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Daniel Day-Lewis

Birth name: Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis

Birth date: 25.04.1957

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. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema, head of the famous Ealing Studios. His older sister, Tamasin Day-Lewis, is a documentary filmmaker. Daniel was educated at Sevenoaks School in Kent, which he despised, and the more progressive Bedales in Petersfield, which he adored. He studied acting at the Bristol Old Vic School. Daniel made his film debut in Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), but then acted on stage with the Bristol Old Vic and Royal Shakespeare Companies and did not appear on screen again until 1982, when he landed his first adult role, a bit part in Gandhi (1982). He also appeared on British TV that year in _Frost in May (1982) (TV)_ and How Many Miles to Babylon? (1982) (TV). Notable theatrical performances include Another Country (1982-83), Dracula (1984), and The Futurists (1986). His first major supporting role in a feature film was in The Bounty (1984), quickly followed by My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and A Room with a View (1985). The latter two films opened in New York on the same day, offering audiences and critics evidence of his remarkable range and establishing him as a major talent. The New York Film Critics named him Best Supporting Actor for those performances. In 1986, he appeared on stage in Richard Eyre's The Futurists and on television in Eyre's production of The Insurance Man (1986) (TV). He also had a small role in a British/French film, Nanou (1986). 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). 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. 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. He took a hiatus from film as well until 1992, when he starred in The Last of the Mohicans (1992), a film that met with mixed reviews but was a great success at the box office. He worked with American director Martin Scorsese in The Age of Innocence (1993) in 1994. Subsequently, he teamed again with Jim Sheridan to star in In the Name of the Father (1993), a critically acclaimed performance that earned him another Academy Award nomination. His next project was in the role of John Proctor in father-in-law Arthur Miller's play The Crucible (1996), directed by Nicholas Hytner.

Filmography

# There Will Be Blood movie download page (2007) .... Daniel Plainview # The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) .... Jack Slavin # Gangs of New York movie download page (2002) .... Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting ... aka Gangs of New York movie download page (Germany) # The Boxer (1997) .... Danny Flynn # The Crucible (1996) .... John Proctor # In the Name of the Father (1993) .... Gerry Conlon # The Age of Innocence (1993) .... Newland Archer # The Last of the Mohicans (1992) .... Hawkeye (Nathaniel Poe) # My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) .... Christy Brown ... aka My Left Foot (UK: short title) # Eversmile, New Jersey (1989) .... Dr. Fergus O'Connell ... aka Eterna sonrisa de New Jersey (Argentina) # Stars and Bars (1988) (as Daniel Day Lewis) .... Henderson Dores # The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) .... Tomas # Nanou (1986) .... Max # The Insurance Man (1986) (TV) .... Kafka # A Room with a View (1985) (as Daniel Day Lewis) .... Cecil Vyse # My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) (as Daniel Day Lewis) .... Johnny # My Brother Jonathan (1985) (TV) .... Jonathan Dakers # The Bounty (1984) .... John Fryer # "Play of the Month" .... Gordon Whitehouse (1 episode, 1983) - Dangerous Corner (1983) TV episode .... Gordon Whitehouse # Gandhi movie download page (1982) (as Daniel Day Lewis) .... Colin - South African Street Tough ... aka Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi movie download page (USA: complete title) # "Frost in May" (1982) (mini) TV mini-series .... Archie Hughes-Forret # How Many Miles to Babylon? (1982) (TV) .... Alex # Artemis 81 (1981) (TV) .... Library student # "Shoestring" .... DJ (1 episode, 1980) - The Farmer Had a Wife (1980) TV episode .... DJ # Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) (uncredited) .... Child vandal