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Daniel Day-Lewis - news / articles


  • Day-Lewis to be feted at British Independent Film Awards - 28 October 2009
    -Daniel Day-Lewis is to be honoured with the top prize at the 2009 British Independent Film Awards.- -The There Will Be Blood star will receive the Richard Harris Award in recognition of his contribution to British film at a London ceremony on 6 December (09).- - David B


  • McGregor almost quit after watching Day-Lewis - 19 October 2009
    -Ewan Mcgregor set fire to his Equity union card after watching Daniel Day-Lewis in In The Name Of The Father - because he realised he'd never be as good an actor as the Irishman. - -The Scot admits he'd most like to work with Day-Lewis, even though he almost gave up acti


  • Day-Lewis, Atonement scoop awards at Bafta bash - 11 February 2008
    Daniel Day-Lewis may need a longer mantelpiece before awards season is through after the Irish actor scooped another gong at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) awards in London. -The Gangs of New York and In The Name of the Father star won the Best A

Daniel Day-Lewis - what members say


  • My Beautiful Laundrette
  • My Beautiful Laundrette review by from SHEFFIELD
    Rated - 5 stars 27 October 2004
    ...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...  
  • My Left Foot
  • My Left Foot review by A customer from Wiltshire
    Rated - 5 stars One of the greatest films of all time 18 May 2006
    ...ceptional performance that will leave you gobsmacked at the sheer brilliance of Daniel Day-Lewis and a delightful performance by 'his mother' Branda Fricker (winning them both ...  
  • The Boxer
  • The Boxer review by younglochinvar from North Wales
    Rated - 5 stars Knock out! 18 September 2007
    ...A wonderful cast is headed by Daniel Day-Lewis in one of the best films relating to the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland. ...  

Daniel Day-Lewis - filmography


  • Nine (2009)
    Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis,  Marion Cotillard,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Rob Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 14 members
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  • My Left Foot on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis,  Ray McAnally,  Brenda Fricker
    Director: Jim Sheridan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a performance for the ages in this film based on DOWN ALL THE DAYS, the autobiography of Christy Brown, who overcame severe physical limitations to become an accomplished painter and writer. The film describes the astounding arc of Brown's life, starting with a childhood ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 9,158 members
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  • Eversmile New Jersey on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis,  Mirjana Jokovic
    Director: Carlos Sorin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Armed with portable dentists' offices that fit inside motorcycle sidecars, the Eversmile New Jersey company finances the fight against tooth decay. When one of the dentists finds a stowaway in his sidecar, and she turns out to be one great dental assistant, the two hit the road to adventures that ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 90 members
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  • My Beautiful Laundrette on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Saeed Jaffrey,  Roshan Seth,  Daniel Day-Lewis
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE is a highly acclaimed and beautifully rendered portrait of two boyhood friends struggling to survive in racially tense Thatcher-era Britain. Omar, a homosexual Pakistani boy living in London with his alcoholic father, lifts a chunk of drug money from another Pakistani and, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 10,389 members
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  • The Bounty on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Anthony Hopkins,  Edward Fox
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The familiar story of Captain Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Captain Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,243 members
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  • Artemis '81 on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis,  Hywel Bennett,  Sting
    Director: Alastair Reid
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Hywel Bennett plays paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax, who is drawn into a battle between the forces of good, represented by alien angel Helith, and the forces of evil, represented by Helith's evil brother Asrael. Ranging from Oxford to Denmark, a North Sea ferry to an alien planet, Harlax ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 142 members
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Daniel Day-Lewis - watch online


  • My Left Foot to Watch Now (1989)
    Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis,  Ray McAnally,  Brenda Fricker
    Director: Jim Sheridan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 98 minutes
    Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a performance for the ages in this film based on DOWN ALL THE DAYS, the autobiography of Christy Brown, who overcame severe physical limitations to become an accomplished painter and writer. The film describes the astounding arc of Brown's life, starting with a childhood ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 125 members
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Daniel Day-Lewis facts

5 most recent films

Nine - 3.5 stars
There Will Be Blood - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
There Will Be Blood - 3.5 stars
Ballad Of Jack And Rose - 3.0 stars
Gangs Of New York - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

In The Name Of The Father - 4.0 stars
My Left Foot - 3.5 stars
The Last Of The Mohicans - 3.5 stars
A Room With A View - 3.5 stars
Gangs Of New York - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Nine - 3.5 stars
Artemis '81 - 2.0 stars
Eversmile New Jersey - 2.0 stars
Ballad Of Jack And Rose - 3.0 stars
The Age Of Innocence - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Liam Neeson - 5 times - show films
Cameron Diaz - 4 times - show films
Brendan Gleeson - 4 times - show films
Jim Broadbent - 4 times - show films
David Hemmings - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Martin Scorsese - 5 times - show films
Jim Sheridan - 4 times - show films
Paul Thomas Anderson - 2 times - show films
Nicholas Hytner - 1 times - show films
Roger Donaldson - 1 times - show films