Daniel Day-Lewis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Daniel Day-Lewis
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Apr 29, 1957(1957-04-29)
Age	67
Birthplace	Greenwich
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aries

Daniel Day-Lewis Biography

Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on April 29, 1957 in Greenwich, England, United Kingdom. An acclaimed actor who was awarded Academy Awards for Best Actor for his portrayal of Christy Brown in 1989’s My Left Foot, Daniel Plainview in 2007’s There Will Be Blood and Highly acclaimed actor who won Academy Awards for Best Actor for portraying Christy Brown in 1989’s My Left Foot, Daniel Plainview in 2007’s There Will Be Blood and Abraham Lincoln in 2012’s Lincoln. He also received praise for his roles in Gangs of New York and The Last of the Mohicans. in 2012’s Lincoln. Also, he was praised for his performance as a character in Gangs of New York and The Last of the Mohicans.

He plays the antagonist of He plays the adversary to Leonardo DiCaprio‘s Amsterdam Vallon in Martin Scorsese‘s 2002 crime drama Gangs of New York.’s Amsterdam Vallon in Martin Scorsese’s 2002 crime-drama Gangs of New York.

He returned to work with Jim Sheridan on In the Name of the Father, in which he played Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four, who were wrongfully convicted of a bombing carried out by the Provisional IRA. He lost 2st 2 lb (30 lb or 14 kg) for the part, kept his Northern Irish accent on and off the set for the entire shooting schedule, and spent stretches of time in a prison cell. He insisted that crew members throw cold water at him and verbally abuse him. Starring opposite Emma Thompson (who played his lawyer Gareth Peirce), Day-Lewis earned his second Academy Award nomination, third BAFTA nomination, and second Golden Globe nomination.

Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is a retired English actor. One of the most respected actors of his generation, he has also been hailed as one of the greatest actors in cinematic history. He has received numerous awards, including three Academy Awards for Best Actor, making him the only male actor to have three wins in that category and one of only three male actors to win three Oscars. He won four BAFTA Awards for Best Actor, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. In June 2014, Day- Lewis received a knighthood for services to drama.

His sister, Tamasin Day Lewis, is a documentary film maker and TV chef. He was the son of Poet the Laureate His sister, Tamasin Day-Lewis, is a documentary filmmaker and television chef. His father was Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis. He dated Isabelle Adjani from from 1989 to 1995 and married screenwriter Rebecca Miller in 1996. He has three sons named Gabriel, Ronan and Cashel.. He was with Isabelle Adjani from between 1989 and 1995. He got married to screenwriter Rebecca Miller in 1996. He has three sons , Gabriel, Ronan and Cashel.

Daniel Day-Lewis Net Worth

Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the richest Movie Actor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Daniel Day- Lewis 's net worth $60 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before pursuing his career in acting He applied for a five-year apprenticeship in the hopes of becoming an expert cabinetmaker.

He is well-known for his total commitment to the roles he’s assigned When he was playing Lincoln was a believer in his heart that he was the former US president He is known for his complete immersion into the roles he’s given; when he played Lincoln, he believed in his heart he was former US President Abraham Lincoln..

Day-Lewis was born in Kensington, London, the second child of poet Cecil Day- Lewis (1904–1972) and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon (1925–2009). His older sister, Tamasin Day-Lewis (born 1953), is a television chef and food critic. His father, who was born in the Irish town of Ballintubbert, County Laois, was of Protestant Anglo-Irish descent, lived in England from the age of two, and was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Day-Lewis’ mother was Jewish; her Jewish ancestors were immigrants to England in the late 19th century, from Latvia and Poland. Day-Lewis’ maternal grandfather, Sir Michael Balcon, became the head of Ealing Studios, helping develop the new British film industry. The BAFTA for Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema is presented every year in honour of Balcon’s memory.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Daniel Day-Lewis Dating?

According to our records, Daniel Day-Lewis married to Rebecca Miller. As of December 1, 2023, Daniel Day-Lewis’s is not dating anyone.

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Day-Lewis gained further public notice that year with A Room with a View (1985), based on the novel by E. M. Forster. Set in the Edwardian period of turn-of-the-20th-century England, he portrayed an entirely different character: Cecil Vyse, the proper upper-class fiancé of the main character. In 1987, Day-Lewis assumed leading man status by starring in Philip Kaufman’s adaptation of Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being, in which he portrayed a Czech surgeon whose hyperactive sex life is thrown into disarray when he allows himself to become emotionally involved with a woman. During the eight-month shoot, he learned Czech, and first began to refuse to break character on or off the set for the entire shooting schedule. During this period, Day-Lewis and other young British actors of the time, such as Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tim Roth, and Bruce Payne, were dubbed the “Brit Pack”.

Facts & Trivia

Daniel Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Daniel Day-Lewis celebrates birthday on April 29 of every year.

Day-Lewis returned to the stage in 1989 to work with Richard Eyre, as the title character in Hamlet at the National Theatre, London, but collapsed during the scene where the ghost of Hamlet’s father appears before him. He began sobbing uncontrollably, and refused to go back on stage; he was replaced by Jeremy Northam, who received a standing ovation. Ian Charleson formally replaced Day-Lewis for the rest of the run. Although the incident was officially attributed to exhaustion, Day-Lewis claimed to have seen the ghost of his own father. He later explained that this was more of a metaphor than a hallucination. “To some extent I probably saw my father’s ghost every night, because of course if you’re working in a play like Hamlet, you explore everything through your own experience.” He has not appeared on stage since. The media attention following his breakdown on-stage contributed to his decision to eventually move from England to Ireland in the mid-1990s, to regain a sense of privacy amidst his increasing fame.

What does Daniel Day-Lewis do now?

After his film The Boxer, Daniel Day-Lewis left movies for nearly five years. He found himself going back to an old passion of his, woodworking. During his time away he also found a new passion, that being shoemaking. He moves to Florence, Italy where he became an apprentice shoemaker under Stefano Bemer.

Why did Daniel Day-Lewis walk off?

Daniel Day-Lewis Has Never Returned to Theatre After Hearing His Dead Father Talking to Him on Stage. English actor Daniel Day-Lewis is best known for his Academy Award-winning roles in critically acclaimed films like Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln and Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York.

What is Daniel Day-Lewis best movie?

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) …
• My Beautiful Launderette (1985) …
• The Age of Innocence (1993) …
• The Boxer (1997) …
• In the Name of the Father (1993) …
• Phantom Thread (2017) …
• Gangs of New York (2002) …
• Lincoln (2012)

Why does Daniel Day-Lewis have a crooked nose?

Gangs Of New York co-stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio took their fictional fighting scenes a bit too far – resulting in a broken nose for the British actor.

Is Daniel Day-Lewis mentally ill?

Daniel Day-Lewis explains why he retired from acting and talks about depression. Daniel Day-Lewis has opened up about his decision to quit acting, explaining that his final film Phantom Thread left him engulfed in depression.