Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is a retired actor of British and Irish citizenship. Often described as one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, he received numerous accolades throughout his career which spanned over four decades, including three Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. The actor excelled on stage at the National Youth Theatre before being accepted at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which he attended for three years. Despite his traditional training at the Bristol Old Vic, he is considered a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. Protective of his private life, he rarely grants interviews, and makes very few public appearances. Day-Lewis shifted between theatre and film for most of the early 1980s, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company and playing Romeo Montague in Romeo and Juliet and Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Playing the title role in Hamlet at the National Theatre in London in 1989, he left the stage midway through a performance after breaking down during a scene where the ghost of Hamlet's father appears before him—this was his last appearance on the stage. After supporting film roles in Gandhi (1982), and The Bounty (1984), he earned acclaim for his breakthrough performances in My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), A Room with a View (1985), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). He earned Academy Awards for his roles in My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012). His other Oscar-nominated roles were in In the Name of the Father (1993), Gangs of New York (2002), and Phantom Thread (2017). Other notable films include The Last of the Mohicans (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993), The Crucible (1996), and The Boxer (1997). He retired from acting from 1997 to 2000, taking up a new profession as an apprentice shoe-maker in Italy. Although he returned to acting, he announced his retirement again in 2017.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Phantom Thread as Reynolds Woodcock
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Lincoln: An American Journey as Self
- 2012 · Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
- 2012 · Access to the Danger Zone as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · A Man's Story as Self
- 2010 · Making The Last of the Mohicans as Self
- 2009 · Nine as Guido Contini
- 2007 · There Will Be Blood as Daniel Plainview
- 2005 · The Ballad of Jack and Rose as Jack Slavin
- 2003 · Abby Singer as Daniel Day-Lewis (uncredited)
- 2003 · Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York as Self
- 2002 · Gangs of New York as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting
- 2002 · Forever Ealing as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · The Boxer as Danny Flynn
- 1996 · The Crucible as John Proctor
- 1993 · In the Name of the Father as Gerry Conlon
- 1993 · The Age of Innocence as Newland Archer
- 1993 · Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' as Self
- 1992 · The Last of the Mohicans as Hawkeye
- 1989 · Eversmile New Jersey as Dr. Fergus O'Connell
- 1989 · My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown as Christy Brown
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Henderson Dores
- 1988 · The Unbearable Lightness of Being as Tomas
- 1987 · Nanou as Max
- 1986 · The Insurance Man as Kafka
- 1985 · A Room with a View as Cecil Vyse
- 1985 · My Beautiful Laundrette as Johnny Burfoot
- 1985 · My Brother Jonathan as Jonathan Dakers
- 1984 · The Bounty as John Fryer
- 1983 · Dangerous Corner as Gordon Whitehouse
- 1982 · Gandhi as Colin
- 1982 · How Many Miles to Babylon? as Alex Moore
- 1981 · Artemis '81 as Library Student
- 1979 · Shoestring as
- 1979 · Shoestring as DJ
- 1971 · Sunday Bloody Sunday as Child Vandal (uncredited)
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Gordon Whitehouse
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Anemone as