Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis was in a relationship with the French actress Isabelle Adjani which lasted for only 6 years. Few months later their break-up, Day-Lewis’ first son Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis was born in New York.

He met his wife Rebecca Miller on the sets of the movie ‘The Crucible’. They got married in 1989 and have two sons, Ronan Cal Day-Lewis and Cashel Blake Day-Lewis.

Daniel Day-Lewis was born in Kensington, London on April 29, 1957. His father, Cecil Day-Lewis (aka Nicholas Blake), was born in Ireland and was a ‘Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom’. Day-Lewis’ mother, Jill Balcon, was Cecil Day-Lewis’ second wife and was Jewish whose ancestors had migrated to England.

He has an older sister, Tamasin, who is a documentary filmmaker and television chef. Day-Lewis studied at Sevenoaks School in Kent which he disliked but it taught him three important interests: woodworking, acting and fishing.

Later, he was shifted to another independent school, Bedales, in Petersfiled, Hampshire. In 1975, he left Bedales and joined Bristol Old Vic School and attended it for three years. He also performed at the Bristol Old Vic and was an understudy to Pete Postlethwaite, with whom he later co-starred in a film.

At the age of 14, Daniel Day-Lewis made his acting debut with the movie ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ where he played the role of a vandal. He believed the experience of working in a film was heavenly, and on top of that he also got paid to vandalise expensive cars.

In the 1980s, Day-Lewis started working in theatre and television including ‘Frost in May’ and ‘How Many Miles to Babylon?’ for the BBC where he played two different kind of roles.

Day-Lewis acted in theatre and disappeared from films till 1982. He landed his first adult role, a small part in the film ‘Gandhi’ in 1982. Even though it was a small part it proved crucial for his career.

The movies that truly portrayed his acting calibre for acting were ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ (1985) and ‘A Room with a View’ (1985) which opened in New York on the same day. Thus, it offered the audience as well the critics evidence of his spectacular acting.

In 1987, he grabbed leading role in ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’ starring opposite Juliette Binoche where he played the role of a Czech surgeon whose hyperactive sex life gets disturbed because he falls for a woman.

Daniel Day-Lewis has been one of the few actors in Hollywood to leave a mark through his remarkable acting. His role in ‘My Left Foot’ won him many accolades and awards. This was due to his method acting and immense dedication towards his role.

His next role that left an imprint in the minds of people was ‘The Gangs of New York’. In this movie, he played a villain as impeccably as he would play a hero. This film too won him tons of awards.

In 2012, a movie based on the life of Lincoln was released which broke many records. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.