Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis\u00a0(born 29 April 1957) is an English and Irish actor.\u00a0Often described as one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, he is best known for intense\u00a0method acting portrayed with eccentric characters in\u00a0auteur films. He is the recipient of\u00a0numerous accolades including\u00a0a record\u00a0three\u00a0Academy Awards for Best Actor as well as four\u00a0BAFTAs, three\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Awards\u00a0and two\u00a0Golden Globes. In 2014, Day-Lewis received a\u00a0knighthood\u00a0for services to drama.<\/p>\n
Born and raised in London, Day-Lewis excelled on stage at the\u00a0National Youth Theatre\u00a0before being accepted at the\u00a0Bristol 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.<\/p>\n
Day-Lewis shifted between theatre and film for most of the early 1980s, joining the\u00a0Royal Shakespeare Company\u00a0and playing\u00a0Romeo Montague\u00a0in\u00a0Romeo and Juliet\u00a0and\u00a0Flute\u00a0in\u00a0A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Playing the\u00a0title role\u00a0in\u00a0Hamlet\u00a0at the\u00a0National Theatre\u00a0in London in 1989, he left the stage midway through a performance after breaking down during a scene where the\u00a0ghost of Hamlet’s father\u00a0appears before him\u2014this was his last appearance on the stage.\u00a0After supporting film roles in\u00a0Gandhi\u00a0(1982) and\u00a0The Bounty\u00a0(1984), he earned acclaim for his breakthrough performances in\u00a0My Beautiful Laundrette\u00a0(1985),\u00a0A Room with a View\u00a0(1985), and\u00a0The Unbearable Lightness of Being\u00a0(1988).<\/p>\n
He earned three Academy Awards for Best Actor for his roles as\u00a0Christy Brown\u00a0in\u00a0My Left Foot (1989),\u00a0oil tycoon\u00a0Daniel Plainview in\u00a0There Will Be Blood\u00a0(2007), and\u00a0Abraham Lincoln\u00a0in\u00a0Lincoln\u00a0(2012). He was Oscar-nominated for\u00a0In the Name of the Father\u00a0(1993),\u00a0Gangs of New York\u00a0(2002), and\u00a0Phantom Thread\u00a0(2017). Other notable films include\u00a0The Last of the Mohicans (1992),\u00a0The Age of Innocence\u00a0(1993),\u00a0The Crucible\u00a0(1996), and\u00a0The Boxer\u00a0(1997). He retired from acting twice, from 1997 to 2000 when he took up a new profession as an apprentice\u00a0shoe-maker\u00a0in Italy, and from 2017 to 2024. In 2025, he starred in and co-wrote\u00a0Anemone, directed by his son\u00a0Ronan.<\/p>\n
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