Daniel Day-Lewis biography
Daniel Day-Lewis is a British actor, born on 29 April 1957 in Kensington.
Daniel Day-Lewis's screen career began in 1971 with Sunday Bloody Sunday, playing Child Vandal.
Daniel Day-Lewis has appeared in 24 films and 10 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Anemone (2025), Phantom Thread (2017), Lincoln (2012).
Honours include Academy Award for Best Actor (3 times), Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Also known as
- Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
- Born
- 29 April 1957 (age 69)
- Birthplace
- Kensington
- Work
- Film actor, Artist, Stage actor, Television actor, Actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actor (3 times)
- Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis filmography
24 films and 10 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Anemone | Ray Stoker | Also co-writer | |
| 2017 | Phantom Thread | Reynolds Woodcock | Also uncredited co-writer | |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | ||
| 2009 | Nine | Guido Contini | ||
| 2007 | There Will Be Blood | Daniel Plainview | ||
| 2007 | Here's Looking at You, Boy | |||
| 2005 | The Ballad of Jack and Rose | Jack Slavin | ||
| 2003 | Abby Singer | English | ||
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Bill "the Butcher" Cutting | ||
| 1997 | The Boxer | Danny Flynn | ||
| 1996 | The Crucible | John Proctor | ||
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father | Gerry Conlon | ||
| 1993 | The Age of Innocence | Newland Archer | ||
| 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | Nathaniel "Hawkeye" Poe | ||
| 1989 | Eversmile, New Jersey | Fergus O'Connell | ||
| 1989 | My Left Foot | Christy Brown | ||
| 1988 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Tomas | ||
| 1988 | Stars and Bars | Henderson Dores | ||
| 1986 | Nanou | Max | ||
| 1985 | A Room with a View | Cecil Vyse | ||
| 1985 | My Beautiful Laundrette | Johnny Burfoot | ||
| 1984 | The Bounty | John Fryer | ||
| 1982 | Gandhi | Colin | ||
| 1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Child Vandal | Uncredited |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Access to the Danger Zone | Narrator | Voice | |
| 2002 | Forever Ealing | Narrator | Voice | |
| 1986 | Screen Two | Dr. Kafka | Episode: "The Insurance Man" | |
| 1985 | My Brother Jonathan | Jonathan Dakers | 5 episodes | |
| 1983 | Play of the Month | Gordon Whitehouse | Episode: "Dangerous Corner" | |
| 1982 | How Many Miles to Babylon? | Alec | Television film | |
| 1982 | Frost in May | Archie Hughes-Forret | Episode: "Beyond the Glass" | |
| 1981 | Thank You, P. G. Wodehouse | Psmith | Television film | |
| 1981 | Artemis 81 | Library Student | Television film | |
| 1980 | Shoestring | DJ | Episode: "The Farmer Had a Wife" |