Daniel Day-Lewis

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Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Nicholas Blake, Poet...

Born: April 29, 1957

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Filmography

Known For

There Will Be Blood Daniel Plainview (2007)
The Last of the Mohicans Hawkeye (Nathaniel Poe) (1992)
Gangs of New York Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting (2002)
Known For

Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (2012)
Actor

Phantom Thread Reynolds Woodcock (2017)
Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (2012)
Nine Guido Contini (2009)
There Will Be Blood Daniel Plainview (2007)
The Ballad of Jack and Rose Jack Slavin (2005)
Gangs of New York Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting (2002)
The Boxer Danny Flynn (1997)
The Crucible John Proctor (1996)
In the Name of the Father Gerry Conlon (1993)
The Age of Innocence Newland Archer (1993)
The Last of the Mohicans Hawkeye (Nathaniel Poe) (1992)
Eversmile, New Jersey Dr. Fergus O'Connell (1989)
My Left Foot Christy Brown (1989)
Stars and Bars Henderson Dores (1988)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Tomas (1988)
Nanou Max (1986)
Screen Two Kafka (1986)
A Room with a View Cecil Vyse (1985)
My Brother Jonathan Jonathan Dakers (1985)
My Beautiful Laundrette Johnny (1985)
The Bounty John Fryer (1984)
BBC Play of the Month Gordon Whitehouse (1983)
Gandhi Colin (1982)
Frost in May Archie Hughes-Forret (1982)
BBC2 Playhouse Alex (1982)
Artemis 81 Library Student (1981)
Thank You, P.G. Wodehouse Psmith (1981)
Shoestring DJ (1980)
Actor

Sunday Bloody Sunday Child Vandal (1971)
Soundtrack

Nine (2009)
Archive footage

Good Morning Britain (2017)
Welcome to the Basement (2012-2015)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
60 Minutes (2013)
Chelsea Lately (2013)
Banda sonora (2012)
Special Collector's Edition (2011)
Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008)
Strictly Courtroom (2008)
Shownieuws (2008)
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008)
Here's Looking at You, Boy (2007)
Chain Reactions (2005)
La Marató 2005 (2005)
Cinema mil (2005)
101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004)
E! True Hollywood Story (2002)
Archive footage

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000)
Especial Oscars 86 (1987)
Music Department

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

The longest he has gone without an Oscar nomination is 9 years, between In the Name of the Father (1993) and Gangs of New York (2002).

[on events in America, 2012] I think a lot about what President [Barack Obama] is going through at this moment. I look to the extent to which he has aged visibly. I feel I aged visibly just playing [President Abraham Lincoln], so to actually have ...