
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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The Naked Gun (2025)
as Richard Cane

Wonder Woman (2017)
as Ludendorff

Clash of the Titans (2010)
as Poseidon

Angel Has Fallen (2019)
as Wade Jennings

Wrath of the Titans (2012)
as Poseidon

Children of Men (2006)
as Nigel

The Kingdom (2007)
as Gideon Young

Newness (2017)
as Larry Bejerano

Icefall (2025)
as Rhodes

Game Night (2018)
as Donald Anderton

The Aviator (2004)
as Jack Frye

Robin Hood (2010)
as King Richard the Lionheart

30 Days of Night (2007)
as Marlow

Marie Antoinette (2006)
as Emperor Joseph

The Crow (2024)
as Vincent Roeg

Edge of Darkness (2010)
as Jack Bennett

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

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

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
as Barman 2

21 Grams (2003)
as Michael Peck

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

Hitchcock (2012)
as Whitfield Cook

Stolen (2012)
as Tim Harlend

Anna Karenina (1997)
as Stiva

The Constant Gardener (2005)
as Sandy Woodrow

Big Eyes (2014)
as Dick Nolan

Birth (2004)
as Joseph

The Warrior's Way (2010)
as Colonel

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

The Professor (2019)
as Peter Matthew

Stan & Ollie (2018)
as Hal Roach

Ride Above (2022)
as Monsieur Cooper

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

The Proposition (2005)
as Arthur Burns

IO (2019)
as Henry Walden

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

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

Consecration (2023)
as Father Romero

Marlowe (2023)
as Floyd Hanson

And the Winner Isn't (2017)
as Self

The Congress (2013)
as Jeff Green

Boxing Day (2012)
as Basil

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

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

ivans xtc. (2000)
as Ivan Beckman
Becoming Capa (—)
Actor

Boogie Woogie (2010)
as Art Spindle

The Conspirator (2011)
as Joseph Holt

Diamond (2026)
Actor
The Price of Peace (—)
as General Leslie Groves

The Liberator (2013)
as Torkington

A Place in Hell (2026)
Actor

The Last Photograph (2017)
as Tom Hammond

Frankenstein (2015)
as Victor Frankenstein

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

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
as Stryker

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
as Self

Timecode (2000)
as Randy

Susan's Plan (1998)
as Gambler #2

Pressure (2015)
as Engel
The Riders (2027)
Actor

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

Samurai Marathon (2019)
as Commodore Perry

The Human Factor (1975)
as Mark Kinsdale

Hotel (2001)
as Hotel Manager

Fade to Black (2006)
as Orson Welles

Relapse (—)
as Jax

The Kreutzer Sonata (2008)
as Edgar

Made in Romania (2010)
as Himself

I Really Hate My Job (2007)
as Al Bowlly
Hollywood Legenden (2004)
as Self

Silver City (2004)
as Danny O'Brien

The Making of Marie Antoinette (2007)
as Self

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

Spanish Fly (1998)
as John

Alpha Male (2006)
as Jim Ferris
Stake Out (—)
Actor

Lear Rex (—)
as Albany

We Are Gathered Here Today (2022)
as Peter Stone

Life Upside Down (2023)
as Paul Hasselberg

Eden (2001)
as Kalman

I Told You So (2024)
as Bill

2 Jacks (2012)
as Jack Hussar Sr.

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

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

Observations Under the Volcano (1984)
as Self

Tigers (2014)
as Alex

Traveling Light (2021)
as Harry

Playoff (2011)
as Max Stoller

No One Left Behind (2019)
as Lieutenant Colonel Smith
Raider (—)
Actor

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

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





