Daniel Day-Lewis

Known for ActingBorn 1957-04-29 (age 69)Greenwich, London, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Dangerous Corner

Mr. Scorsese

There Will Be Blood

In the Name of the Father

Spielberg

Phantom Thread

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius

Gandhi

Gangs of New York

The Last of the Mohicans

Forever Ealing

Shoestring

A Man's Story

Lincoln

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'

The Age of Innocence

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Abby Singer

A Room with a View

Playhouse

The Boxer

My Beautiful Laundrette

The Crucible

The Bounty

Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York

The Oscars

Access to the Danger Zone

Anemone

Sunday Bloody Sunday

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

Maggie's Plan

My Brother Jonathan

The Insurance Man

Lincoln: An American Journey

Nine

Eversmile New Jersey

BBC Play of the Month

Stars & Bars

Artemis '81

Nanou

Making The Last of the Mohicans

How Many Miles to Babylon?