peter Matthew

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
as Col. Albert Houghton

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
as General Lane (voice)

Marlowe (2023)
as Floyd Hanson

Stolen (2012)
as Tim Harlend

The Warrior's Way (2010)
as Colonel

Birth (2004)
as Joseph

All I See Is You (2017)
as Dr. Hughes

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
as Lawrence Maddox

Hitchcock (2012)
as Whitfield Cook

The Proposition (2005)
as Arthur Burns

Anna Karenina (1997)
as Stiva

Big Eyes (2014)
as Dick Nolan

Stan & Ollie (2018)
as Hal Roach

Consecration (2023)
as Father Romero

The Congress (2013)
as Jeff Green

IO (2019)
as Henry Walden

The Conspirator (2011)
as Joseph Holt

You Don't Know Jack (2010)
as Geoffrey Fieger

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 (2024)
as Colonel Houghton

Ride Above (2022)
as Monsieur Cooper

Made in Dagenham (2010)
as American Boss (voice)

Boogie Woogie (2010)
as Art Spindle

Diamond (2026)
as Bruce Tenenbaum

ivans xtc. (2000)
as Ivan Beckman
Empire City (—)
as Charles Clybourn

Pressure (2015)
as Engel

Frankenstein (2015)
as Victor Frankenstein

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
as Self

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
as Stryker

Relapse (—)
as Jax

Timecode (2000)
as Randy
Becoming Capa (—)
Actor

Susan's Plan (1998)
as Gambler #2

And the Winner Isn't (2017)
as Self

Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006)
as Frank Klein

Samurai Marathon (2019)
as Commodore Perry

Across the River and into the Trees (2023)
as Captain Wes O'Neil

Boxing Day (2012)
as Basil

Life Upside Down (2023)
as Paul Hasselberg

Silver City (2004)
as Danny O'Brien

A Place in Hell (2027)
Actor

The Human Factor (1975)
as Mark Kinsdale

The Liberator (2013)
as Torkington

Hotel (2001)
as Hotel Manager

A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making (2018)
as Self - Actor
The Riders (2027)
Actor

I Told You So (2024)
as Bill
Lear Rex (—)
as Albany

The Kreutzer Sonata (2008)
as Edgar

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
as Self
The Price of Peace (—)
as General Leslie Groves

2 Jacks (2012)
as Jack Hussar Sr.

I Really Hate My Job (2007)
as Al Bowlly

Fade to Black (2006)
as Orson Welles
Stake Out (—)
Actor

Alpha Male (2006)
as Jim Ferris

The Last Photograph (2017)
as Tom Hammond

Spanish Fly (1998)
as John

Made in Romania (2010)
as Himself

Traveling Light (2021)
as Harry

Tigers (2014)
as Alex

The Making of Marie Antoinette (2007)
as Self

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener (2006)
as Self

Playoff (2011)
as Max Stoller
Hollywood Legenden (2004)
as Self

The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana (—)
as Befano

Once Again... (Statues Never Die) (2022)
as Albert C. Barnes
Raider (—)
Actor

We Are Gathered Here Today (2022)
as Peter Stone

Eden (2001)
as Kalman

No One Left Behind (2019)
as Lieutenant Colonel Smith

Observations Under the Volcano (1984)
as Self





