Daniel Sallis Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an American actor, writer,
and director. Huston got his start directing Mr. North, starring
Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, and Huston's half-sister, Anjelica
Huston. Later, Huston gave his breakthrough acting performance in the
independent film Ivans Xtc and was nominated for Best Male Performance
at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2003.His film credits include
Birth opposite Nicole Kidman, Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, for which
the ensemble cast was nominated for a 2004 Screen Actors Guild Award,
The Constant Gardener, for which he received the Golden Satellite
Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance; Sofia Coppola's
Marie Antoinette, Peter Berg's The Kingdom, Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
and Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock. Huston's film The Congress opened the
45th Director's Fortnight sidebar at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Huston co-starred in Tim Burton's film Big Eyes, alongside Christoph
Waltz, Amy Adams, Krysten Ritter and Jason Schwartzman. He has
appeared in the FX thriller series American Horror Story, portraying
The Axeman in American Horror Story: Coven and Massimo Dolcefino in
American Horror Story: Freak Show. He also starred as General Erich
Ludendorff in the 2017 film Wonder Woman and as renegade ex-Army
Ranger turned head of private military company Wade Jennings in Angel
Has Fallen.Huston is a graduate of London Film School.
and director. Huston got his start directing Mr. North, starring
Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, and Huston's half-sister, Anjelica
Huston. Later, Huston gave his breakthrough acting performance in the
independent film Ivans Xtc and was nominated for Best Male Performance
at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2003.His film credits include
Birth opposite Nicole Kidman, Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, for which
the ensemble cast was nominated for a 2004 Screen Actors Guild Award,
The Constant Gardener, for which he received the Golden Satellite
Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance; Sofia Coppola's
Marie Antoinette, Peter Berg's The Kingdom, Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
and Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock. Huston's film The Congress opened the
45th Director's Fortnight sidebar at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Huston co-starred in Tim Burton's film Big Eyes, alongside Christoph
Waltz, Amy Adams, Krysten Ritter and Jason Schwartzman. He has
appeared in the FX thriller series American Horror Story, portraying
The Axeman in American Horror Story: Coven and Massimo Dolcefino in
American Horror Story: Freak Show. He also starred as General Erich
Ludendorff in the 2017 film Wonder Woman and as renegade ex-Army
Ranger turned head of private military company Wade Jennings in Angel
Has Fallen.Huston is a graduate of London Film School.
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