English method actor, three-time Academy Award winner — photos, style and news
Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor with both British and Irish citizenship. Born and raised in London, he is the son of Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon. Despite his traditional actor training at the Bristol Old Vic, he is considered to be a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. He is known as being one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only five films since 1998. His work has earned him three Academy Awards for Best Actor, for My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012).
Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor with both British and Irish citizenship. Born and raised in London, he is the son of Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon, and the son-in-law of American playwright Arthur Miller. Despite his traditional actor training at the Bristol Old Vic, he is considered to be a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. He often remains completely in character for the duration of the shooting schedules of his films, even to the point of adversely affecting his health. He is known as being one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only five films since 1998, with as many as five years between each role.
One of the most acclaimed actors of his generation, his work has earned him numerous awards, including three Academy Awards for Best Actor, for his portrayals of Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989), Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007), and Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012), a feat which makes him to date one of three male actors to win three Oscars (the other two being Walter Brennan and Jack Nicholson), and the only male actor in history to garner three wins in the lead actor category. Day-Lewis has also won four BAFTA Awards for Best Actor, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards.
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The numbers on this record point in opposite directions, and both are the story. On one side: three Academy Awards for Best Actor — a feat matched by only two other male actors (Walter Brennan and Jack Nicholson) and, in the lead actor category, held by Day-Lewis alone — plus four BAFTAs, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards and two Golden Globes. On the other: only five films since 1998, with as many as five years between roles. Selectivity at that level makes each appearance an event, and the page's own verdict singles out The Last of the Mohicans and Gangs of New York as unrivaled.
For a fashion guide, method acting has a wardrobe dimension: an actor who remains completely in character for the duration of a shoot, to the point of adversely affecting his health, lives in his characters' clothes rather than visiting them. Christy Brown, Daniel Plainview and Abraham Lincoln are three of the most distinctly dressed figures in modern film, and each was inhabited that way. This page gathers Daniel Day-Lewis photos, videos, news and blog posts through Bing, Google and YouTube search routes, filed in the D letter of the Male Fashion Celebrities A–G range alongside David Beckham and Denzel Washington.
Day-Lewis has won three Academy Awards for Best Actor, for his portrayals of Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989), Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007), and Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012). He is the only male actor in history to garner three wins in the lead actor category.
Despite his traditional actor training at the Bristol Old Vic, Day-Lewis is considered a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. He often remains completely in character for the duration of the shooting schedules of his films, even to the point of adversely affecting his health.
Day-Lewis is known as being one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only five films since 1998, with as many as five years between each role. He has also won four BAFTA Awards for Best Actor, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards.