Danny Huston (born
14 May 1962) is an
American actor and
director.
Life and career
Huston was born in
Rome,
Italy, the son of legendary director
John Huston, the half-brother of actress
Anjelica Huston, Allegra Huston and screenwriter
Tony Huston, uncle of actor
Jack Huston and the grandson of
Academy Award-winning actor
Walter Huston. His mother, author
Zoe Sallis, was an actress of
Anglo-
Iranian descent;
his parents never married.
[Danny Huston Biography - Yahoo! Movies] Huston's second wife, Katie Jane Evans, to whom he had been married since 2002, leapt to her death from a California rooftop in October 2008.
[English beauty dies in roof plunge after her marriage split from John Huston's son] It was publicised that their marriage had collapsed amid allegations that Evans was a drug and alcohol addict.
[ A divorce case was filed but was never seen through due to Evans's death.]
His father John Huston produced Danny's first feature as a director, an adaptation of Thornton Wilder's last novel Theophilus North, called Mr. North. In 1995's Leaving Las Vegas, he moved in front of the camera and has since acted in over 20 films. He gave his breakthrough acting performance in the independent film Ivansxtc. The Bernard Rose feature was nominated for several Independent Spirit Awards in 2003, including Best Male Performance for Huston’s portrayal of Hollywood talent agent Ivan Beckman. Huston has worked nonstop as an actor ever since.
