
Acting
Born April 29, 1957 · 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.

Anemone
2025

Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius
2021

For the Hungry Boy
2018

Phantom Thread
2017

Spielberg
2017

Lincoln: An American Journey
2013

Lincoln
2012

Access to the Danger Zone
2012

A Man's Story
2011

Making The Last of the Mohicans
2010

Nine
2009

There Will Be Blood
2007

The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005

Abby Singer
2003

Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York
2003

Gangs of New York
2002

Forever Ealing
2002

The Boxer
1997

The Crucible
1996

In the Name of the Father
1993

The Age of Innocence
1993

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993

The Last of the Mohicans
1992

Eversmile New Jersey
1989

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989

Stars & Bars
1988

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988

Nanou
1987

A Room with a View
1986