Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

  • Birthday: 1957-04-29
  • Place of birth: Greenwich, London, England, UK
  • Also know as: دانيال دي لويس

Biography

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.

Filmography

Nine

2009

As Guido Contini

The Age of Innocence

1993

As Newland Archer

The Crucible

1996

As John Proctor

There Will Be Blood

2007

As Daniel Plainview

In the Name of the Father

1993

As Gerry Conlon

The Last of the Mohicans

1992

As Hawkeye

The Boxer

1997

As Danny Flynn

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

2005

As Jack Slavin

Lincoln

2012

As Abraham Lincoln

Stars & Bars

1988

As Henderson Dores

The Insurance Man

1986

As Kafka

Forever Ealing

2002

As Narrator (voice)

How Many Miles to Babylon?

1982

As Alex Moore

Access to the Danger Zone

2012

As Narrator (voice)

Eversmile New Jersey

1989

As Dr. Fergus O'Connell

Phantom Thread

2017

As Reynolds Woodcock

Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius

2021

As Self (archive footage)

Gangs of New York

2002

As William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting

My Beautiful Laundrette

1985

As Johnny Burfoot

Dangerous Corner

1983

As Gordon Whitehouse

Nanou

1987

As Max

The Bounty

1984

As John Fryer

A Room with a View

1986

As Cecil Vyse

A Man's Story

2011

As Self

Artemis '81

1981

As Library Student

Spielberg

2017

As Self

Abby Singer

2003

As Self

Gandhi

1982

As Colin

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971

As Child Vandal (uncredited)

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

As Self (archive footage)

Production

Maggie's Plan

2016

As Thanks

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

2005

As Music Score Producer

Phantom Thread

2017

As Script Consultant

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