Jack Huston

Jack Alexander Huston (born 7 December 1982) is an English actor and director. He is best known for his role as Richard Harrow in the HBO television drama series Boardwalk Empire. He also had a supporting role in the 2013 film American Hustle, portrayed the eponymous Ben-Hur in the 2016 historical drama, and appeared as one of the main characters in the fourth season of the FX anthology series Fargo. In 2023, he starred in the supernatural television series Mayfair Witches.

Early life and ancestry Huston was born on 7 December 1982 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, the son of Lady Margot Lavinia (née Cholmondeley) and actor, assistant director and writer Tony Huston. He later attended Hurtwood House, a drama institute.

His mother is English and his father is American. His paternal aunt is Anjelica Huston, and his paternal half-uncle is Danny Huston. His paternal grandparents were American director John Huston (who became an Irish citizen) and model/dancer Enrica Soma, and his maternal grandparents were The 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley and Lavinia Margaret (née Leslie). Huston is the nephew of The 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley. On his father's side, he has Italian, Irish, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, Welsh, and English ancestry, and is a great-grandson of Canadian actor Walter Huston.

Through his maternal grandfather's father, The 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley, Huston is descended from Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Jack's maternal grandfather's mother, Sybil, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, was from a Jewish family (from Iraq, India, and Germany); through Sybil, Jack is descended from both David Sassoon, the Treasurer of Baghdad, and Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who founded the Rothschild family international banking dynasty.

Career Huston started his film career with a small screen adaptation of Spartacus, where he played Flavius. He then went on to having more prominent roles in such films as Factory Girl, playing the American poet Gerard Malanga, the horror film Shrooms, Outlander and Shrink.

In 2010, he played the minor role of Royce King in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. He appeared in HBO's Boardwalk Empire as Richard Harrow, a severely disfigured World War I marksman turned gangster. On 16 December 2010, it was announced Huston would be made a series regular after appearing in five episodes of the first season.

After this he went on to be directed by Al Pacino in the 2011 film Wilde Salomé and to having starring roles in Not Fade Away, Two Jacks and Night Train to Lisbon. In 2012, he played the part of narrator on avant-garde musician John Zorn's album A Vision in Blakelight, an homage to William Blake.

In 2013, he appeared in David O. Russell's comedy-drama American Hustle, as Pete Musane. Later that year, Huston played Charles Bruno in Strangers on a Train at London's Gielgud Theatre. In 2015 he appeared as Ira Levinson in Nicholas Sparks' The Longest Ride. In 2019 Huston played Bobby Kennedy in the Martin Scorsese film The Irishman.

In 2020, he had a supporting role in the fourth season of the FX black comedy crime drama Fargo as Odis Weff, a corrupt Kansas City police detective with severe OCD.

In 2023, Huston made his directorial debut with Day of the Fight, starring Michael Pitt as a once renowned boxer who has since fallen on hard times. The film had its premiere out of competition in the Orizzonti Extra section of the 80th Venice International Film Festival.

In September 2024, he was cast as Flint Marko / Sandman on the superhero series Spider-Noir.

In March 2025, Huston was announced as the director of Joseph Merrick, a feature film from Phoenix Pictures about the historical figure known as the Elephant Man. Scheduled to begin production in 2025, the film will focus on Merrick’s final months, exploring his personal journey and the relationships he formed. The producers of the film are Kate Cohen, Mike Medavoy, David Dobkin, and Huston, with additional executive producers attached.

Personal life

Huston began dating American model Shannan Click in 2011; the two married in Las Vegas in March 2022. They have two children: a daughter and a son.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Neighborhood Watch Bob 2006 Factory Girl Gerard Malanga 2007 Shrooms Jake 2008 Outlander Wulfric The Garden of Eden David Bourne 2009 Shrink Shamus Boogie Woogie Joe 2010 Mr. Nice Graham Plinson The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Royce King II 2011 Wilde Salome Lord Alfred 2012 The Hot Potato Danny Two Jacks Jack Hussar Junior Not Fade Away Eugene Gaunt 2013 Kill Your Darlings Jack Kerouac Night Train to Lisbon Amadeu American Hustle Pete Musane Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Ensemble CastBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best CastDetroit Film Critics Society Award for Best EnsembleNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble CastPhoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best CastScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureSan Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an EnsembleNominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble 2014 Posthumous Liam Price 2015 The Longest Ride Young Ira Levinson 2016 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies George Wickham Hail, Caesar! Cad in Cab Ben-Hur Judah Ben-Hur Past Forward Man #2 Short film Their Finest Ellis Cole 2017 The Yellow Birds Sergeant Sterling 2018 An Actor Prepares Adam 2019 Above Suspicion Mark Putnam The Irishman Robert F. Kennedy Earthquake Bird Bob 2020 Antebellum Captain Jasper 2021 House of Gucci Domenico De Sole Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2022 Savage Salvation Shelby John 2023 Day of the Fight Director, writer, and producer Hail Mary Baal 2024 Unit 234 Clayton 2025 I'm Beginning to See the Light Ezra Cooper 2026 The Basics of Philosophy Dr. John Jorrisen Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 Spartacus Flavius Television film 2008 Miss Austen Regrets Dr. Charles Haden Television film 2009–2010 Eastwick Jamie 8 episodes 2010–2013Boardwalk Empire Richard Harrow 33 episodesScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2012)Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2013–2014) 2012 Parade's End Gerald 3 episodes Tron: Uprising Rasket (voice) Episode: "Tagged" 2014 The Great Fire King Charles II of England 4 episodes 2018 Mr. Mercedes Felix Babineau 9 episodes The Romanoffs Samuel Ryan Episode: "House of Special Purpose" 2020 Manhunt: Deadly Games Eric Rudolph 7 episodes Fargo Odis Weff 8 episodes 2023–present Mayfair Witches Lasher 16 episodes 2024 Expats David Starr 6 episodes 2026 Spider-NoirFlint Marko / Sandman 8 episodes