---
name: "Danny Huston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danny-huston"
fi1m_id: "danny-huston"
imdb_id: "nm0396812"
tmdb_id: 6413
wikidata_id: "Q357762"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 May 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 18
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 18
updated: "2026-10-19T04:00:49.058164+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Danny Huston

## Identity

Danny Huston

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/danny-huston
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** danny-huston
- **IMDb ID:** nm0396812
- **TMDB ID:** 6413
- **Wikidata ID:** Q357762
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Huston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357762, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6413

Actor. Born 14 May 1962 in Rome, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 May 1962, Rome, Italy
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Also known as:** Daniel Sallis Huston, Daniel Huston
- **Frequently works with:** [Kevin Costner](https://film.one/person/kevin-costner.md), [Abbey Lee](https://film.one/person/abbey-lee.md), [Cate Blanchett](https://film.one/person/cate-blanchett.md), [Howard Kaplan](https://film.one/person/howard-kaplan.md), [John C. Reilly](https://film.one/person/john-c-reilly.md), [Jon Baird](https://film.one/person/jon-baird.md), [Mark Gillard](https://film.one/person/mark-gillard.md), [Sam Worthington](https://film.one/person/sam-worthington.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 18 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 74 (8), 2010s 59 (5), 2020s 65 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 64 across 17 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 6 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 15 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 14, Action 5, Adventure 3, Comedy 3, Thriller 3, Western 3
- **Screen time:** 33 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,952m across 15 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Huston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357762, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6413

## Coming up

- *A Place in Hell* (2027-04-23)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Naked Gun*](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun.md) (77), [*Big Eyes*](https://film.one/film/big-eyes.md) (64), [*Robin Hood*](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-2010.md) (55)
- **HBO Max:** [*John Adams*](https://film.one/tv/john-adams.md) (81), [*Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1*](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md) (55)
- **Hulu:** [*The Aviator*](https://film.one/film/the-aviator.md) (74), [*Hitchcock*](https://film.one/film/hitchcock.md) (55)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Proposition*](https://film.one/film/the-proposition.md) (79)
- **Netflix:** [*Marie Antoinette*](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*X-Men Origins: Wolverine*](https://film.one/film/x-men-origins-wolverine.md) (45)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Danny Huston

> Danny Huston makes authority look faintly suspect, often by making us attend to how a line is spoken. We rate his controlled supporting performances, though he needs more than a title and one good scene.

In *The Naked Gun* (2025), Danny Huston's billionaire Richard Cane explains his philosophy to people who have not asked to hear it. Huston plays the man's entitlement straight, which suits Akiva Schaffer's rule that nobody should appear to know they are in a comedy. We laughed at the uninvited philosophising because Cane seems to regard other people's attention as something he already owns. This is a useful comic application of Huston's familiar authority.

His acting breakthrough was the lead in *Ivans Xtc* (2000), after he had begun directing features with *Mr. North* (1988). By the mid-2000s, supporting work in films such as *The Aviator* (2004) and *The Constant Gardener* (2005) had become central to his career. The appeal is clear in the authoritative or calculating men he is often cast to play. But the script still has to give those men something worth saying.

Fernando Meirelles gives him that opportunity as Sandy Woodrow in *The Constant Gardener*. Alongside Bill Nighy's Sir Bernard Pellegrin, Huston makes reserve worth watching: the way a line is delivered asks for as much attention as its content. We recommend the film despite plotting that becomes needlessly tangled, and these two help keep its complicated passages watchable. Huston's restraint leaves room to scrutinise Woodrow, rather than having every line announce what sort of man he is.

*Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024) shows the limit of relying on that presence. Kevin Costner gives Huston's Colonel Houghton one good scene, but spreads the film's attention across four unfinished stories. There is pleasure in seeing an actor make a small allocation count, but this is not enough to recommend the film. It is hard to settle into a performance when the film is already looking towards its next group of characters.

Being cast repeatedly as compromised or villainous men need not condemn him to repeating himself. We would welcome more comedy after *The Naked Gun*, provided the scripts let him remain as solemn as Cane. For a fuller evening, start with *The Constant Gardener* and pay attention to the lines that seem to give the least away.

## Biography

Danny Huston is an American actor, director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Italy, he is the son of director John Huston and half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston. He trained at the London Film School.

Huston is known for film roles including Jack Frye in *The Aviator* (2004), Nigel in *Children of Men* (2006), Poseidon in *Clash of the Titans* (2010), Ludendorff in *Wonder Woman* (2017), and Richard Cane in *The Naked Gun* (2025). He has also appeared as Col. Albert Houghton in *Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1* (2024). On television he has played roles in *American Horror Story*, *Yellowstone* and *Succession*.

His directing credits include *Mr. North* (1988), *The Maddening* (1995) and *The Last Photograph* (2017). He received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead for *Ivans Xtc* (2000).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (18)

- *Common Side Effects* (2025), Fi1m 80, as Jonas Backstein (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/common-side-effects.md)
- *The Naked Gun* (2025), Fi1m 77, as Richard Cane — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun.md)
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024), Fi1m 55, as Col. Albert Houghton — [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md)
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2* (2024), Fi1m 48, as Colonel Houghton — [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-2.md)
- *Stan & Ollie* (2018), Fi1m 77, as Hal Roach — [page](https://film.one/film/stan-and-ollie.md)
- *Big Eyes* (2014), Fi1m 64, as Dick Nolan — [page](https://film.one/film/big-eyes.md)
- *Hitchcock* (2012), Fi1m 55, as Whitfield Cook — [page](https://film.one/film/hitchcock.md)
- *Clash of the Titans* (2010), Fi1m 43, as Poseidon — [page](https://film.one/film/clash-of-the-titans-2010.md)
- *Robin Hood* (2010), Fi1m 55, as King Richard the Lionheart — [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-2010.md)
- *X-Men Origins: Wolverine* (2009), Fi1m 45, as Stryker — [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-origins-wolverine.md)
- *John Adams* (2008), Fi1m 81, as Samuel Adams — [page](https://film.one/tv/john-adams.md)
- *Children of Men* (2006), Fi1m 85, as Nigel — [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), Fi1m 74, as Emperor Joseph — [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)
- *The Constant Gardener* (2005), Fi1m 82, as Sandy Woodrow — [page](https://film.one/film/the-constant-gardener.md)
- *The Proposition* (2005), Fi1m 79, as Arthur Burns — [page](https://film.one/film/the-proposition.md)
- *The Aviator* (2004), Fi1m 74, as Jack Frye — [page](https://film.one/film/the-aviator.md)
- *21 Grams* (2003), Fi1m 72, as Michael Peck — [page](https://film.one/film/21-grams.md)
- *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Barman 2 — [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md)

## Complete filmography (105)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Place in Hell* (2027), Actor
- *The Road to Jericho* (2026), Actor
- *Diamond* (2026), as Bruce Tenenbaum
- *The Artist* (2025), series, as Edgar Dégas
- *Icefall* (2025), as Rhodes
- *The Naked Gun* (2025), as Richard Cane — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun.md)
- *Common Side Effects* (2025), series, as Jonas Backstein (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/common-side-effects.md)
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2* (2024), as Colonel Houghton — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-2.md)
- *The Crow* (2024), as Vincent Roeg
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024), as Col. Albert Houghton — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md)
- *The Dead Don't Hurt* (2024), as Rudolph Schiller
- *I Told You So* (2024), as Bill
- *Across the River and into the Trees* (2023), as Captain Wes O'Neil
- *Marlowe* (2023), as Floyd Hanson
- *Consecration* (2023), as Father Romero
- *Life Upside Down* (2023), as Paul Hasselberg
- *Ride Above* (2022), as Monsieur Cooper
- *We Are Gathered Here Today* (2022), as Peter Stone · Producer
- *Once Again... (Statues Never Die)* (2022), as Albert C. Barnes
- *Traveling Light* (2021), as Harry
- *Calls* (2021), series, as Frank (voice)
- *Red Bird Lane* (2021), as Hugh
- *No One Left Behind* (2019), as Lieutenant Colonel Smith
- *Angel Has Fallen* (2019), as Wade Jennings
- *The Professor* (2019), as Peter Matthew
- *Samurai Marathon* (2019), as Commodore Perry
- *IO* (2019), as Henry Walden
- *Stan & Ollie* (2018), as Hal Roach — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/stan-and-ollie.md)
- *Yellowstone* (2018), series, as Dan Jenkins
- *Succession* (2018), series, as Jamie Laird — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Game Night* (2018), as Donald Anderton
- *Newness* (2017), as Larry Bejerano
- *All I See Is You* (2017), as Dr. Hughes
- *Tigers* (2017), as Alex
- *Wonder Woman* (2017), as Ludendorff
- *The Last Photograph* (2017), as Tom Hammond · Director
- *Frankenstein* (2015), as Victor Frankenstein
- *Pressure* (2015), as Engel
- *Big Eyes* (2014), as Dick Nolan — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/big-eyes.md)
- *Masters of Sex* (2013), series, as Dr. Douglas Greathouse — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *The Liberator* (2013), as Torkington
- *Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox* (2013), as General Lane (voice)
- *The Congress* (2013), as Jeff Green
- *Hitchcock* (2012), as Whitfield Cook — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/hitchcock.md)
- *Stolen* (2012), as Tim Harlend
- *Boxing Day* (2012), as Basil
- *2 Jacks* (2012), as Jack Hussar Sr.
- *Magic City* (2012), series, as Ben Diamond
- *Wrath of the Titans* (2012), as Poseidon
- *Playoff* (2011), as Max Stoller
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, as The Axeman, Massimo Dolcefino
- *The Conspirator* (2011), as Joseph Holt
- *The Warrior's Way* (2010), as Colonel
- *Made in Dagenham* (2010), as American Boss (voice)
- *You Don't Know Jack* (2010), as Geoffrey Fieger
- *Robin Hood* (2010), as King Richard the Lionheart — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-2010.md)
- *Boogie Woogie* (2010), as Art Spindle
- *Clash of the Titans* (2010), as Poseidon — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/clash-of-the-titans-2010.md)
- *Edge of Darkness* (2010), as Jack Bennett
- *X-Men Origins: Wolverine* (2009), as Stryker — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-origins-wolverine.md)
- *How to Lose Friends & Alienate People* (2008), as Lawrence Maddox
- *The Kreutzer Sonata* (2008), as Edgar
- *John Adams* (2008), series, as Samuel Adams — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/john-adams.md)
- *30 Days of Night* (2007), as Marlow
- *I Really Hate My Job* (2007), as Al Bowlly
- *The Kingdom* (2007), as Gideon Young
- *The Number 23* (2007), as Isaac French / Dr. Miles Phoenix
- *Children of Men* (2006), as Nigel — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)
- *Alpha Male* (2006), as Jim Ferris
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), as Emperor Joseph — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)
- *Covert One: The Hades Factor* (2006), series, as Frank Klein
- *Fade to Black* (2006), as Orson Welles
- *Covert One: The Hades Factor* (2006), as Frank Klein
- *The Proposition* (2005), as Arthur Burns — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-proposition.md)
- *The Constant Gardener* (2005), as Sandy Woodrow — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-constant-gardener.md)
- *The Aviator* (2004), as Jack Frye — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-aviator.md)
- *Birth* (2004), as Joseph
- *Silver City* (2004), as Danny O'Brien
- *21 Grams* (2003), as Michael Peck — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/21-grams.md)
- *Hotel* (2001), as Hotel Manager
- *Eden* (2001), as Kalman
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Ty Caulfield
- *ivans xtc.* (2000), as Ivan Beckman
- *Timecode* (2000), as Randy
- *Susan's Plan* (1998), as Gambler #2
- *Spanish Fly* (1998), as John
- *Anna Karenina* (1997), as Stiva
- *The Ice Princess* (1996), Director
- *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), as Barman 2 — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md)
- *The Maddening* (1995), Director
- *Becoming Colette* (1991), Director
- *Mr. North* (1988), Director
- *Mister Corbett's Ghost* (1987), Director
- *Bigfoot* (1987), Director
- *Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie* (1985), Director
- *The Human Factor* (1975), as Mark Kinsdale
- *Relapse*, as Jax
- *The Price of Peace*, as General Leslie Groves
- *Becoming Capa*, Actor
- *Lear Rex*, as Albany
- *The Riders*, Actor
- *Empire City*, as Charles Clybourn
- *Raider*, Actor
- *The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana*, as Befano
- *Stake Out*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![1990 Academy Awards. Anjelica Huston NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if y](https://film.one/media/person/8112/gallery-5153ffc80cbc.jpg) 1990 Academy Awards. Anjelica Huston NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if y — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Angelica_Houston_%282105760941%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Anjelica Huston with her half-brother Danny Huston on the red carpet at the 62nd Annual Academy Awards, 3/26/90 (1990)](https://film.one/media/person/8112/gallery-97b610e199ed.jpg) Anjelica Huston with her half-brother Danny Huston on the red carpet at the 62nd Annual Academy Awards, 3/26/90 (1990) — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Anjelica_Huston_Danny_Huston_62nd_Annual_Academy_Awards.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Danny Huston (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/8112/gallery-3d3fdd6a2016.jpg) Danny Huston (2016) — Andrew Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Danny_Huston_%2829620934491%29.jpg/1280px-Danny_Huston_%2829620934491%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danny Huston poses for a portrait during a photocall at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/8112/gallery-26164b692f90.jpg) Danny Huston poses for a portrait during a photocall at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival — Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Danny_Huston_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Danny_Huston_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danny Huston](https://film.one/media/person/8112/gallery-fd7cd4575e96.jpg) Danny Huston — Image via TMDB
- ![Danny Huston](https://film.one/media/person/8112/gallery-e4d250b9bcb5.jpg) Danny Huston — Image via TMDB
- ![Danny Huston](https://film.one/media/person/8112/gallery-5d74ca25e54c.jpg) Danny Huston — Image via TMDB
- ![Danny Huston](https://film.one/media/person/8112/gallery-8023f09ee1d8.jpg) Danny Huston — Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Danny_Huston_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Danny_Huston_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danny Huston](https://film.one/media/person/8112/gallery-119b4892cf2f.jpg) Danny Huston — Image via TMDB

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