Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Day-Lewis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted Movies
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Tony Kushner,
Cast: Bruce McGill, Daniel Day-Lewis, David Strathairn, Hal Holbrook, Jackie Earle Haley, James Spader, John Hawkes, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones,
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Jay Cocks,
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Lewis, Henry Thomas, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liam Neeson, Stephen Graham,
Director: Jim Sheridan
Writers: Terry George,
Cast: Brian Cox, Daniel Day-Lewis, David Hayman, Emily Watson, Gerard McSorley, John Wall, Ken Stott, Kenneth Cranham, Lorraine Pilkington, Niall Shanahan,
Director: Michael Mann
Writers: Philip Dunne,
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Edward Blatchford, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May, Madeleine Stowe, Maurice Roëves, Patrice Chéreau, Russell Means, Steven Waddington, Wes Studi,
Director: Roger Donaldson
Writers: Robert Bolt,
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Bernard Hill, Daniel Day-Lewis, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier, Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson, Phil Davis, Tevaite Vernette, Wi Kuki Kaa,