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Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis was born in London, England, the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis (aka Nicholas Blake) (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) 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 "Screen Two: The Insurance Man (#2.7)" (1986). 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.
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Daniel Day-Lewis stages his own empty chair speech -
8 November 2012
-Daniel Day-Lewis provided a little light entertainment at the 2012 BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards by staging his own version of Clint Eastwood's famous empty chair speech as he accepted a top honour on Wednesday night (07Nov12).-The There Will Be Blood star was presented with
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Liam Neeson backed Daniel Day-Lewis as his Lincoln replacement -
26 October 2012
-Liam Neeson gave Daniel Day-Lewis his full support after the Oscar winner signed on as the Irish actor's replacement for Steven Spielberg's historical epic Lincoln.-The My Left Foot star insists he would never have even considered portraying Abraham Lincoln in the movie
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Top 10 Daniel Day-Lewis -
25 August 2010
-Daniel Day-Lewis may have got a lucky break, landing a bit-part in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi back in 1982. Since then, however, he has really proved his worth, taking on audacious projects and always delivering. He's picked up two Oscars along the way, but we pay our
Daniel Day-Lewis - what members say
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27 October 2004
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One of the greatest films of all time 18 May 2006
review by younglochinvar from North Wales
Knock out! 18 September 2007
Daniel Day-Lewis - filmography
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Lincoln
(2012)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-winning political biopic stars Daniel Day-Lewis as America's 16th president Abraham Lincoln. The film focuses on the last few months of Lincoln's life, which not only saw the ending of slavery despite dogged opposition from many inside Lincoln's own cabinet, but ..read more »
 
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Due for release on 9th August 2013
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Lincoln - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-winning political biopic stars Daniel Day-Lewis as America's 16th president Abraham Lincoln. The film focuses on the last few months of Lincoln's life, which not only saw the ending of slavery despite dogged opposition from many inside Lincoln's own cabinet, but ..read more »
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from 84 members
Due for release on 9th August 2013
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A Man's Story
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Giorgio Armani, Wolfgang Puck, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Varon Bonicos
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Varon Bonicos directs this documentary about fashion designer Ozwald Boateng. The first black tailor to open a shop on London's Savile Row, as well as the youngest, Boateng soon became world famous for his trademark colourful suits. The film follows Boateng from the late 1990s, a low point in his ..read more »
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Nine
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman
Director: Rob Marshall
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Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.
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Nine - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson, Judi Dench
Director: Rob Marshall
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Rob Marshall directs this big-budget musical based on the classic Fellini film 8 1/2. Set in early 1960s Venice, the film follows famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he struggles to complete his latest project on the eve of his 40th birthday. Meanwhile, he must also juggle the ..read more »
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There Will Be Blood - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Dillon Freasier, Russell Harvard, Ciarán Hinds
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
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Academy Award-winning drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) is a down-and-out silver miner who transforms himself into a rich oil tycoon. When he learns of a small oil-rich town in California, he moves there with his adopted son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier). Using his son to ..read more »
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Ballad Of Jack And Rose
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ryan McDonald, Catherine Keener, Jason Lee
Director: Rebecca Miller
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Drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Jack (Day-Lewis) lives on the site of his abandoned island commune with his 16-year-old daughter Rose (Camilla Belle). Jack has sheltered Rose from the influences of the outside world, but now Rose's emerging womanhood poses troubling questions about the days ahead. ..read more »
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from 3,084 members
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Gangs Of New York
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Liam Neeson, John C. Reilly, Brendan Gleeson
Director: Martin Scorsese
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In 1860's lower Manhattan, the Five Points section is a dark, teeming corner of the city known for vice and chaos. Into this frontier of lawlessness arrives the young Irish American, Amsterdam Vallon. Amsterdam is the orphaned son of the slain Priest Vallon--once chief warrior of the Dead Rabbits ..read more »
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The Boxer
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Gerard McSorley
Director: Jim Sheridan
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Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) directed this drama about a Belfast boxer, filmed with Dublin locations substituting for Belfast. Released after his 14-year prison sentence for IRA activities, 32-year-old Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis) returns to his old neighborhood and sees former-flame ..read more »
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The Crucible
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Daniel Day-Lewis
Director: Nicholas Hytner
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Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. Perched on the edge of a continent is a community dedicated to the service of God. A gang of teenage girls, stifled by the crushing piety of their elders, dance naked in the woods. One girl, Abigail Williams -- her innocence lost in the bed of John Proctor, a married ..read more »
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from 4,337 members
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The Age of Innocence
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Alec McC, Winona Ryder, Michael Gough
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Edith Wharton's scathing account of the tribal customs of the 19th century New York elite. Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is betrothed to the demure May Welland (Winona Ryder), a sensible girl who befits his respectable social position. But when May's cousin, the ..read more »
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from 5,684 members
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The Last Of The Mohicans
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Maurice Roeves, Pete Postlethwaite, Wes Studi
Director: Michael Mann
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In mid-18th century America, woodsman Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) lives amongst British colonists in New York state, but shares the cultural values of his adopted Mohican father, Chingachgook (Russell Means). At the height of the French-Indian war, Hawkeye is asked to lead two British sisters, Cora ..read more »
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from 13,445 members
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My Left Foot
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker
Director: Jim Sheridan
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An alternative to the general run of triumph over the odds biopics, My Left Foot is the true story of Irish cerebral palsy victim Christy Brown. Paralyzed from birth, Brown (played by Hugh O'Conor as child and Daniel Day-Lewis as an adult) is written off as retarded and helpless. But Christy's ..read more »
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from 12,136 members
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Eversmile New Jersey
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Mirjana Jokovic, Daniel Day-Lewis
Director: Carlos Sorin
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Daniel Day Lewis lays a travelling dentist who crusades through Patagonia on a mission to improve anyone whose teeth is causing problems. On his travels, he picks up a lady who becomes his admirer, much to his irritation when he finds out. However, she is a precocious teeth puller, and this winning ..read more »
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from 119 members
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My Left Foot - Blu-ray
(1989)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker
Director: Jim Sheridan
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An alternative to the general run of triumph over the odds biopics, My Left Foot is the true story of Irish cerebral palsy victim Christy Brown. Paralyzed from birth, Brown (played by Hugh O'Conor as child and Daniel Day-Lewis as an adult) is written off as retarded and helpless. But Christy's ..read more »
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from 3 members
Due for release on 27th May 2013
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Stars and Bars
(1988)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Harry Dean Stanton, Kent Broadhurst
Director: Pat O'Connor
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Henderson Dores (Daniel-Day Lewis) is a very proper British art expert sent to rural Georgia by his boss to purchase a painting by Renoir. The present owner, hill-billy Loomis Gage (Harry Dean Stanton), claims he bought the painting for $500 in France in 1946. Dores offers $10 million, but Gage's ..read more »
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My Beautiful Laundrette
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Shirley Ann Field, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey
Director: Stephen Frears
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Omar (Gordon Warnecke) is a young Asian man whose new responsibility is to vamp up his uncle's (Saeed Jaffrey) launderette. With the help of Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis), an old school friend and ex-National Front thug, Omar begins to succeed in his aim. He and Johnny become lovers, resulting in a ..read more »
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A Room With A View - Blu-ray
(1985)
Starring: , ,
Director: James Ivory
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Merchant-Ivory adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel. At the turn of the century, Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham-Carter) has her passions stirred by young George Emerson (Julian Sands) while on holiday in Italy. On her return to Surrey she tries to put George behind her, but becomes increasingly ..read more »
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A Room With A View
on DVD
(1985)
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Director: James Ivory
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Adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by E.M. Forster, A Room with a View is a shining example of Merchant-Ivory's ability to achieve maximum quality and opulence at minimum cost. Set during the Edwardian Era, the film stars Helena Bonham Carter as Lucy Honeychurch, who like all proper ..read more »
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from 9,034 members
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The Bounty
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Anthony Hopkins, Bernard Hill
Director: Roger Donaldson
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A revisionist remake of the famous maritime story. Captain William Bligh (Anthony Hopkins) is in charge of the Bounty as it endures a long and harrowing voyage across the South Seas. When the ship reaches Tahiti, and the crew go to shore in search of breadfruit, they soon become used to the island ..read more »
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from 2,667 members
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Artemis '81
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Ingrid Pitt, Hywel Bennett, Roland Curram
Director: Alastair Reid
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1980s sci-fi drama from the BBC starring Hywel Bennett as paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax, who is drawn into a battle between the forces of good, represented by alien angel Helith (Sting), and the forces of evil, represented by Helith's evil brother Asrael (Roland Curram). Ranging from Oxford to ..read more »
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Alan Bennett At The BBC
(4 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Prunella Scales, Janet McTeer, Patricia Routledge
Director: John Schlesinger, Stephen Frears, Richard Eyre
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A selection of BBC plays and observational pieces written by celebrated playwright Alan Bennett. The collection includes: 'A Visit From Miss Prothero', 'Sunset Across the Bay', 'A Day Out', 'A Woman of No Importance', 'Our Winnie', 'An Englishman Abroad', 'Dinner at Noon', 'The Insurance Man', '102 ..read more »
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...it. It's also a completely unexpected love story, that is profoundly beautiful. Daniel Day-Lewis and Gorden Warnecke are both fantastic as the two leads and have real chemistry...
