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Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn April 29, 1957 (68 years)
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an actor of dual English and Irish heritage. 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.
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.
Known For
Daniel Day-Lewis Filmography
| 2025 | Anemone · as Ray Stoker |
| 2022 | Bonnie · as Hawkeye |
| 2020 | Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump · as Abraham Lincoln |
| 2018 | Phantom Thread: Deleted Scenes - For the Hungry Boy · as Reynolds Woodcock |
| 2017 | Phantom Thread · as Reynolds Woodcock |
| 2012 | Lincoln · as Abraham Lincoln |
| 2012 | Access to the Danger Zone · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián · as Daniel Plainview |
| 2008 | Strictly Courtroom · as Gerry Conlon |
| 2007 | There Will Be Blood · as Daniel Plainview |
| 2007 | Here's Looking at You, Boy · as Johnny |
| 2005 | The Ballad of Jack and Rose · as Jack Slavin |
| 2003 | Abby Singer · as Daniel Day-Lewis (uncredited) |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York · as Bill "the Butcher" Cutting |
| 2002 | Forever Ealing · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2001 | I Love the '80s (UK) (TV Series) · as Johnny |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Hawkeye |
| 1997 | The Boxer · as Danny Flynn |
| 1996 | The Crucible · as John Proctor |
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father · as Gerry Conlon |
| 1993 | The Age of Innocence · as Newland Archer |
| 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans · as Hawkeye |
| 1989 | Eversmile New Jersey · as Dr. Fergus O'connell |
| 1989 | My Left Foot · as Christy Brown |
| 1988 | Stars and Bars · as Henderson Dores |
| 1988 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being · as Tomas |
| 1986 | Nanou · as Max |
| 1985 | The Insurance Man · as Kafka |
| 1985 | A Room with a View · as Cecil Vyse |
| 1985 | My Beautiful Laundrette · as Johnny Burfoot |
| 1985 | My Brother Jonathan (TV Series) · as Jonathan Dakers |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Kafka |
| 1984 | The Bounty · as John Fryer |
| 1982 | Gandhi · as Colin |
| 1981 | Artemis 81 · as Library Student |
| 1979 | Shoestring (TV Series) · as Dj |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Alex |
| 1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday · as Child Vandal (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Gordon Whitehouse |
| 2025 | Mr. Scorsese (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Merchant Ivory · as Self |
| 2021 | Daniel Day Lewis - The Heir · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth · as Self |
| 2018 | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind · as Self |
| 2018 | The EE British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2018 | 75th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2018 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2017 | Spielberg · as Self |
| 2014 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes to... · as Self |
| 2013 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2013 | The Oscars Red Carpet Live · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2013 | 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 2013 | 70th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2013 | 18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards · as Self |
| 2010 | Le Petit Journal (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | A Man's Story · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2009 | Live from Studio Five (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | The Orange British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2008 | Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo · as Self |
| 2008 | 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards · as Self |
| 2007 | Xposé (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The Culture Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops · as Self |
| 2003 | The 100 Greatest Movie Stars · as Self |
| 2003 | The 75th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Past Winner |
| 2003 | 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2003 | The Orange British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2003 | The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2002 | Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York · as Self |
| 1998 | The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1996 | Whoever That Fails (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The 66th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - At The Vanity Fair Oscar Party |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | The 63rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1990 | The 62nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1990 | The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 · as Self - Nominee |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Dispatches (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Actor (segment "lincoln") |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2025 | Anemone · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 |
| 2017 | Phantom Thread · as Script Consultant |
| 2005 | The Ballad of Jack and Rose · as Music Score Producer |