Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor, Director
4/29/1957 (65 years old) London, England
- First film role came with a bit part in the 1971 drama Sunday Bloody Sunday.
- Made his West End stage debut in 1982, starring for several months in the play Another Country.
- Big-screen breakthrough came in 1986, with acclaimed roles in the dramas My Beautiful Laundrette and A Room with a View, both of which premiered on the same day in the U.S.
- Returned to the stage in a 1989 National Theatre production of Hamlet, but dropped out in mid-performance, reportedly due to "nervous exhaustion."
- Named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1990 and '94.
- Took a five-year break from acting following 1997's The Boxer, during which he reportedly studied shoe making; returned to the big screen in 2002, playing Bill "The Butcher" in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York.
Golden Globe
There Will Be Blood
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2008 Winner
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Gangs of New York
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2003 Nominee
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
In the Name of the Father
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1994 Nominee
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
BAFTA Film Awards
Oscar
In the Name of the Father
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1993 Nominee
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Critics' Choice Awards
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
There Will Be Blood
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2007 Winner
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Gangs of New York
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2002 Winner
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
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