Daniel Day-Lewis
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  • Born:
    • Birthday: 1957-04-29
    • Born Place: Greenwich, London, England, UK
  • Also Known As:

    دانيال دي لويس, 다니엘 데이 루이스, ダニエル・デイ＝ルイス, Дэниэл Дэй-Льюис, แดเนียล เดย์-ลูวิส, 丹尼爾·戴-劉易斯, Daniel Day Lewis, دانیل دی-لوئیس, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born April 29, 1957) is a celebrated English actor widely considered one of the greatest in cinema history, known for his intense method acting and meticulous preparation for roles. The son of Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon, he was born and raised in London and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Day-Lewis shifted between theatre and film in the early 1980s, gaining significant acclaim for his versatile performances in 1985's My Beautiful Laundrette and A Room with a View. His career is defined by landmark roles that earned him a record three Academy Awards for Best Actor: for portraying cerebral palsy-afflicted writer Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989), ruthless oil tycoon Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007), and President Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012). His other Oscar-nominated performances include In the Name of the Father (1993), Gangs of New York (2002), and his final screen role before his announced 2017 retirement, Phantom Thread (2017). He has also starred in notable films like The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and The Age of Innocence (1993). Protective of his private life, he has taken long hiatuses, including a period in the late 1990s when he apprenticed as a shoemaker in Italy. Day-Lewis married filmmaker Rebecca Miller, daughter of playwright Arthur Miller, in 1996 and was knighted for services to drama in 2014.

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