Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an actor of dual English and Irish heritage. Often described as one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2014, Day-Lewis received a knighthood for services to drama.
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an actor of dual English and Irish heritage. Often described as one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. 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 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 three Academy Awards for Best Actor for his roles as Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989), an oil tycoon 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 shoemaker in Italy, and from 2017 to 2024.
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Filmography (Movies)
Anemone
Character:Ray Stoker
Release Date:02/10/2025
Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/10/2021
For the Hungry Boy
Character:Reynolds Woodcock
Release Date:10/04/2018
Phantom Thread
Character:Reynolds Woodcock
Release Date:25/12/2017
Spielberg
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2017
Lincoln: An American Journey
Character:Self
Release Date:16/01/2013
Lincoln
Character:Abraham Lincoln
Release Date:09/11/2012
Access to the Danger Zone
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/06/2012
A Man's Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/10/2011
Making The Last of the Mohicans
Character:Self
Release Date:03/10/2010
Nine
Character:Guido Contini
Release Date:03/12/2009
There Will Be Blood
Character:Daniel Plainview
Release Date:26/12/2007
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Character:Jack Slavin
Release Date:25/02/2005
Abby Singer
Character:Daniel Day-Lewis (uncredited)
Release Date:28/10/2003
Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/2003
Gangs of New York
Character:Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting
Release Date:14/12/2002
Forever Ealing
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:05/12/2002
The Boxer
Character:Danny Flynn
Release Date:31/12/1997
The Crucible
Character:John Proctor
Release Date:27/11/1996
In the Name of the Father
Character:Gerry Conlon
Release Date:12/12/1993
The Age of Innocence
Character:Newland Archer
Release Date:10/09/1993
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/1993
The Last of the Mohicans
Character:Hawkeye
Release Date:26/08/1992
Eversmile New Jersey
Character:Dr. Fergus O'Connell
Release Date:11/09/1989
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Character:Christy Brown
Release Date:07/04/1989
Stars & Bars
Character:Henderson Dores
Release Date:18/03/1988
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Character:Tomas
Release Date:05/02/1988
Nanou
Character:Max
Release Date:27/02/1987
A Room with a View
Character:Cecil Vyse
Release Date:07/03/1986
The Insurance Man
Character:Kafka
Release Date:22/02/1986
My Beautiful Laundrette
Character:Johnny Burfoot
Release Date:16/11/1985
The Bounty
Character:John Fryer
Release Date:04/05/1984
Dangerous Corner
Character:Gordon Whitehouse
Release Date:22/05/1983
Gandhi
Character:Colin
Release Date:01/12/1982
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Character:Alex Moore
Release Date:26/02/1982
Artemis '81
Character:Library Student
Release Date:29/12/1981
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Character:Child Vandal (uncredited)
Release Date:01/07/1971
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