Daniel Day-Lewis

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actor film actor human method actor stage actor

Daniel Day-Lewis is a highly acclaimed British-Irish method actor renowned for his intense character immersion and record three Academy Awards for Best Actor.

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Daniel Day-Lewis holds the record with three Best Actor wins 1
Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis 1

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instanceOf actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
method actor ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
academyAwards 3 ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ
birthName Daniel Day-Lewis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1957-04-29 ⓘ
educatedAt Bristol Old Vic Theatre School ⓘ
ethnicOrigin British ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
father Cecil Day-Lewis ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasChild 3 ⓘ
industry film industry ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
methodActing known for intense character immersion ⓘ
mother Jill Balcon ⓘ
name Daniel Day-Lewis self-link ⓘ
notableFact first male actor to win three Academy Awards for Best Actor ⓘ
notableRole Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln ⓘ
Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York ⓘ
My Left Foot ⓘ
surface form: Christy Brown in My Left Foot

Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood ⓘ
Natty Bumppo ⓘ
surface form: Hawkeye in The Last of the Mohicans

Reynolds Woodcock in Phantom Thread ⓘ
notableWork Gangs of New York ⓘ
In the Name of the Father ⓘ
Lincoln ⓘ
My Left Foot ⓘ
Phantom Thread ⓘ
The Last of the Mohicans ⓘ
There Will Be Blood ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
cobbler ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
relative Sir Michael Balcon ⓘ
residence Ireland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
retired 2017 ⓘ
spouse Rebecca Miller ⓘ
style prepares extensively for roles ⓘ
yearsActive 1970s–2017 ⓘ

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85th Academy Awards → bestActorWinner → Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ
Daniel Day-Lewis → birthName → Daniel Day-Lewis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood → hasCastMember → Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ
Daniel Day-Lewis → name → Daniel Day-Lewis self-link ⓘ
Bedales School → notableAlumni → Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daniel Day-Lewis holds the record with three Best Actor wins
Nine → portrayedBy → Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ
subject surface form: Nine (2009 film)
Rebecca Miller → spouse → Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ
Gangs of New York → starredActor → Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ
There Will Be Blood → starring → Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ
A Room with a View → stars → Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ
subject surface form: A Room with a View (1985 film)
Nine → stars → Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ
subject surface form: Nine (2009 film)
The Bounty → stars → Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ