Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis
Born 29 April 1957 · Greenwich, London, England, UK
Sir Daniel Day-Lewis is an English-Irish actor known for immersive method preparation and a selective, sparse body of work. He is the only performer to win three Academy Awards for Best Actor. Regarded as one of cinema's great screen actors, he guards his privacy closely.
Key films
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Breakthrough screen role as Johnny, which brought him wide critical attention.
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
Won his first Best Actor Oscar playing the Irish writer and painter with cerebral palsy.
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Won his second Best Actor Oscar as oilman Daniel Plainview in Paul Thomas Anderson's epic.
Lincoln (2012)
Won a record third Best Actor Oscar for playing Abraham Lincoln in Spielberg's drama.
Phantom Thread (2017)
Reunited him with Paul Thomas Anderson as a fastidious London dressmaker, earning an Oscar nomination.
Key awards
- 1990 Academy Award for Best Actor (My Left Foot)
- 2008 Academy Award for Best Actor (There Will Be Blood)
- 2013 Academy Award for Best Actor (Lincoln)
- 2008 BAFTA Award for Best Actor (There Will Be Blood)
- 2008 Golden Globe for Best Actor, Drama (There Will Be Blood)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 36
- 1971Sunday Bloody Sunday · as Child Vandal (uncredited)Actor
- 1981Artemis '81 · as Library StudentActor
- 1982Gandhi · as ColinActor
- 1982How Many Miles to Babylon? · as Alex MooreActor
- 1983Dangerous Corner · as Gordon WhitehouseActor
- 1984The Bounty · as John FryerActor
- 1985My Beautiful Laundrette · as Johnny BurfootActor
- 1986A Room with a View · as Cecil VyseActor
- 1986The Insurance Man · as KafkaActor
- 1987Nanou · as MaxActor
- 1988The Unbearable Lightness of Being · as TomasActor
- 1988Stars & Bars · as Henderson DoresActor
- 1989My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown · as Christy BrownActor
- 1989Eversmile New Jersey · as Dr. Fergus O'ConnellActor
- 1992The Last of the Mohicans · as HawkeyeActor
- 1993In the Name of the Father · as Gerry ConlonActor
- 1993The Age of Innocence · as Newland ArcherActor
- 1993Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' · as SelfActor
- 1996The Crucible · as John ProctorActor
- 1997The Boxer · as Danny FlynnActor
- 2002Gangs of New York · as Bill 'The Butcher' CuttingActor
- 2002Forever Ealing · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2003Abby Singer · as Daniel Day-Lewis (uncredited)Actor
- 2003Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York · as SelfActor
- 2005The Ballad of Jack and Rose · as Jack SlavinActor
- 2007There Will Be Blood · as Daniel PlainviewActor
- 2009Nine · as Guido ContiniActor
- 2010Making The Last of the Mohicans · as SelfActor
- 2011A Man's Story · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2012Lincoln · as Abraham LincolnActor
- 2012Access to the Danger Zone · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2013Lincoln: An American Journey · as SelfActor
- 2017Phantom Thread · as Reynolds WoodcockActor
- 2017Spielberg · as SelfActor
- 2021Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2025Anemone · as Ray StokerActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.