Daniel Day-Lewis

Birthday

1957-04-29

Place of Birth

Greenwich, London, England, UK

Biography

Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor with both British and Irish citizenship. His portrayals of Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989), Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007) and Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012) won Academy and BAFTA Awards for Best Actor, and Screen Actors Guild as well as Golden Globe Awards for There Will Be Blood and Lincoln. His role as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting in Gangs of New York (2002) earned him the BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Day-Lewis, who grew up in London, is the son of actress Jill Balcon and the Anglo-Irish Poet Laureate, Cecil Day-Lewis. He is a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. Often, he will remain completely in character for the duration of the shooting schedule of his films, even to the point of adversely affecting his health. He is known as one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only seven films since 1997, with as many as five years between roles. Throughout his career Day-Lewis has received numerous accolades and remains the only actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor three times. In 2012, Time magazine named Day-Lewis "The World's Greatest Actor". In 2017, Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting, with Phantom Thread (2017) being his final film role. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Day-Lewis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Phantom Thread

Phantom Thread

2017 7.4
Phantom Thread

as Reynolds Woodcock

2017
Lincoln

Lincoln

2012 7.3
Lincoln

as Abraham Lincoln

2012
Nine

Nine

2009 5.8
Nine

as Guido Contini

2009
Forever Ealing

Forever Ealing

2002 7.3
Forever Ealing

as Narrator (voice)

2002
Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York

2002 7.5
Gangs of New York

as William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting

2002
The Boxer

The Boxer

1997 7
The Boxer

as Danny Flynn

1997
Stars & Bars

Stars & Bars

1988 4.8
Stars & Bars

as Henderson Dores

1988
The Bounty

The Bounty

1984 7
The Bounty

as John Fryer

1984
Artemis '81

Artemis '81

1981 5.6
Artemis '81

as Library Student

1981