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Daniel Day-Lewis
A smiling man wearing a gray hat with piping above the band, and a tan Western style shirt, stands in an office, posing for the camera.
Day-Lewis in New York, 2007
Born Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
29 April 1957 (1957-04-29) (age 52)
Greenwich, London, England, UK
Occupation Actor
Years active 1971–present
Spouse(s) Rebecca Miller (1996–present)
Domestic partner(s) Isabelle Adjani (1989–1994)
.Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor with British and Irish citizenship.^ Resources for daniel day lewis .
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 ^ April 29, 1957 Birth Place : .
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 [1][2][3][4][5] .He is known as one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only five films since 1997,[6] with as many as five years between roles.^ He is known as one of the most selective actors in ...
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 ^ He is known as one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only five films since 1997, with as many as five years between roles.

 ^ Said to be the most selective actor in hollywood.
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.His portrayals of Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989) and Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007) won Academy and BAFTA Awards for Best Actor, and Screen Actors Guild as well as Golden Globe Awards for There Will Be Blood.^ Daniel Day-Lewis - 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Press Room .

 ^ Movie review The Borrowers (1998) Movie review Dirty Pretty Things (2003) » Movie review There Will Be Blood (2007) .
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 ^ Jay Williams at 10:50am on December 31st, 2008 "My Left Foot", "The Last of the Mohicans", "Gangs of New York"...
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 .His role as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting in Gangs of New York (2002) earned him the BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.^ Gangs of new york - martin scorsese, leonardo dicaprio, d el day-lewis, cameron diaz, jim battles within him in regards to bill, eli s kosher for passover brownies the man who murdered his father.

 ^ "Nine" Cast Introduces Broadway Screening 12/14/2009 - AMC Empire 25 New York, NY, United States .

 ^ Leo and Daniel Gang Up on 'New York' .
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.Day-Lewis, who grew up in London, is the son of the Irish-born Poet Laureate, Cecil Day-Lewis.^ Born in London on April 29, 1957, he was the son of Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon.
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 ^ Daniel Day-Lewis was born in London, England in 1957.
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 ^ Born: London, England, 29 April 1957; son of the poet laureate Cecil Day Lewis and the actress Jill Balcon.
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 .He is a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles.^ He is a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles.
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 ^ He has also been acknowledged for his constant devotion to his roles and copious amounts of research he performs.

 ^ He is a rare hybrid in contemporary Hollywood; a serious actor with an impressive background on the British stage and screen; a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles.
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 [1] .Often, he will remain completely in character for the duration of the shooting schedule of his films, even to the point of adversely affecting his health.^ Often, he will remain completely in character for the duration of the shooting schedule of his films.
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 ^ During the filming of 1988's The Unbearable Lightness of Being , he initiated his long-standing ritual of remaining in character on and off set throughout the shooting schedule.
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 ^ In keeping with his in-depth role preparation and refusal to break character during filming, he apprenticed as a butcher and spoke in his character's New York accent throughout the duration of the movie's lengthy shooting schedule.
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Early life

.Day-Lewis was born in London, the son of actress Jill Balcon and the Irish born Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis.^ Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis was born to actress Jill Balcon and Irish-born English Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis, on April 29, 1957, in London, England.
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 ^ Born in London on April 29, 1957, he was the son of Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon.
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 ^ Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis was born in London, England, the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis (Poet Laureate of England) and his second wife, Jill Balcon .
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 .His mother was of Baltic Jewish descent, the daughter of Sir Michael Balcon, who was the former head of Ealing Studios.^ The influence of the cinema was particularly strong on his mother's side: she was the daughter of Sir Michael Balcon, the one-time head of Ealing Studios.
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 ^ His mother, who comes from a Jewish family, is actress Jill Balcon, daughter of Sir Michael Balcon, former head of Ealing Studios.

 ^ His mother was of Baltic Jewish descent, the daughter of Sir Michael Balcon, who was the former head of Ealing Studios.
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 [7][8] .Two years after his birth in London, the Day-Lewis family moved to Croom's Hill, Greenwich, where Daniel grew up along with his older sister, Tamasin Day-Lewis, who later became a documentary filmmaker and television chef.^ Resources for daniel day lewis .
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 ^ Even Daniel Day Lewis is off.

 .Cecil Day-Lewis was already 53 years old at the time of his son's birth, and seemed to take little interest in his children.^ Cecil Day-Lewis was already 53 years old at the time of his son's birth, and seemed to take little interest in his children.

 ^ At the time of Daniels birth, Cecil Day-Lewis was 53.
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 ^ Cecil Day-Lewis was already 53 years old at the time of his son's birth, and seemed to take little interest in his children.Segal, David (2005) Washington Post Article/Interview on Daniel Day-Lewis .
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.Living in middle-class Greenwich, Day-Lewis found himself among tough South London kids and being Jewish and "posh", he was often bullied.^ Living in Greenwich, Day-Lewis naturally found himself among some tough South London kids and being Jewish and "posh", he was often bullied.

 ^ Living in Greenwich, Day-Lewis naturally found himself among some tough South London kids and being Jewish and 'posh', he was often bullied.

 ^ Living in Greenwich, Day-Lewis found himself among tough South London kids and being Jewish and "posh", he was often bullied.
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 [3] .He mastered the local accent and mannerisms and credits that with being his first convincing performances.^ Very quickly, therefore, he mastered the local accent and mannerisms - which he believes to have been the first convincing performances he gave.

 ^ Very quickly, therefore, he mastered the local accent and mannerisms, and believes this to have been the first convincing role he played.
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 ^ Very quickly, therefore, he mastered the local accent and mannerisms — which he believes to have been the first convincing performances he gave.

 [3][10] .Later in life, he was known to speak of himself as very much a disorderly character in his younger years, often in trouble for shoplifting and other petty crimes.^ Later in life, he was known to speak of himself as very much a disorderly character in his younger years, often in trouble for shoplifting and other petty crimes.
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 ^ Later in life, he was known to speak of himself as very much a disorderly character in his younger years, often in trouble for shoplifting and other petty illegalties.Jenkins, Garry (1995) Daniel Day-Lewis: The Fires Within .
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 ^ Later in life, he was known to speak of himself as very much a disorderly character in his younger years, often in trouble for shoplifting and other petty illegalties.

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.In 1968, Day-Lewis's parents, finding him to be too wild, sent him to the independent Sevenoaks School in Kent, as a boarder.^ In 1968, Day-Lewis's parents, finding him to be too wild, sent him to the independent Sevenoaks School in Kent, as a boarder.
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 ^ In 1968, Day-Lewis' parents, finding him to be "too wild", sent him to Sevenoaks boarding school in Kent.

 ^ In 1968, Day-Lewis' parents, finding him to be 'too wild', sent him to Sevenoaks school in Kent, as a boarder.

 [2] .Though he detested the school, he was introduced to his two most prominent interests, woodworking and acting.^ Though he detested the school, he was introduced to his two most prominent interests, woodworking and acting.
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 ^ Despite his troubles, it was at this time that Day-Lewis was introduced to his two most prominent interests carpentry and acting.
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 ^ Educated at various public schools, Daniel took an early interest in acting.
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 .His disdain for the school grew, and after two years at Sevenoaks, he was transferred to another independent establishment, Bedales School in Petersfield, which his sister attended.^ His disdain for the school grew, and after two years at Sevenoaks, he was transferred to another independent establishment, Bedales School in Petersfield, which his sister attended.
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 ^ Washington Post After two years at Sevenoaks, Daniel was transferred to the Bedales School in Petersfield.
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 ^ After two years at Sevenoaks, Daniel was transferred to the Bedales School in Petersfield.

 [2] .This transfer led to his film debut at the age of 14 in Sunday Bloody Sunday in which he played a vandal in an uncredited role.^ This transfer led to his film debut at the age of 14 in Sunday Bloody Sunday in which he played a vandal in an uncredited role.
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 ^ While his disdain for the school grew, he made his film debut at the age of 14 in Sunday Bloody Sunday in which he played a vandal in an uncredited role.

 ^ While his disdain for the school grew, he made his film debut at the age of 14 in "Sunday Bloody Sunday" in which he played a vandal in an uncredited role.

 .He described the experience as "heaven", for getting paid £2 to vandalize expensive cars parked outside his local church.^ He described the experience as "heaven", for getting paid £2 to vandalize expensive cars parked outside his local church.
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 ^ He described the experience as 'heaven', for getting paid 2 to vandalize expensive cars parked outside his local church.

 ^ He described the experience as "heaven", for getting paid £2 to vandalize expensive cars parked outside his local church.Segal, David [2005] Washington Post Article/Interview on Daniel Day-Lewis .
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.Leaving Bedales in 1975, his unruly attitude had faded and he needed to make a career choice.^ Leaving Bedales in 1975, his unruly attitude had faded and he needed to make a career choice.
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 ^ Leaving Bedales in 1975, Daniel now had to make a hard career choice.
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 ^ Leaving Bedales in 1975, his unruly attitude had faded and he now had to make a career choice.

 .Although he had excelled onstage at the National Youth Theatre, he decided to become a cabinet-maker, applying for a five-year apprenticeship.^ Instead, he decided to become a cabinet-maker, applying for a 5 year apprenticeship.
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 ^ He honed his craft at the National Youth Theatre.
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 ^ Although he loved acting and had excelled onstage at the National Youth Theatre, he found something "seedy" about backstage life, and decided to become a cabinet-maker, applying for a five-year apprenticeship.

 .However, because of a lack of experience, he was not accepted.^ However, because of a lack of experience, he was not accepted.
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 ^ Although he had excelled onstage at the National Youth Theatre, he decided to become a cabinet-maker, applying for a five-year apprenticeship.However, because of a lack of experience, he was not accepted.

 ^ However, his lack of experience saw him turned down.
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 [2] .He then applied (and was accepted) at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which he attended for three years, eventually performing at the Bristol Old Vic itself.^ He studied acting at the Bristol Old Vic School.
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 ^ Daniel would join the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, eventually performing at Bristol Old Vic itself.
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 ^ At the same time, however, Day-Lewis applied to the Bristol Old Vic and was accepted.

 [2] .At one point he played understudy to Pete Postlethwaite, with whom he would later play opposite in In the Name of the Father, and with whom he shares a brief scene in Last of the Mohicans where Postlethwaite is a British officer.^ (At one point he played understudy to Pete Postlethwaite, whom he would later play opposite in "In the Name of the Father", and with whom he shares a brief scene in "Last of the Mohicans" when he is the arresting officer when Hawkeye is imprisoned for sedition).

 ^ (At one point he played understudy to Pete Postlethwaite, whom he would later play opposite in In the Name of the Father , and with whom he shares a brief scene in " Last of the Mohicans"- He is the arresting officer when Hawkeye is imprisoned for sedition ).

 ^ (At one point he played understudy to Pete Postlethwaite, whom he would later play opposite in In the Name of the Father, and with whom he shares a brief scene in Last of the Mohicans where Postlethwaite is a British officer).
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Career

1980s

.During the early '80s, Day-Lewis worked in theatre and television including Frost in May (where he played an impotent man-child) and How Many Miles to Babylon? (as a World War I[12] officer torn between allegiances to Britain and Ireland) for the BBC. Eleven years after his film debut, Day-Lewis continued his film career with a small part in Gandhi (1982) as Colin, a street thug who bullies the title character, only to be immediately chastised by his high-strung mother.^ He also appeared on British TV that year in _Frost in May (1982) (TV)_ and How Many Miles to Babylon?
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 ^ During the early '80s, Day-Lewis worked in theatre and television including Frost in May (where he played an impotent man-child) and How Many Miles to Babylon?
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 ^ This friction is what gives so many of Day-Lewis’s characters a tragic dimension.

 .In 1983, he had his big theatre break when he took over the lead in Another Country.^ In 1983, he had his big theatre break when he took over the lead in Another Country.
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 .The following year, he had a supporting role as the conflicted, but ultimately loyal first mate in The Bounty, after which he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream.^ The following year, he had a supporting role as the conflicted, but ultimately loyal first mate in The Bounty, after which he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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 ^ In 1984, he had a supporting role as a cowardly first mate in The Bounty , after which he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet .

 ^ In 1984, he had a supporting role as the conflicted, but ultimately loyal first mate in "The Bounty", after which he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet".

 [2]
.Next he played half of a gay, bi-racial couple in the film My Beautiful Laundrette.^ My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) .
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 ^ Next he played half of a gay, bi-racial couple in the film My Beautiful Laundrette.
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 ^ He later let his hair grow out to give a frosted "punk look" when he played half of a gay bi-racial couple in My Beautiful Laundrette .

 .Day-Lewis gained further public notice when the film was released with A Room with a View (1986), in which he played an entirely different character: the effete upper-class fiancé of the main character (played by Helena Bonham Carter).^ Day-Lewis gained further public notice when the film was released simultaneously with a completely different character in A Room with a View (1986), in which he played the effete upper-class fiance of the main character (played by Helena Bonham Carter).

 ^ He's a complicated character, is Daniel Day-Lewis.
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 ^ Day-Lewis gained further public notice when the film was released simultaneously with a completely different character in "A Room with a View" (1986), in which he played the effete upper-class fianc of the main character (played by Helena Bonham Carter).

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.In 1987, Day-Lewis assumed leading man status by starring in Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, co-starring Lena Olin and Juliette Binoche, as a Czech doctor whose hyperactive and purely physical sex life is thrown into disarray when he allows himself to become emotionally involved with a woman.^ In 1987, Day-Lewis assumed leading man status by starring in Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, co-starring Lena Olin and Juliette Binoche, as a Czech doctor whose hyperactive and purely physical sex life is thrown into disarray when he allows himself to become emotionally involved with a woman.
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 ^ Day-Lewis' status as an iconic sex symbol.

 ^ In 1987 he assumed leading-man status in Philip Kaufman's The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), followed by a comedic role in the unsuccessful Stars and Bars (1988).
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 .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 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.Wills, Dominic [n.d.
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 ^ 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.

 ^ In preparation for his role for 'In The Name of The father', Daniel Day-Lewis kept his Northern Irish accent on and off the set for the entire shooting schedule, lost 30 pounds and spent nights in the jail cell on the set as crew members threw water and verbal abuse at him.
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 [2]
.Day-Lewis put his personal version of "method acting" into full use in 1989 with his performance as Christy Brown in Jim Sheridan's My Left Foot which won him numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor.^ His portrayal of the real-life Christy Brown in My Left Foot established him as an international star.
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 ^ His brilliant performance as Christy Brown in Jim Sheridan's _My Left Foot (1989)_ won him numerous awards, including The Academy Award for best actor.
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 ^ But it was his performance as cerebral-palsy sufferer Christy Brown in 1989's "My Left Foot" that first earned him recognition as one of the greatest actors of his generation.
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 .During filming, his eccentricities came to the fore, due to his refusal to break character.^ During filming, his eccentricities came to the fore, due to his refusal to break character.
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 ^ During the filming of 1988's The Unbearable Lightness of Being , he initiated his long-standing ritual of remaining in character on and off set throughout the shooting schedule.
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 ^ During filming he arranged to live separately from his wife in order to achieve the 'isolation' needed to focus on his own character's reality.

 [2] .Playing a severely paralyzed character on screen, off screen Day-Lewis had to be wheeled around the set in his wheelchair, and crew members would curse at having to lift him over camera and lighting wires, all so that he might gain insight into all aspects of Brown's life, including the embarrassments.^ Even Daniel Day Lewis is off.

 ^ Playing a severely paralyzed character onscreen, offscreen Day-Lewis had to be wheeled around the set in his wheelchair, and crew members would curse at having to lift him over camera and lighting wires, all so that he might gain insight into all aspects of Christy Brown's life, including the embarrassments.

 ^ Playing a severely paralyzed character on screen, off screen Day-Lewis had to be wheeled around the set in his wheelchair, and crew members would curse at having to lift him over camera and lighting wires, all so that he might gain insight into all aspects of Brown's life, including the embarrassments.He broke two ribs during filming from assuming a hunched-over position in his wheelchair for so many weeks.
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 [10] .He broke two ribs during filming from assuming a hunched-over position in his wheelchair for so many weeks.^ Martins Pr He also broke two ribs during filming from assuming a hunched-over position in his wheelchair for so many weeks.
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 ^ He also broke two ribs during filming from assuming a hunched-over position in his wheelchair for so many weeks.

 ^ He damaged two ribs during filming from hunching in his wheelchair for weeks on end.
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 [14]
.Day-Lewis returned to the stage in 1989 to work with Richard Eyre, in Hamlet at the National Theatre, but collapsed in the middle of a scene where the ghost of Hamlet's father first appears to his son.^ Day-Lewis returned to the stage in 1989 to work with Richard Eyre, in Hamlet at the National Theatre, but collapsed in the middle of a scene where the ghost of Hamlet's father first appears to his son.
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 ^ Daniel Day-Lewis returned to the stage to work with Richard Eyre, as Hamlet at the National Theatre , but collapsed in the middle of a scene where the ghost of Hamlet's father first appears to his son.

 ^ The last time he was on stage was during a 1989 production of Hamlet at the National Theatre.
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 [2] .He began sobbing uncontrollably and refused to go back on stage;[15] he was replaced by Ian Charleson before a then-unknown Jeremy Northam finished what little was left of the production's run.^ He began sobbing uncontrollably and refused to go back on stage; he was replaced by Ian Charleson before a then-unknown Jeremy Northam finished what little was left of the production's run.
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 ^ He began sobbing uncontrollably and refused to go back on stage; his understudy (a then unknown Jeremy Northam) finished what little was left of the production's run.

 ^ The actor became convinced he was talking to the ghost of his dead father and ran from the stage, sobbing uncontrollably.
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 .One rumour following the incident was that Day-Lewis had seen the ghost of his own father, although the incident was officially attributed to exhaustion.^ One rumour following the incident was that Day-Lewis had seen the ghost of his own father, although the incident was officially attributed to exhaustion.
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 ^ Following The Boxer , Daniel Day-Lewis took a leave of absence from acting by putting himself into "semi-retirement" and returning to his old passion of woodworking.

 ^ The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon.
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 [2][5] .He confirmed on the British celebrity chat show Parkinson, that this rumour was true.^ He confirmed on the Jonathan Ross show on BBC that this rumour was true.
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 ^ He confirmed on the British celebrity chat show Parkinson, that this rumour was true.
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 ^ He confirmed on the top British celebrity chat show 'Parkinson' on ITV that this rumour was true.

 [16] .He has not appeared on stage since.^ He has not appeared on stage since.
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 ^ He returned to the stage to work again with Eyre, as Hamlet at the National Theater, but was forced to leave the production close to the end of its run because of exhaustion, and has not appeared on stage since.
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1990s

.In 1992, three years after his Oscar win, The Last of the Mohicans was released.^ In 1992, three years after his Oscar win, The Last of the Mohicans was released.
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 ^ He was the first of three consecutive British actors to win the Oscar for Best Actor in a leading role, Jeremy Irons being next and Anthony Hopkins the third.
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 ^ He took a hiatus from film until 1992, when he reappeared, toned up and oiled down, to star in Last of the Mohicans .

 .Day-Lewis's character research for this film was well-publicized; he reportedly underwent rigorous weight training and learned to live off the land and forest where his character lived, camping, hunting and fishing.^ Even Daniel Day Lewis is off.

 ^ Not content with that, he also learnt to live off the land and forest, as his character would have done, by spending six months learning how to camp, fish and skin animals.
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 ^ Day-Lewis's character research for this film was well-publicized; he reportedly underwent rigorous weight training and learned to live off the land and forest where his character lived, camping, hunting and fishing.
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 [2] .He even carried a long rifle at all times during filming in order to remain in character and learned how to skin animals.^ He even carried a kentucky rifle at all times during filming in order to remain in character.

 ^ He also carried a Kentucky rifl e at all times during filming and learnt how to load and fire it while running.
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 ^ He even carried a Kentucky rifle at all times during filming in order to remain in character and learned how to skin animals.

 [2][17]
.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 ultimately 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 a substantial amount of weight 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 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 a substantial amount of weight 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.
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 ^ The following year, he returned to the other side of the Atlantic to star in Sheridan's In the Name of the Father, playing an Irish man wrongfully convicted of taking part in an IRA bombing.
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 .He lost a substantial amount of weight 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 ultimately 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 a substantial amount of weight 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.
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 ^ 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 a substantial amount of weight 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.
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 ^ He ultimately 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 a substantial amount of weight 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.

 [17] .He also insisted that crew members throw cold water at him and verbally abuse him.^ Those passing by on the set were instructed to abuse him and throw cold water on him.
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 ^ He also insisted that crew members throw cold water and verbal abuse at him.

 ^ He also insisted that crew members throw cold water at him and verbally abuse him.
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 [17] .The film earned him his second Academy Award nomination, his third BAFTA nomination, and his second Golden Globe nomination.^ He is currently starring in the musical Nine and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for… .
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 ^ The film earned him his second Academy Award nomination, his third BAFTA nomination, and his second Golden Globe nomination.
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 ^ His performance in Gangs of New York earned him his third Academy Award nomination and won him the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
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.Day-Lewis returned in 1993, playing Newland Archer in Martin Scorsese's adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel The Age of Innocence, opposite Winona Ryder and Michelle Pfeiffer.^ Day-Lewis returned in 1993, playing Newland Archer in Martin Scorsese's adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel The Age of Innocence, opposite Winona Ryder and Michelle Pfeiffer.
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 ^ Day-Lewis returned to the screen with 2002’s “Gangs of New York,” which reunited him with “Age of Innocence” director Martin Scorsese .
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 ^ He worked with American director Martin Scorsese in The Age of Innocence (1993) in 1994.
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 .To prepare for the film, set in America's Gilded Age, he wore 1870s-period aristocratic clothing around New York City for two months, including top hat, cane and cape during colder periods.^ Is this film about gangs in New York?
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 ^ To prepare for the film, set in America's Gilded Age, he wore 1870s-period aristocratic clothing around New York City for two months, including top hat, cane and cape during colder periods.
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 ^ During the filming of 1988's The Unbearable Lightness of Being , he initiated his long-standing ritual of remaining in character on and off set throughout the shooting schedule.
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 [18]
.In 1996, Day-Lewis starred in a film version of The Crucible, the play by Arthur Miller, again opposite Winona Ryder.^ In 1996, Day-Lewis starred in a film version of The Crucible, the play by Arthur Miller, again opposite Winona Ryder.
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 ^ While filming "The Crucible" in 1995, Day-Lewis met Rebecca Miller, daughter of Arthur Miller, the play's author.
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 ^ Day-Lewis will play the Italian film director Guido Contini.
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 .He followed that with Jim Sheridan's The Boxer as a former boxer and IRA member recently released from prison.^ He followed that with Jim Sheridan's The Boxer as a former boxer and IRA member recently released from prison.

 ^ Day-Lewis played a former IRA member and boxer just out of prison.
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 ^ He trained as a boxer with former world champ Barry McGuigan to play an IRA member in 1997's The Boxer , which added another Golden Globe nomination to his resume.
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 .His preparation included training with former boxing world champion Barry McGuigan.^ His preparation included training for two years with former boxing world champion Barry McGuigan.
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 ^ His preparation included training for six months with former boxing world champion Barry McGuigan.

 ^ He trained as a boxer with former world champ Barry McGuigan to play an IRA member in 1997's The Boxer , which added another Golden Globe nomination to his resume.
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 [19]
.Following The Boxer, Day-Lewis took a leave of absence from acting by putting himself into "semi-retirement" and returning to his old passion of woodworking.^ Following The Boxer , Daniel Day-Lewis took a leave of absence from acting by putting himself into "semi-retirement" and returning to his old passion of woodworking.
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 ^ Following The Boxer, Day-Lewis took a leave of absence from acting by putting himself into "semi-retirement" and returning to his old passion of woodworking.
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 ^ Following 1997's "The Boxer" , he underwent semi-retirement and returned to his old passion of woodworking, which led to apprenticing as a shoemaker.
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 [19] .He moved to Florence, Italy, where he became intrigued by the craft of shoemaking, eventually apprenticing as a shoemaker.^ He moved to Florence, Italy, where he became intrigued by the craft of shoemaking, eventually apprenticing as a shoemaker.
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 ^ He then took a long break from acting to indulge his passion for woodworking, moved to Florence, Italy, and eventually became an apprentice shoemaker.
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 ^ He moved to Florence, Italy where he became intrigued by the craft of shoemaking, eventually apprenticing as a cobbler for a time.
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 [2] .For a time his exact whereabouts and actions were not made publicly known.^ His exact whereabouts and actions were not publicly known.
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 ^ For a time his exact whereabouts and actions were not made publicly known.
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 ^ He moved to Florence, Italy where he became intrigued by the craft of shoemaking, eventually apprenticing as a shoemaker for a time while his exact whereabouts and actions were not made publicly known.

 [20] .Day-Lewis has declined to discuss this period of his life, stating that "it was a period of my life that I had a right to without any intervention of that kind."^ Day-Lewis has declined to discuss this period of his life, stating that "it was a period of my life that I had a right to without any intervention of that kind."
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 ^ This kind of agonising is typical of Day-Lewis.
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 ^ Anyway, it wasn't long before Sammy called to let me know my three Daniel Day-Lewis movies were ready.
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 [4]

2000s

.After a five-year absence from filming, Day-Lewis returned to act in multiple Academy Award-nominated films such as Gangs of New York, a film directed by Martin Scorsese (with whom he had worked on The Age of Innocence) and produced by Harvey Weinstein.^ While the film carried him to new heights of stardom, Day-Lewis preferred less "Hollywood" films such as The Age of Innocence co-starring Michelle Pfeiffer and directed by Martin Scorsese.

 ^ The reason for this level of interest is that Day-Lewis's work is big news.
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 ^ After a five-year absence from filming, Day-Lewis returned to act in multiple Academy Award nominated films such as Gangs of New York, a film directed by Martin Scorsese (with whom he had worked on The Age of Innocence) and produced by Harvey Weinstein.
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 .In his role as the villain gang leader "Bill the Butcher", he starred along with Leonardo DiCaprio, who played Bill's young protegé.^ In his role as the villain gang leader "Bill the Butcher", he starred along with Leonardo DiCaprio, who played Bill's young protegé.
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 ^ For Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York (2002) - for which Day-Lewis was nominated for an Oscar, playing gang leader Bill the Butcher - he flew a butcher from Peckham, south London, to America to instruct him in carving up carcasses.
  • Daniel Day-Lewis aims for perfection - Telegraph 12 September 2009 10:49 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ After a three-year absence from filming, Day-Lewis was convinced to return to acting by Martin Scorsese (with whom he had worked on The Age of Innocence ) and Harvey Weinstein to play (opposite Leonardo Di Caprio) the villain gangleader, "Bill the Butcher", in Gangs of New York .

 .He began his lengthy, self-disciplined process by taking lessons as an apprentice butcher, and while filming, he was never out of character between takes (including keeping his character's New York accent).^ He began his lengthy, self-disciplined process by taking lessons as an apprentice butcher.
  • Daniel Day-Lewis - Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile 19 January 2010 18:22 UTC www.rottentomatoes.com [Source type: General]

 ^ He began his lengthy, self-disciplined process by taking lessons as an apprentice butcher, and while filming, he was never out of character between takes (including keeping his character's New York accent).At one point during filming, he was diagnosed with pneumonia.
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 ^ I loved his Bill the Butcher performance in "Gangs of New York"--it was my favorite thing in the movie--yet whenever I watched him, I was keenly aware that I was watching Daniel Day-Lewis participating in a very complicated and rehearsed process.
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 [2] .At one point during filming, having been diagnosed with pneumonia, he refused to wear a warmer coat or to take treatment because it was not in keeping with the period; however, he was eventually persuaded to seek medical treatment.^ However, he was eventually persuaded to seek medical treatment.
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 ^ He refused to wear a warmer coat or to take treatment because it was not in keeping with the period.
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 ^ He got pneumonia during shooting, initially refusing to have treatment or trade his coat for a warmer one.
  • The interview: Daniel Day-Lewis | Film | The Observer 19 January 2010 18:22 UTC www.guardian.co.uk [Source type: General]

 [21] .His performance in Gangs of New York earned him his third Academy Award nomination and won him the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.^ Daniel Day-Lewis's work in Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
  • Daniel Day-Lewis, Behaving Totally In Character (washingtonpost.com) 19 January 2010 18:22 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Gangs of New York (2003) .

 ^ The New York Film Critics named him Best Supporting Actor for those performances.
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.After Gangs of New York, Day-Lewis's wife, director Rebecca Miller (daughter of playwright Arthur Miller), offered him the lead role in her film The Ballad of Jack and Rose, in which he played a dying man with regrets over how his life had evolved and over how he had raised his teenage daughter.^ (Ellen Kuras, who was the cinematographer on Millers first film, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, was one of the directors.
  • Hollywood - Westerns - Daniel Day-Lewis - Movies - Motion Pictures - New York Times 19 January 2010 18:22 UTC www.nytimes.com [Source type: General]

 ^ After marrying Rebecca Miller , she convinced him to take the lead role and directed him in the adaptation The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005).
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 ^ Comment Gangs of New York (2002) .
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 .During filming he arranged to live separately from his wife in order to achieve the "isolation" needed to focus on his own character's reality.^ During filming he arranged to live separately from his wife in order to achieve the "isolation" needed to focus on his own character's reality.
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 ^ He lives in Ireland with his wife, Rebecca, a film director, novelist and the daughter of the late American playwright, Arthur Miller, and their sons, Ronan, nine, and Cashel, five.
  • Daniel Day-Lewis aims for perfection - Telegraph 12 September 2009 10:49 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ During the filming of 1988's The Unbearable Lightness of Being , he initiated his long-standing ritual of remaining in character on and off set throughout the shooting schedule.
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 [9] .The film received mixed reviews.^ The film received mixed reviews.
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 ^ Although the film received mixed reviews, the actor earned a Golden Globe nomination for his work.

 ^ Washington Post The film received mixed reviews, while Day-Lewis received almost universal praise for his performance.
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 [22]
In 2007, Day-Lewis appeared in director Paul Thomas Anderson's loose adaptation of the Upton Sinclair novel Oil!, titled There Will Be Blood.[23] Day-Lewis received the Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture (which he dedicated to Heath Ledger, saying that he was inspired by Ledger's acting and called the actor's performance in Brokeback Mountain as "unique, perfect."[24][25]) and a variety of film critics circle awards for the role.
.In 2009, Day-Lewis starred in Rob Marshall's musical adaptation Nine as film director Guido Contini.^ Nine’ is a musical following a film director named Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis instead Javier Bardem ), who is in his middle age.
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 ^ This is one of the first pitchers of Rob Marshall's Nine starring Daniel Day-Lewis and a bunch of broads.
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 ^ Daniel Day-Lewis as director Guido Contini.
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 [26] The film received mixed reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 38% fresh rating, but cited Day-Lewis's performance as "always worthwhile."[27] Day-Lewis was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role, as well as sharing nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast and the Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture with the rest of the cast members.

Personal life

.Day-Lewis rarely talks publicly about his personal life.^ Day-Lewis rarely does interviews.
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 ^ He is a real person; he’s Daniel Day Lewis.
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 ^ Day-Lewis is not keen to talk about it.
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 .He had a relationship with French actress Isabelle Adjani, which lasted six years and eventually ended after a split and reconciliation.^ He has a 12-year-old son, Gabriel Kane, from his six-year, on-off relationship with French actress Isabelle Adjani.
  • The VERY strange life of reclusive superstar Daniel Day-Lewis | Mail Online 12 September 2009 10:49 UTC www.dailymail.co.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ Daniel Day-Lewis has another son, Gabriel-Kane, from his six-year relationship with actress Isabelle Adjani, which ended in 1994.
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 ^ The strained relationship lasted six years and eventually ended when Adjani notified Day-Lewis, reportedly by fax, that she was pregnant.

 [2][15] .Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis was born in 1995 in New York, months after the relationship between the two actors had ended.^ Daniel Day-Lewis on the news reel .

 ^ A boy, Gabriel Kane would be born in the spring of 1995.
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 ^ Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis was born on 9 April 1995 in New York, months after the relationship between the two actors had ended.
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 [15]
.In 1996, while working on the film version of the stage-play The Crucible, he visited the home of playwright Arthur Miller where he was introduced to the writer's daughter, Rebecca Miller.^ In 1996, Day-Lewis starred in a film version of The Crucible, the play by Arthur Miller, again opposite Winona Ryder.
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 ^ Got to know his future wife Rebecca Miller while working on the film version...
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 ^ In 1996, while working on the film version of the stage-play The Crucible, he visited the home of playwright Arthur Miller where he was introduced to the writer's daughter, Rebecca Miller.
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 .They married later that year.^ They married later that year.
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 .The couple have two sons, Ronan Cal Day-Lewis (born 14 June 1998) and Cashel Blake Day-Lewis (born in May 2002) and divide their time between their homes in the U.S. and Ireland.^ The couple have two sons, Ronan (born June 14, 1998), and Cashel (born May 2002) and divide their time between their homes in the US and Ireland.

 ^ They have two young sons: Ronan (four), and Cashel Blake (born last May).
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 ^ A son, Ronan, was born in 1998 (another, Cashel Blake would follow in 2002), and the next year the family spent time in Florence.
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 [9] Day-Lewis currently holds dual British and Irish citizenship,[28][29] He became an Irish citizen in 1993.[30]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1971 Sunday Bloody Sunday Child vandal (uncredited)
1982 Gandhi Colin - South African Street Thug
1984 The Bounty John Fryer
1985 My Beautiful Laundrette Johnny National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor also for A Room with a View
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor also for A Room with a View
A Room with a View Cecil Vyse National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor also for My Beautiful Laundrette
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor also for My Beautiful Laundrette
1986 Nanou Max
1988 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Tomas
Stars and Bars Henderson Dores
1989 Eversmile, New Jersey Dr. Fergus O'Connell
My Left Foot Christy Brown Academy Award for Best Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor
London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Montreal World Film Festival Award for Best Actor
Montreal World Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention shared with Jim Sheridan
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Nominated — European Film Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1992 The Last of the Mohicans Hawkeye (Nathaniel Poe) Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor
London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1993 The Age of Innocence Newland Archer
In the Name of the Father Gerry Conlon Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1996 The Crucible John Proctor
1997 The Boxer Danny Flynn Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
2002 Gangs of New York Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor tied with Jack Nicholson for About Schmidt
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor tied with Jack Nicholson for About Schmidt
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Russian Guild of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Actor
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama tied with Michael Caine for The Quiet American
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture
Seattle Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Empire Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
2005 The Ballad of Jack and Rose Jack Slavin Marrakech International Film Festival Award for Best Actor
2007 There Will Be Blood Daniel Plainview Academy Award for Best Actor
Austin Film Critics Award for Best Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Irish Film Award for Best Actor
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Palm Springs International Film Festival - Desert Palm Achievement Award
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Empire Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor
2009 Nine Guido Contini Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble

See also

References

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.Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor with dual British and Irish citizenship.^ Daniel Day Lewis poster .
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 ^ Daniel Day Lewis is at 1/15!
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 ^ Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis was born to actress Jill Balcon and Irish-born English Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis, on April 29, 1957, in London, England.
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 .Day-Lewis studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.^ Michten and a fringe theatre group, The Mod Bods of EarlCastle, concocted the idea after studying Mr. Day-Lewis’ method of “Deep Character Immersion,” which proscribes a gradual, though eventually complete, adoption of a character on and off the set.
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 ^ Instead, Day-Lewis begged his parents to let him join his sister, Tamasin, at Bedales, a progressive public school in neighboring Petersfield.
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 ^ Educated at various public schools, Day-Lewis took an early interest in acting.
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 .He has won two Academy Awards for Best Actor for portraying Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood and Christy Brown for My Left Foot.^ American Way Staff Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 My Left Foot: This 1989 star turn for Daniel Day-Lewis tells the true story of Irish writer Christy Brown, who was believed to be developmentally disabled as a child.
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 ^ Daniel Day-Lewis - 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Press Room .

 ^ The Hot Blog ] • Susan King talks method and "Blood" with Best Actor hopeful (frontrunner?
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  • You don’t merely give over your creativity to making a film—you give over your life!^ You don’t merely give over your creativity to making a film—you give over your life!
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     ^ You dont merely give over your creativity to making a film -- you give over your life!

     ^ "Were you involved in your film?"
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     .In theatre, by contrast, you live these two rather strange lives simultaneously; you have no option but to confront the mould on last night’s washing-up.^ In theatre, by contrast, you live these two rather strange lives simultaneously; you have no option but to confront the mould on last night’s washing-up.
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     ^ In theatre, by contrast, you live these two rather strange lives simultaneously; you have no option but to confront the mould on last nights washing-up.

     ^ Without a doubt one of the things keeping you up late at night is wondering "Who do the FameCrawler bloggers think will win big at the Academy Awards?"
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    • City Limits (London, April 7, 1988)
  • Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence—the first time.^ During the filming of 1988's The Unbearable Lightness of Being , he initiated his long-standing ritual of remaining in character on and off set throughout the shooting schedule.
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     ^ Written by Matt Goldberg "Silence" is one those rare occasions where a film is being made of a real book and I've actually read that book.
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     ^ The movie also did a flashforward, and I was fine with that too (for the first time, that is, in film or television since "Saved by the Bell: The College Years" broke my heart).
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     .Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.^ Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.
    • Daniel Day-Lewis - Wikiquote 19 January 2010 18:22 UTC en.wikiquote.org [Source type: General]
    • Daniel Day Lewis - Kosmix : Reference, Videos, Images, News, Shopping and more... 19 January 2010 18:22 UTC www.kosmix.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • Daniel Day Lewis Quotations 19 January 2010 18:22 UTC www.memorablequotations.com [Source type: Academic]

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    • City Limits (London, April 7, 1988)
  • The thing about performance, even if it’s only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.^ The thing about performance, even if its only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.

     ^ City Limits (London, April 7, 1988) The thing about performance, even if it’s only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.
    • Daniel Day-Lewis - Wikiquote 19 January 2010 18:22 UTC en.wikiquote.org [Source type: General]

     ^ The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.
    • Daniel Day Lewis - Kosmix : Reference, Videos, Images, News, Shopping and more... 19 January 2010 18:22 UTC www.kosmix.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • Rolling Stone (New York, February 8, 1990)

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