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Danny Huston (born 14 May 1962) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 and director.

Huston was born in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, the son of legendary director John Huston
John Huston

John Marcellus Huston was an United States film director and actor. He was known for directing the films, The Maltese Falcon , The Asphalt Jungle , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The African Queen , The Misfits , and The Man Who Would Be King ....
, the half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning United Statesn actor and former fashion model.Huston became the third generation of her family to win an Oscar for her performance in 1985 in film's Prizzi's Honor, joining her father, director John Huston, and grandfather, actor Walter Huston....
 and screenwriter Tony Huston, uncle of actor Jack Huston
Jack Huston

Jack Huston is an England actor. He is the grandson of director John Huston and nephew of actors Anjelica Huston and Danny Huston.Huston had a starring role in Neighborhood Watch and recently filmed Outlander with James Caviezel and Sophia Myles....
 and the grandson of Academy Award
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
-winning actor Walter Huston
Walter Huston

Walter Huston was an Academy Award-winning Canada-born American actor....
. His mother, author Zoe Sallis, was an actress of Anglo
Anglo

The term Anglo is used as a prefix to indicate a relation to the Angles, England or the English people, as in the terms Anglo-Saxon, English American, Anglo-Celtic, and Anglo-Indian....
-Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
ian descent; his parents never married.

In 1988
1988 in film

Events* Michael Jackson's first film was MoonwalkerTop grossing films source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1988&p=.htm...
, his father John Huston produced Danny's first feature
Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film made for initial Film distributor in Movie theater and being the "main attraction" of the screening ....
, an adaptation of Thornton Wilder's
Thornton Wilder

Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. His best known work is his play Our Town....
 last novel Theophilus North.






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Danny Huston (born 14 May 1962) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 and director.

Huston was born in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, the son of legendary director John Huston
John Huston

John Marcellus Huston was an United States film director and actor. He was known for directing the films, The Maltese Falcon , The Asphalt Jungle , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The African Queen , The Misfits , and The Man Who Would Be King ....
, the half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning United Statesn actor and former fashion model.Huston became the third generation of her family to win an Oscar for her performance in 1985 in film's Prizzi's Honor, joining her father, director John Huston, and grandfather, actor Walter Huston....
 and screenwriter Tony Huston, uncle of actor Jack Huston
Jack Huston

Jack Huston is an England actor. He is the grandson of director John Huston and nephew of actors Anjelica Huston and Danny Huston.Huston had a starring role in Neighborhood Watch and recently filmed Outlander with James Caviezel and Sophia Myles....
 and the grandson of Academy Award
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
-winning actor Walter Huston
Walter Huston

Walter Huston was an Academy Award-winning Canada-born American actor....
. His mother, author Zoe Sallis, was an actress of Anglo
Anglo

The term Anglo is used as a prefix to indicate a relation to the Angles, England or the English people, as in the terms Anglo-Saxon, English American, Anglo-Celtic, and Anglo-Indian....
-Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
ian descent; his parents never married.

In 1988
1988 in film

Events* Michael Jackson's first film was MoonwalkerTop grossing films source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1988&p=.htm...
, his father John Huston produced Danny's first feature
Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film made for initial Film distributor in Movie theater and being the "main attraction" of the screening ....
, an adaptation of Thornton Wilder's
Thornton Wilder

Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. His best known work is his play Our Town....
 last novel Theophilus North. In 1995's Leaving Las Vegas
Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 in film romantic drama film about a relationship between a suicidal alcoholism and a prostitute from Las Vegas, Nevada, starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue....
, he moved in front of the camera and has since acted in over 20 films, including the lead in John Sayles
John Sayles

John Thomas Sayles is an United States independent film film director and screenwriter who frequently plays small roles in his own and other indie films....
' Silver City, and as Orson Welles
Orson Welles

George Orson Welles , better known as Orson Welles, was an Academy Award-winning United States actor, director, writer and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television, and radio....
 in Fade to Black
Fade to Black (2006 film)

Fade to Black is a 2006 Thriller film directed by Oliver Parker and starring Danny Huston as Orson Welles....
.

Huston currently has four films in the works, Boogie Woogie
Boogie Woogie (film)

Boogie Woogie is an upcoming comedy film set in the contemporary London art world. It is based on the book of the same name written by Danny Moynihan....
 and The Laundry Warrior
Laundry Warrior

Laundry Warrior is an English language fantasy action film starring Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston, Tony Cox and Korean actor Jang Dong-gun....
 to be released in late 2008, as well as X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Edge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness (2009 film)

Edge of Darkness is an upcoming film adaptation of Edge of Darkness, a 1985 BBC television series. It stars Mel Gibson and Ray Winstone, and is directed and produced by Martin Campbell and Michael Wearing, who also directed and produced the original....
 slated for release in 2009.

Personal life

In October 2008, Danny Huston's estranged wife Katie Evans, who had filed for divorce in 2007, committed suicide from jumping off the building of her California home. She allegedly called the police and told them she had an overdose of pills but she jumped before the police could save her. She was suffering from depression and was said to have a problem with drinking and drugs.

Filmography

  • Leaving Las Vegas
    Leaving Las Vegas

    Leaving Las Vegas is a 1995 in film romantic drama film about a relationship between a suicidal alcoholism and a prostitute from Las Vegas, Nevada, starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue....
     (1995)
  • Anna Karenina (1997)
  • Ivans XTC
    Ivans XTC

    Ivans XTC is an independent film directed by Bernard Rose shot on Digital film camera about the last day in the life of Los Angeles, California agent Ivan Beckman, played by Danny Huston....
     (2000)
  • 21 Grams
    21 Grams

    21 Grams is a 2003 in film film drama directed by Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. It stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and Benicio del Toro....
     (2003)
  • Birth
    Birth (film)

    Birth is a 2004 in film film Film director by Jonathan Glazer and starring Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Danny Huston and Cameron Bright. The story is about a young widow from a prominent Manhattan-based family named Anna who slowly becomes convinced that her husband, Sean, who died ten years previously, has been reincarnated in the form of...
     (2004)
  • The Aviator
    The Aviator

    The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
     (2004)
  • Silver City (2004)
  • The Constant Gardener
    The Constant Gardener (film)

    The Constant Gardener is a 2005 in film drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles. The screenplay by Jeffrey Caine is based on the John le Carr? The Constant Gardener....
     (2005)
  • The Proposition
    The Proposition

    The Proposition is a 2005 in film directed by John Hillcoat and written by musician Nick Cave. It stars Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, John Hurt and Danny Huston....
     (2005)
  • Covert One: The Hades Factor
    Covert One: The Hades Factor

    Covert One: The Hades Factor is a Television movie Thriller filmed in Toronto that first aired in 2006. Directed by Mick Jackson , the miniseries is loosely based on Covert-One series#The_Hades_Factor, a 2000 novel written by Gayle Lynds as part of the Covert-One series created by Robert Ludlum....
     (2006)
  • Fade to Black
    Fade to Black (2006 film)

    Fade to Black is a 2006 Thriller film directed by Oliver Parker and starring Danny Huston as Orson Welles....
     (2006)
  • Marie Antoinette
    Marie Antoinette (2006 film)

    Marie Antoinette is a 2006 Academy Award winning biographical film, written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It is loosely based on the life of Marie Antoinette in the years leading up to the French Revolution....
     (2006)
  • Children of Men
    Children of Men

    Children of Men is a 2006 in film Utopian and dystopian fiction science fiction film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuar?n. The Strike Entertainment production was loosely adapted from P....
     (2006)
  • I Really Hate My Job
    I Really Hate My Job

    I Really Hate My Job is a 2007 in film UK comedy film directed by Oliver Parker and stars Neve Campbell, Shirley Henderson, Alexandra Maria Lara, Anna Maxwell Martin, Oana Pellea, Danny Huston, and Barry Morse....
     (2007)
  • The Number 23
    The Number 23

    The Number 23 is a Thriller film starring Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, and Danny Huston, directed by Joel Schumacher. It was released in theaters on February 23 2007....
     (2007)
  • The Kingdom
    The Kingdom (film)

    The Kingdom is a 2007 in film directed by Peter Berg and starring Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper , Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Ashraf Barhom, with Kyle Chandler, Jeremy Piven and Ali Suliman....
     (2007)
  • 30 Days of Night
    30 Days of Night (film)

    30 Days of Night is a 2007 in film horror film based on the comic book miniseries of the 30 Days of Night. The film is directed by David Slade and stars Josh Hartnett, Melissa George and Danny Huston....
     (2007)
  • John Adams
    John Adams (TV miniseries)

    John Adams is an Emmy and Golden Globe winning 2008 in television United States television miniseries, chronicling most of President of the United States John Adams's adult life and his role in the founding of the United States....
     (2008)
  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is a 2008 in film comedy film based upon United Kingdom writer Toby Young's 2001 in literature How to Lose Friends and Alienate People ....
     (2008)


Upcoming
  • Boogie Woogie
    Boogie Woogie (film)

    Boogie Woogie is an upcoming comedy film set in the contemporary London art world. It is based on the book of the same name written by Danny Moynihan....
     (2009)
  • The Laundry Warrior
    Laundry Warrior

    Laundry Warrior is an English language fantasy action film starring Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston, Tony Cox and Korean actor Jang Dong-gun....
     (2009)
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
  • Edge of Darkness
    Edge of Darkness (2009 film)

    Edge of Darkness is an upcoming film adaptation of Edge of Darkness, a 1985 BBC television series. It stars Mel Gibson and Ray Winstone, and is directed and produced by Martin Campbell and Michael Wearing, who also directed and produced the original....
     (2009)


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