Daniel Day-Lewis

Birthday: 1957-04-29
Birthplace: Greenwich, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Drafted: 74
Drafted By: Goutbreak
Owned By: Goutbreak
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 1
Win Bonus: 18
Nom Bonus: 3
Total Points: 7

Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor. Often described as one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2014, Day-Lewis received a knighthood for services to drama.

Born and raised in London, Day-Lewis excelled on stage at the National Youth Theatre before being accepted at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which he attended for three years. Despite his traditional training at the Bristol Old Vic, he is considered a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. Protective of his private life, he rarely grants interviews and makes very few public appearances.

Day-Lewis shifted between theatre and film for most of the early 1980s, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company and playing Romeo Montague in Romeo and Juliet and Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Playing the title role in Hamlet at the  National Theatre in London in 1989, he left the stage midway through a performance after breaking down during a scene where the ghost of Hamlet's father appears before him—this was his last appearance on the stage. After supporting film roles in Gandhi (1982) and The Bounty (1984), he earned acclaim for his breakthrough performances in My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), A Room with a View (1985), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988).

He earned three Academy Awards for Best Actor for his roles as Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989), an oil tycoon in There Will Be Blood (2007), and Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012). He was Oscar-nominated for In the Name of the Father (1993), Gangs of New York (2002), and Phantom Thread (2017). Other notable films include The Last of the Mohicans (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993), The Crucible (1996), and The Boxer (1997). He retired from acting twice, from 1997 to 2000, when he took up a new profession as an apprentice shoemaker in Italy, and from 2017 to 2024.

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Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1990 33 My Left Foot (1989) Leading Actor Win 0
1994 37 In the Name of the Father (1993) Leading Actor Nom 0
2003 46 Gangs of New York (2002) Leading Actor Nom 0
2008 51 There Will Be Blood (2007) Leading Actor Win 0
2013 56 Lincoln (2012) Leading Actor Win 0
2018 61 Phantom Thread (2017) Lead Actor Nom 7
Career 7

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
2025-10-03 Anemone
2017-12-25 Phantom Thread Reynolds Woodcock
2012-11-09 Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
2009-12-03 Nine Guido Contini
2007-12-26 There Will Be Blood Daniel Plainview
2005-02-25 The Ballad of Jack and Rose Jack Slavin
2003-10-28 Abby Singer Daniel Day-Lewis (uncredited)
2002-12-14 Gangs of New York Bill "The Butcher" Cutting
1997-12-31 The Boxer Danny Flynn
1996-11-27 The Crucible John Proctor
1993-12-12 In the Name of the Father Gerry Conlon
1993-09-10 The Age of Innocence Newland Archer
1992-08-26 The Last of the Mohicans Hawkeye
1989-09-11 Eversmile New Jersey Dr. Fergus O'Connell
1989-04-07 My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown Christy Brown
1988-03-18 Stars & Bars Henderson Dores
1988-02-05 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Tomas
1987-02-27 Nanou Max
1986-03-07 A Room with a View Cecil Vyse
1986-02-22 The Insurance Man Kafka
1985-11-16 My Beautiful Laundrette Johnny Burfoot
1984-05-04 The Bounty John Fryer
1983-05-22 Dangerous Corner Gordon Whitehouse
1982-12-01 Gandhi Colin
1982-02-26 How Many Miles to Babylon? Alex Moore
1981-12-29 Artemis '81 Library Student
1971-07-01 Sunday Bloody Sunday Child Vandal (uncredited)