Claim: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People stars an actor.

Daniel Sallis `` Danny '' Huston -LRB- born May 14 , 1962 -RRB- is an American actor , writer and director . Huston got his start directing Mr. North starring Anthony Edwards , Robert Mitchum and his 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 latest film , The Congress , opened the 45th Director 's Fortnight sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16 , 2013 . Huston co-starred in Tim Burton 's film Big Eyes , alongside Christoph Waltz , Amy Adams , Krysten Ritter and Jason Schwartzman . As of 2013 , 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 .