Danny Huston

DANNY HUSTON is an award-winning actor known for his versatility and dramatic screen presence. True to Huston form, Danny is cultivating a storied career both in front of and behind the camera.

Known as a writer, director and producer, Huston got his start directing "Mr. North," starring Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum and Huston's sister, Anjelica Huston. Later, Huston gave his breakthrough acting performance in the independent film "Ivansxtc" and was nominated for Best Male Performance at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2003.

Huston's other film credits include: "Birth," directed by Jonathan Glazer, opposite Nicole Kidman; "Silver City," directed by John Sayles; and Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, for which the ensemble cast was nominated for a 2004 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award®. The following year, Huston received the Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Sandy Woodrow in Fernando Meirelles' "The Constant Gardener," and starred alongside Guy Pearce and Emily Watson in the critically acclaimed Australian western "The Proposition," directed by John Hillcoat. He appeared in "Marie Antoinette," directed by Sofia Coppola; "Children of Men," from director Alfonso Cuaron; "Fade to Black," in which he played Orson Welles, directed by Oliver Parker; "The Number 23," from director Joel Schumacher; "The Kingdom," directed by Peter Berg; "30 Days of Night," from director David Slade; "The Kreutzer Sonata," from director Bernard Rose; the comedy "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," directed by Robert Weide; the blockbuster "X-Men Origins: Wolverize"; and he portrayed Samuel Adams in the award-winning HBO miniseries "John Adams."

Huston's 2010 films include Martin Campbell's thriller "Edge of Darkness," opposite Mel Gibson; Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood," starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett; and the fantasy-action film from Sngmoo Lee called "The Warrior's Way," with Kate Bosworth and Geoffrey Rush. In Barry Levinson's critically acclaimed, award-winning HBO film "You Don't Know Jack," Huston portrayed Geoffrey Feiger, Kevorkian's lawyer, opposite Al Pacino.

In 2011, Huston appeared in Robert Redford's "The Conspirator," with James McAvoy, Robin Wright and Kevin Kline; "A Monster in Paris," an animated film directed by Bibo Bergeron; and "Playoff," directed by Eran Riklis and based on the life of Ralph Klein, the infamous Israeli basketball coach. His performance garnered him the 2011 Best Male Lead Performance Award at the Montreal Film Festival.

Huston was seen in Bernard Rose's "Two Jacks," opposite Sienna Miller and his nephew, Jack Huston; Ari Folman's "The Congress," with Harvey Keitel and Robin Wright; and Simon West's "Stolen," with Nicholas Cage.

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