Daniel Day-Lewis British Actor Born 1957 in Kensington

Daniel Day-Lewis (29 April 1957, Kensington) is a British actor. He is known for Gangs of New York (2002) and Lincoln (2012).

Early life

He was born to Cecil Day-Lewis and Jill Balcon. Schooling on record includes Bedales School, Sevenoaks School and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career

His first listed screen credit dates to 1971, with Sunday, Bloody Sunday. Work from the 1980s includes Gandhi (1982, as Colin) and A Room with a View (1986). The Last of the Mohicans (1992, as Natty Bumppo) and The Age of Innocence (1993) are among his 1990s credits. In the 2000s, he appeared in There Will Be Blood (2007, as Daniel Plainview) and Nine (2009). The 2010s brought Phantom Thread (2017).

The list below counts 24 films and one TV series from 1971 to 2025. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (7), followed by historical (3) and biographical (2). His latest credit on record is Anemone (2025). A Room with a View (1986) is recorded with a worldwide box office of $21 million. Daniel Day-Lewis also worked as writer on Anemone.

Martin Scorsese appears in two of his listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Liam Neeson (two titles) and Winona Ryder (two titles). Martin Scorsese directed two of his titles on record.

Recognition

Daniel Day-Lewis’s wins include three Academy Awards (1990, 2008 and 2013). Other wins include the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Knight Bachelor (2014). Among his nominations is the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1994 for In the Name of the Father. In all, Daniel Day-Lewis has won 8 awards and received 7 nominations.

Personal life

He has been married to Rebecca Miller since 1996. He is the father of Ronan Day-Lewis, and has 3 children in total.