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!! Filmography
* ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'' (1982) (bit part)
* ''Film/TheBounty''
* ''My Beautiful Laundrette''
* ''Literature/ARoomWithAView''
* ''Film/MyLeftFoot''
* ''Maurice''
* ''Literature/TheAgeOfInnocence''
* ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans''
* ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather''
* ''Theatre/TheCrucible''
* ''Film/GangsOfNewYork''
* ''The Ballad of Jack and Rose''
* ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood''
* ''Nine''
* ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''
* ''Film/PhantomThread''
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* ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'' (1982) (bit part)
* ''Film/TheBounty''
* ''My Beautiful Laundrette''
* ''Literature/ARoomWithAView''
* ''Film/MyLeftFoot''
* ''Maurice''
* ''Literature/TheAgeOfInnocence''
* ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans''
* ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather''
* ''Theatre/TheCrucible''
* ''Film/GangsOfNewYork''
* ''The Ballad of Jack and Rose''
* ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood''
* ''Nine''
* ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''
* ''Film/PhantomThread''
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!! Filmography
* ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'' (1982) (bit part)
* ''Film/TheBounty''
* ''My Beautiful Laundrette''
* ''Literature/ARoomWithAView''
* ''Film/MyLeftFoot''
* ''Maurice''
* ''Literature/TheAgeOfInnocence''
* ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans''
* ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather''
* ''Theatre/TheCrucible''
* ''Film/GangsOfNewYork''
* ''The Ballad of Jack and Rose''
* ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood''
* ''Nine''
* ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''
* ''Film/PhantomThread''
!! Filmography
* ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'' (1982) (bit part)
* ''Film/TheBounty''
* ''My Beautiful Laundrette''
* ''Literature/ARoomWithAView''
* ''Film/MyLeftFoot''
* ''Maurice''
* ''Literature/TheAgeOfInnocence''
* ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans''
* ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather''
* ''Theatre/TheCrucible''
* ''Film/GangsOfNewYork''
* ''The Ballad of Jack and Rose''
* ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood''
* ''Nine''
* ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''
* ''Film/PhantomThread''
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Lewis is considered an actor who never compromises on any role, fully giving in to each role he plays, working very hard on every part he plays. This made it hard for him to function as a stage actor, where the great immersion into a role, makes it harder to repeat night after night. One famous incident, had him breakdown during a production of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' where the Prince confronts the ghost of his father. Lewis later admitted that he had seen his own father's ghost on stage and this scared him off from appearing on stage ever again. He was far better suited to film, and even then as he grew older, his dedication and commitment to each part made it harder for him to continue with the next film and role. He retired after finishing ''The Boxer'' in 1997, dropping off the grid and apparently spending time working as an apprentice shoe-maker in Florence. This was until Creator/MartinScorsese convinced him to return in ''Gangs of New York''. This was the biggest and most high-profile role Lewis ever played in his career. It was also very different from his earlier parts. Before Lewis had played sensitive, albeit intense, highly vulnerable men, and generally he played heroes. Bill the Butcher however was a flamboyant LargeHam villain who was supremely [[RatedMForManly macho]] and charismatic. The result was a performance that some consider one of recent cinema's most iconic villains.
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Lewis is considered an actor who never compromises on any role, fully giving in to each role he plays, working very hard on every part he plays. This made it hard for him to function as a stage actor, where the great immersion into a role, makes it harder to repeat night after night. One famous incident, had him breakdown during a production of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' where the Prince confronts the ghost of his father. Lewis later admitted that he had seen his own father's ghost on stage and this scared him off from appearing on stage ever again. He was far better suited to film, and even then as he grew older, his dedication and commitment to each part made it harder for him to continue with the next film and role. He retired after finishing ''The Boxer'' in 1997, dropping off the grid and apparently spending time working as an apprentice shoe-maker in Florence. This was until Creator/MartinScorsese convinced him to return in ''Gangs of New York''. This was the biggest and most high-profile role Lewis ever played in his career.career until then. It was also very different from his earlier parts. Before Lewis had played sensitive, albeit intense, highly vulnerable men, and generally he played heroes. Bill the Butcher however was a flamboyant LargeHam villain who was supremely [[RatedMForManly macho]] and charismatic. The result was a performance that some consider one of recent cinema's most iconic villains.
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He has starred in such acclaimed films as ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', ''The Age Of Innocence'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFar'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[DevelopmentHell long-gestating]] biopic ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''.
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He has starred in such acclaimed films as ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', ''The Age Of Innocence'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFar'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[DevelopmentHell long-gestating]] biopic ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''.
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Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English/Irish three-time UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winner and legendarily intense method actor. He has starred in such acclaimed films as ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', ''Age Of Innocence'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[DevelopmentHell long-gestating]] biopic ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''. [[TheAce His Oscar win for this role made him the first man to win the Best Actor Oscar three times]]; he is also the only person to win an Oscar for playing an actual American President.
His father was British Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and his maternal grandfather was film producer Michael Balcon. He's married to [[Theatre/TheCrucible Arthur]] [[Theatre/DeathOfASalesman Miller's]] daughter Rebecca Miller, an accomplished writer in her own right, who he met while filming ''Theatre/TheCrucible''.
He is parodied in Irish Creator/{{RTE}} series ''Series/TheSavageEye'', which plays up his supposed devotion to his roles and has him lapsing into them during the sketches.
On June 20, 2017, he announced [[http://variety.com/2017/film/news/daniel-day-lewis-quits-acting-oscar-winner-1202472766/ his retirement from acting]], calling it "a private decision". His final performance was in Creator/PaulThomasAnderson's ''Film/PhantomThread'', released on Christmas Day, 2017.
His father was British Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and his maternal grandfather was film producer Michael Balcon. He's married to [[Theatre/TheCrucible Arthur]] [[Theatre/DeathOfASalesman Miller's]] daughter Rebecca Miller, an accomplished writer in her own right, who he met while filming ''Theatre/TheCrucible''.
He is parodied in Irish Creator/{{RTE}} series ''Series/TheSavageEye'', which plays up his supposed devotion to his roles and has him lapsing into them during the sketches.
On June 20, 2017, he announced [[http://variety.com/2017/film/news/daniel-day-lewis-quits-acting-oscar-winner-1202472766/ his retirement from acting]], calling it "a private decision". His final performance was in Creator/PaulThomasAnderson's ''Film/PhantomThread'', released on Christmas Day, 2017.
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Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English/Irish three-time UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winner and legendarily intense method actor. actor.
He has starred in such acclaimed films as ''Film/MyLeftFoot'',''Age ''The Age Of Innocence'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFar'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[DevelopmentHell long-gestating]] biopic ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''. [[TheAce His Oscar win for this role made him the first man to win the Best Actor Oscar three times]]; he is also the only person to win an Oscar for playing an actual American President.
''Film/{{Lincoln}}''.
His father was British Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and his maternal grandfather was film producer Michael Balcon. He's married to [[Theatre/TheCrucible Arthur]] [[Theatre/DeathOfASalesman Miller's]] daughter Rebecca Miller, an accomplished writer in her own right, who he met while filming''Theatre/TheCrucible''.
He is parodied in Irish Creator/{{RTE}} series ''Series/TheSavageEye'', which plays up his supposed devotion to his roles and''Theatre/TheCrucible''. Before that, Lewis had a relationship with French actress Isabelle Adjani with whom he has a son. He famously ended that relationship by breaking up with her over fax.
Lewis is considered an actor who never compromises on any role, fully giving in to each role he plays, working very hard on every part he plays. This made it hard for himlapsing to function as a stage actor, where the great immersion into them a role, makes it harder to repeat night after night. One famous incident, had him breakdown during a production of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' where the sketches.
On June 20, 2017,Prince confronts the ghost of his father. Lewis later admitted that he had seen his own father's ghost on stage and this scared him off from appearing on stage ever again. He was far better suited to film, and even then as he grew older, his dedication and commitment to each part made it harder for him to continue with the next film and role. He retired after finishing ''The Boxer'' in 1997, dropping off the grid and apparently spending time working as an apprentice shoe-maker in Florence. This was until Creator/MartinScorsese convinced him to return in ''Gangs of New York''. This was the biggest and most high-profile role Lewis ever played in his career. It was also very different from his earlier parts. Before Lewis had played sensitive, albeit intense, highly vulnerable men, and generally he played heroes. Bill the Butcher however was a flamboyant LargeHam villain who was supremely [[RatedMForManly macho]] and charismatic. The result was a performance that some consider one of recent cinema's most iconic villains.
This started a new phase for Lewis where he has been highly selective (some six films between 2002-2017), but has achieved a degree of fame and respect that overshadowed his already commendable career before his first retirement. He won an Oscar for ''My Left Foot'' in his first phase, and he won two more in the second one : for ''There Will Be Blood'' and ''Lincoln''. [[TheAce His Oscar win for the latter]] made him the first man to win the Best Actor Oscar three times, the first actor to win an Oscar for any Spielberg film, and the only person so far to win an Oscar for playing an actual American President. Lewis announced a second retirement after ''Phantom Thread'', on June 20, 2017. He called it [[http://variety.com/2017/film/news/daniel-day-lewis-quits-acting-oscar-winner-1202472766/his retirement from acting]], calling it "a private decision". His final performance was in Creator/PaulThomasAnderson's ''Film/PhantomThread'', released on Christmas Day, 2017.
decision"]]. By this time, Lewis attained the status of being considered the best actor of his generation, with some considering him the equal of Creator/LaurenceOlivier, Creator/MarlonBrando, and Creator/RobertDeNiro at their best.
He has starred in such acclaimed films as ''Film/MyLeftFoot'',
His father was British Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and his maternal grandfather was film producer Michael Balcon. He's married to [[Theatre/TheCrucible Arthur]] [[Theatre/DeathOfASalesman Miller's]] daughter Rebecca Miller, an accomplished writer in her own right, who he met while filming
He is parodied in Irish Creator/{{RTE}} series ''Series/TheSavageEye'', which plays up his supposed devotion to his roles and
Lewis is considered an actor who never compromises on any role, fully giving in to each role he plays, working very hard on every part he plays. This made it hard for him
On June 20, 2017,
This started a new phase for Lewis where he has been highly selective (some six films between 2002-2017), but has achieved a degree of fame and respect that overshadowed his already commendable career before his first retirement. He won an Oscar for ''My Left Foot'' in his first phase, and he won two more in the second one : for ''There Will Be Blood'' and ''Lincoln''. [[TheAce His Oscar win for the latter]] made him the first man to win the Best Actor Oscar three times, the first actor to win an Oscar for any Spielberg film, and the only person so far to win an Oscar for playing an actual American President. Lewis announced a second retirement after ''Phantom Thread'', on June 20, 2017. He called it [[http://variety.com/2017/film/news/daniel-day-lewis-quits-acting-oscar-winner-1202472766/
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: A bit more of a complicated example. His commitment to [[MethodActing staying in character]] often makes him difficult to work with especially because he tends to gravitate to heavy roles with characters that are lashing out at the world and this often results in his lashing out at his coworkers during production. However, out-of-character, he is generally very soft-spoken and quite self-deprecating about his commitment to his craft. He also showed up to the Hope For Haiti Now telethon to help raise funds for the 2010 Haiti earthquake victims.
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His father was British Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis. He's married to [[Theatre/TheCrucible Arthur]] [[Theatre/DeathOfASalesman Miller's]] daughter Rebecca Miller, an accomplished writer in her own right, who he met while filming ''Theatre/TheCrucible''.
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His father was British Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis.Day-Lewis and his maternal grandfather was film producer Michael Balcon. He's married to [[Theatre/TheCrucible Arthur]] [[Theatre/DeathOfASalesman Miller's]] daughter Rebecca Miller, an accomplished writer in her own right, who he met while filming ''Theatre/TheCrucible''.
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* CreatorBreakdown: Daniel's MethodActing once led to an incident where he collapsed into a sobbing wreck during a performance of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' as the titular character, during the scene where Hamlet speaks to his father's ghost. Daniel later admitted that during the scene he saw his own father (who had died over a decade earlier). He never appeared on stage again.
* DoingItForTheArt: As has been mentioned, Day-Lewis is one of the most well known method actors around, to the point where he's actually achieved a memetic status as the go to for insane dedication to acting, as during the filming process, he never gets out of character. While playing Bill the Butcher in ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', he famously refused to seek medical treatment for pneumonia until it became almost life threatening, as it was not in keeping with available medical treatment in the 1860's. He also [[ThrowItIn ad libbed]] tapping on his glass eye with a knife to intimidate William Tweed. When playing a villain, he will accost other actors in character on and off the set, and get into fights in bars in preparation for a role. When playing any character, he will spend six months mastering an accent,[[note]]Even if it's completely unnecessary--the most extreme example being when he learned Czech to play the lead in ''Literature/TheUnbearableLightnessOfBeing'' despite the fact that the film was shot in English[[/note]] learning various crafts, and adopting disabilities.
* DyeingForYourArt: Trained as a boxer for three years and broke a knuckle for his role in ''The Boxer''.
* FakeAmerican: Several roles, such as [[Literature/TheAgeOfInnocence Newland Archer]], [[Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans Hawkeye]], [[Film/GangsOfNewYork Bill the Butcher]], [[Film/ThereWillBeBlood Daniel Plainview]] and [[Film/{{Lincoln}} Abraham Lincoln]]. He's a one-man history of 19th Century America.
* DyeingForYourArt: Trained as a boxer for three years and broke a knuckle for his role in ''The Boxer''.
* FakeAmerican: Several roles, such as [[Literature/TheAgeOfInnocence Newland Archer]], [[Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans Hawkeye]], [[Film/GangsOfNewYork Bill the Butcher]], [[Film/ThereWillBeBlood Daniel Plainview]] and [[Film/{{Lincoln}} Abraham Lincoln]]. He's a one-man history of 19th Century America.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: A bit more of a complicated example. His commitment to [[MethodActing staying in character]] often makes him difficult to work with especially because he tends to gravitate to heavy roles with characters that are lashing out at the world and this often results in his lashing out at his coworkers during production. However, out-of-character, he is generally very soft-spoken and quite self-deprecating about his commitment to his craft.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: A bit more of a complicated example. His commitment to [[MethodActing staying in character]] often makes him difficult to work with especially because he tends to gravitate to heavy roles with characters that are lashing out at the world and this often results in his lashing out at his coworkers during production. However, out-of-character, he is generally very soft-spoken and quite self-deprecating about his commitment to his craft. He also showed up to the Hope For Haiti Now telethon to help raise funds for the 2010 Haiti earthquake victims.
* MethodActing: To say the least. He's famous for his exhaustive, in-depth preparations for his characters, for which he will always do extensive research, and not once breaking character until production is wrapped. He could be considered the patron saint of this trope.
* MethodActing: To say the least. He's famous for his exhaustive, in-depth preparations for his characters, for which he will always do extensive research, and not once breaking character until production is wrapped. He could be considered the patron saint of this trope.
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* PlayingAgainstType: He doesn't exactly have a type, per se, but he first drew attention in America for playing two incredibly different roles in movies that happened to premiere in the US on the same day: as the repressed, snobbish, upper-class, Edwardian-era Englishman Cecil in ''Film/ARoomWithAView''; and Johnny, the gay ex-skinhead thug in Thatcher's London engaged in a forbidden romance with a Pakistani boy in ''MyBeautifulLaundrette''. '''Many''' critics were impressed that he did both roles so convincingly.
* ProductionPosse: At the very least, [[Film/MyLeftFoot Jim]] [[Film/InTheNameOfTheFather Sheridan]], Creator/MartinScorsese and now Creator/PaulThomasAnderson are the only directors willing to work with him more than once.
* ProductionPosse: At the very least, [[Film/MyLeftFoot Jim]] [[Film/InTheNameOfTheFather Sheridan]], Creator/MartinScorsese and now Creator/PaulThomasAnderson are the only directors willing to work with him more than once.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** He actively campaigned for the part of Vincent Vega in ''Film/PulpFiction'', but was turned down by Creator/QuentinTarantino.
** He was also going to be cast as Aragorn in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films when Stuart Townsend was kicked off the project, but Creator/PeterJackson ended up going with Creator/ViggoMortensen because of Day-Lewis's reputation as a difficult actor to work with. Had Mortensen actually drowned in ''The Two Towers'' film, however, he might've been Mortensen's replacement.
** He was Creator/JonathanDemme's first choice to play Andrew Beckett in ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}''[[note]]Leading to a rather tasteless joke that he would have actually contracted AIDS for the part[[/note]]. He turned down the role to star in ''Film/TheAgeOfInnocence''. Amusingly, he ended up losing the Academy Award for Best Actor to Creator/TomHanks, who was ultimately cast as Beckett.
** He was considered for Jesus in ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'', but was deemed "too European".
** He actively campaigned for the part of Vincent Vega in ''Film/PulpFiction'', but was turned down by Creator/QuentinTarantino.
** He was also going to be cast as Aragorn in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films when Stuart Townsend was kicked off the project, but Creator/PeterJackson ended up going with Creator/ViggoMortensen because of Day-Lewis's reputation as a difficult actor to work with. Had Mortensen actually drowned in ''The Two Towers'' film, however, he might've been Mortensen's replacement.
** He was Creator/JonathanDemme's first choice to play Andrew Beckett in ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}''[[note]]Leading to a rather tasteless joke that he would have actually contracted AIDS for the part[[/note]]. He turned down the role to star in ''Film/TheAgeOfInnocence''. Amusingly, he ended up losing the Academy Award for Best Actor to Creator/TomHanks, who was ultimately cast as Beckett.
** He was considered for Jesus in ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'', but was deemed "too European".
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* NiceJewishBoy: Though by his own admission he's an agnostic. As for the nice part, see the Jerkass entry above.
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* MethodActing To call him a method actor is probably an understatement.
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Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English/Irish three-time UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winner and legendarily intense method actor. He has starred in such acclaimed films as ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', ''Age Of Innocence'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[DevelopmentHell long-gestating]] biopic ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''[[TheAce His Oscar win for this role made him the first man to win the Best Actor Oscar three times]]; he is also the only person to win]] an Oscar for playing an actual American President]].
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Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English/Irish three-time UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winner and legendarily intense method actor. He has starred in such acclaimed films as ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', ''Age Of Innocence'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[DevelopmentHell long-gestating]] biopic ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''[[TheAce ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''. [[TheAce His Oscar win for this role made him the first man to win the Best Actor Oscar three times]]; he is also the only person to win]] win an Oscar for playing an actual American President]].
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Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English/Irish three-time UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winner and legendarily intense method actor. He has starred in such acclaimed films as ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', ''Age Of Innocence'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[DevelopmentHell long-gestating]] biopic ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''[[note]][[TheAce ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''[[TheAce His Oscar win for this role made him the first man to win the Best Actor Oscar three times]]; he is also the only person to win]] an Oscar for playing an actual American President.[[/note]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: A bit more of a complicated example. He's not necessarily an unpleasant person off-character, but his commitment to [[MethodActing staying in character]] often makes him difficult to work with.
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'''Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis''' (born 29 April 1957) is an English/Irish three-time UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winner and legendarily intense method actor. He has starred in such acclaimed films as ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', ''Age Of Innocence'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[DevelopmentHell long-gestating]] biopic ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''[[note]]His Oscar win for this role made him the first man to win the Best Actor Oscar three times; he is also the only person to win an Oscar for playing an actual American President.[[/note]]
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*MethodActing To call him a method actor is probably an understatement.
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* DeathGlare: Check out the absolute crackers he gives to his nurse/ [[spoiler: future wife]] when she tries to take his hidden bottle of whiskey off him in ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', to Eli Sunday during his "confirmation" in ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and at several points during ''GangsOfNewYork''.
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* DeathGlare: Check out the absolute crackers he gives to his nurse/ [[spoiler: future wife]] when she tries to take his hidden bottle of whiskey off him in ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', to Eli Sunday during his "confirmation" in ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and at several points during ''GangsOfNewYork''.''Film/GangsOfNewYork''.
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* ''Film/{{Gandhi}} (1982) (Extra)
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'''Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis''' (born 29 April 1957) is an English/Irish three-time UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winner and legendarily intense method actor. He has starred in such acclaimed films as ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', ''Age Of Innocence'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[DevelopmentHell long-gestating]] biopic ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''[[note]]His Oscar win for this role made him the first man to win the Best Actor Oscar three times; he is also the only person to win an Oscar for playing an actual American President[[/note]].
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'''Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis''' (born 29 April 1957) is an English/Irish three-time UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winner and legendarily intense method actor. He has starred in such acclaimed films as ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', ''Age Of Innocence'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[DevelopmentHell long-gestating]] biopic ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''[[note]]His Oscar win for this role made him the first man to win the Best Actor Oscar three times; he is also the only person to win an Oscar for playing an actual American President[[/note]].
President.[[/note]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: A bit more of a complicated example. He's not necessarily unpleasant person off-character, but his commitment to [[MethodActing staying in character]] often makes him difficult to work with.
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* {{Jerkass}}: A bit more of a complicated example. He's not necessarily an unpleasant person off-character, but his commitment to [[MethodActing staying in character]] often makes him difficult to work with.
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* KnightFever: He was knighted in 2014.
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* LargeHam: See ChewingTheScenery for more details.
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* DoingItForTheArt: As has been mentioned, Day-Lewis is one of the most well known method actors around, to the point where he's actually achieved a memetic status as the go to for insane dedication to acting, as during the filming process, he never gets out of character. While playing Bill the Butcher in ''GangsOfNewYork'', he famously refused to seek medical treatment for pneumonia until it became almost life threatening, as it was not in keeping with available medical treatment in the 1860's. He also [[ThrowItIn ad libbed]] tapping on his glass eye with a knife to intimidate William Tweed. When playing a villain, he will accost other actors in character on and off the set, and get into fights in bars in preparation for a role. When playing any character, he will spend six months mastering an accent,[[note]]Even if it's completely unnecessary--the most extreme example being when he learned Czech to play the lead in ''TheUnbearableLightnessOfBeing'' despite the fact that the film was shot in English[[/note]] learning various crafts, and adopting disabilities.
* DyeingForYourArt: Trained as a boxer for three years and broke a knuckle for his role in ''The Boxer''.
* FakeAmerican: Several roles, such as [[Literature/TheAgeOfInnocence Newland Archer]], [[Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans Hawkeye]], [[Film/GangsOfNewYork Bill the Butcher]], [[Film/ThereWillBeBlood Daniel Plainview]] and [[Film/{{Lincoln}} Abraham Lincoln]]. He's a one-man history of 19th Century America.
* DyeingForYourArt: Trained as a boxer for three years and broke a knuckle for his role in ''The Boxer''.
* FakeAmerican: Several roles, such as [[Literature/TheAgeOfInnocence Newland Archer]], [[Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans Hawkeye]], [[Film/GangsOfNewYork Bill the Butcher]], [[Film/ThereWillBeBlood Daniel Plainview]] and [[Film/{{Lincoln}} Abraham Lincoln]]. He's a one-man history of 19th Century America.
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* LargeHam: See ChewingTheScenery for more details.
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* MethodActing: To say the least.
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* PlayingAgainstType: He doesn't exactly have a type, per se, but he first drew attention in America for playing two incredibly different roles in movies that happened to premiere in the US on the same day: as the repressed, snobbish, upper-class, Edwardian-era Englishman Cecil in ''Film/ARoomWithAView''; and Johnny, the gay ex-skinhead thug in Thatcher's London engaged in a forbidden romance with a Pakistani boy in ''MyBeautifulLaundrette''. '''Many''' critics were impressed that he did both roles so convincingly.
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'''Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis''' (born 29 April 1957) is an English/Irish three-time UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winner and legendarily intense method actor. He has starred in such acclaimed films as ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', ''Age Of Innocence'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[DevelopmentHell long-gestating]] biopic ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''[[note]]His Oscar win for this role made him the first man to win the Best Actor Oscar three times[[/note]].
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'''Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis''' (born 29 April 1957) is an English/Irish three-time UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winner and legendarily intense method actor. He has starred in such acclaimed films as ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', ''Age Of Innocence'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[DevelopmentHell long-gestating]] biopic ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''[[note]]His Oscar win for this role made him the first man to win the Best Actor Oscar three times[[/note]].
times; he is also the only person to win an Oscar for playing an actual American President[[/note]].
