Daniel Day-Lewis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

April 29, 1957 (age 68)

Place of Birth

Greenwich, London, England, UK

Also Known As

دانيال دي لويس

다니엘 데이 루이스

丹尼爾·戴-劉易斯

Daniel Day Lewis

دانیل دی-لوئیس

Daniel Day-Lewis

Biography

Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English and Irish actor. Often described as one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, he is best known for intense method acting portrayed with eccentric characters in auteur films. He is the recipient of numerous accolades including a record three Academy Awards for Best Actor as well as four BAFTAs, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globes. In 2014, Day-Lewis received a knighthood for services to drama. Born and raised in London, Day-Lewis 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 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 three Academy Awards for Best Actor for his roles as Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989), oil tycoon Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007), and Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012). He was Oscar-nominated for 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 twice, from 1997 to 2000 when he took up a new profession as an apprentice shoe-maker in Italy, and from 2017 to 2024. In 2025, he starred in and co-wrote Anemone, directed by his son Ronan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Day-Lewis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

2025TVMr. Scorseseas Self2025FilmAnemoneas Ray Stoker2021FilmDaniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Geniusas Self (archive footage)2018FilmFor the Hungry Boyas Reynolds Woodcock2017FilmPhantom Threadas Reynolds Woodcock2017FilmSpielbergas Self2013FilmLincoln: An American Journeyas Self2012FilmLincolnas Abraham Lincoln2012FilmAccess to the Danger Zoneas Narrator (voice)2011FilmA Man's Storyas Self (archive footage)2010FilmMaking The Last of the Mohicansas Self2009FilmNineas Guido Contini2007FilmThere Will Be Bloodas Daniel Plainview2005FilmThe Ballad of Jack and Roseas Jack Slavin2003FilmAbby Singeras Daniel Day-Lewis (uncredited)2003FilmUncovering the Real Gangs of New Yorkas Self2002FilmGangs of New Yorkas Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting2002FilmForever Ealingas Narrator (voice)1997FilmThe Boxeras Danny Flynn1996FilmThe Crucibleas John Proctor1993FilmIn the Name of the Fatheras Gerry Conlon1993FilmThe Age of Innocenceas Newland Archer1993FilmInnocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'as Self1992FilmThe Last of the Mohicansas Hawkeye1989FilmEversmile New Jerseyas Dr. Fergus O'Connell1989FilmMy Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brownas Christy Brown1988FilmStars & Barsas Henderson Dores1988FilmThe Unbearable Lightness of Beingas Tomas1987FilmNanouas Max1986FilmA Room with a Viewas Cecil Vyse1986FilmThe Insurance Manas Kafka1985FilmMy Beautiful Laundretteas Johnny Burfoot1985TVMy Brother Jonathanas Jonathan Dakers1984FilmThe Bountyas John Fryer1983FilmDangerous Corneras Gordon Whitehouse1982FilmGandhias Colin1982FilmHow Many Miles to Babylon?as Alex Moore1981FilmArtemis '81as Library Student1979TVShoestringas DJ1974TVPlayhouseas Alex1971FilmSunday Bloody Sundayas Child Vandal (uncredited)1965TVBBC Play of the Monthas Gordon Whitehouse1953TVThe Oscarsas Self

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