1957-04-29 ( 67 years old ) in Greenwich, London, England, UK
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.
Movies
Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius
2021-10-10
Phantom Thread
2017-12-25
Spielberg
2017-10-05
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
Lincoln: An American Journey
2013-01-16
Lincoln
2012-11-09
Access to the Danger Zone
2012-06-01
A Man's Story
2011-10-08
Making The Last of the Mohicans
2010-10-03
Nine
2009-12-03
There Will Be Blood
2007-12-26
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005-02-25
Abby Singer
2003-10-28
Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York
2003-07-01
Gangs of New York
2002-12-14
Forever Ealing
2002-12-05
The Boxer
1997-12-31
The Crucible
1996-11-27
In the Name of the Father
1993-12-12
The Age of Innocence
1993-09-10
The Last of the Mohicans
1992-08-26
Eversmile New Jersey
1989-09-11
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989-04-07
Stars & Bars
1988-03-18
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988-02-05
Nanou
1987-02-27
A Room with a View
1986-03-07
The Insurance Man
1986-02-22
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985-11-16
The Bounty
1984-05-04
Dangerous Corner
1983-05-22
Gandhi
1982-12-01
How Many Miles to Babylon?
1982-02-26
Artemis '81
1981-12-29
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971-07-01
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