Nickname:	Daniel Day-Lewis / Daniel Day Lewis /
Known for:	Gangs of New York, The Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot
Birth name:	Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
Birthday:	29 April 1957, London, England, UK
Height:	6' 1½" (1.87 m)

Daniel Day-lewis Is King Of The Baftas

Picture Inside. Wicklow resident Daniel Day-Lewis continued his awards run last night by winning the Best Actor award at the BAFTAs in London.The Oscar nominee was named Best Actor for his performance in 'There Will Blood'; he has already won the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for his work in the Paul Thomas And... Read More » Daniel Day-lewis Is King Of The Baftas

Daniel Day-Lewis tends to bide his time between projects, sometimes waiting as long as five years between Oscar nominations, er, film roles.
Daniel Day-Lewis celebrated his Oscar win by kissing George Clooney. The 50-year-old actor stunned onlookers when he passionately embraced his fellow Academy Award nominee.

Day-Lewis - who was named Best Actor at Sunday's ceremony - said the kiss was his way of showing his appreciation for Clooney's constant support.
AP - Daniel Day-Lewis drank up Oscar success Sunday night, winning the Academy Award for best actor for his fierce portrayal of an oil man who steadily loses his mind in "There Will Be Blood."
Daniel Day-Lewis made it a clean sweep for Europe at the Oscars on Sunday, claiming the fourth of the night's acting awards. The Irishman took home his second Best Actor Academy Award for his role in There Will Be Blood and made it four out of four for Europe.


AP - Daniel Day-Lewis won the best actor award at the British Academy Film Awards Sunday, cementing his place as an Oscar favorite for his role as a larger-than-life oilman in "There Will be Blood."
George Clooney is already conceding Best Actor Oscar victory to Daniel Day-Lewis, claiming no one has a chance against the British star.


He may already have an Oscar for My Left Foot, and is the frontrunner to pick up another for There Will Be Blood, but as far as Daniel Day-Lewis's 9-year-old son Ronan is concerned, dad works in construction ? not movies.

"I lead a very quiet life when I'm not working," the SAG Award winner star, who practices his carpentry during his often long down time between movies, told England's Daily Mail magazine Weekend.

But disputing his reputation as a hermit, Day-Lewis, 50, says, "I'm not in hiding behind closed doors. How can you be a recluse in a house full of childrenS"
Actor Daniel Day-Lewis has slammed reports he is a recluse - insisting it is impossible for a father-of-two to stay indoors.


LOS ANGELES (AP) - Daniel Day-Lewis dedicated his Screen Actors Guild Award to Heath Ledger. Day-Lewis, who was honored Sunday as leading actor for his performance in ''There Will Be Blood,'' gave an acceptance speech that echoed he made last week about Ledger, the 28-year-old Australian actor whose death stunned Hollywood, on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show.''


Daniel Day-Lewis is thrilled with his Oscar nomination for There Will Be Blood, and paid tribute to the movie's director Paul Thomas Anderson.


AP - Even though his 10-year-old co-star was new to acting, Daniel Day-Lewis said he didn't need to adjust his style while filming "There Will Be Blood."
Reuters - Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the top actors of his generation for a range of roles, from his Oscar-winning portrayal of a cerebral palsy victim in "My Left Foot" to currently playing "There Will Be Blood."
Daniel Day-Lewis and French actress Marion Cotillard were both winners at the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards - landing the Best Actor and Actress prizes.


AP - Daniel Day-Lewis never shows up in gossip mags, hardly ever appears on talk shows and rarely grants interviews. The elusive actor can only be seen on screen — and that's infrequent, too.
Daniel Day-Lewis felt all eyes on him while he was shooting There Will Be Blood at California's historic Doheny Mansion because guards wouldn't let him out of their sight.

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