Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis represents, for me, the absolute outer limit of what screen acting can be. Three Best Actor Oscars is the statistic, but the substance is his refusal to do anything halfway: years of silence between projects, total immersion once he commits, and then performances so complete they feel less like acting than possession. I find his scarcity admirable rather than precious — he treats each role as if it might be his last, and sometimes it is. If I could show one actor to someone to explain the craft itself, I would show them Day-Lewis.

Name (English)

Daniel Day-Lewis

Name (Japanese)

ダニエル・デイ＝ルイス

Reading

だにえる・でい＝るいす

Born

April 29, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rooster

Origin

Kensington, United Kingdom

Occupation

film actor / artist / stage actor / television actor / actor

Awards & achievements

• 1990 Academy Award for Best Actor
• 2008 Academy Award for Best Actor
• 2013 Academy Award for Best Actor
• 2012 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor
• Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
• 2014 Knight Bachelor

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9

Tags

• film actor
• artist
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

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