Day–Lewis, Daniel 1957–

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DAY–LEWIS, Daniel 1957–

PERSONAL

Full name, Daniel Michael Blake Day–Lewis; born April 20 (some sources cite April 29), 1957, in London, England; son of Cecil (a poet) and Jill (an actress; maiden name, Balcon) Day–Lewis; grandson of Sir Michael Balcon (a film studio executive); son–in–law of Arthur Miller (a playwright); brother of Lydia Tamasin Day–Lewis (a filmmaker and writer); married Rebecca Miller (an actress, writer, and director), November 13, 1996; children: Ronan Cal, Cashel Blake; (with actress Isabelle Adjani) Gabriel–Kane. Education: Studied at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, London, and at Bristol Arts Centre, Bristol, England. Avocational Interests: Soccer, motorcycling, cabinet making.

Addresses: Agent— Julian Belfrage Associates, 46 Albemarle St., London W1S 4DF, England. Manager— Gene Parseghian, Parseghian/Planco Management, 23 East 22nd St., Suite 3, New York, NY 10010.

Career: Actor and artist.

Awards, Honors: New York Film Critics Circle Award and National Board of Review Award, both best supporting actor, 1986, for My Beautiful Laundrette and A Room with a View; Montreal World Film Festival Award and special mention for Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (with Jim Sheridan), both Montreal World Film Festival, New York Film Critics Circle Award, and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, all 1989, Academy Award, Golden Globe Award nomination, National Society of Film Critics Award, Film Award from British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Los Angeles Film Critics Award, and Evening Standard British Film Award, all 1990, all best actor, for My Left Foot; Film Award nomination, best actor, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, London Critics Circle Film Award, British actor of the year, and Evening Standard British Film Award, best actor, all 1993, for The Last of the Mohicans; Boston Society of Film Critics Award, best actor, 1993, and Academy Award nomination, Golden Globe Award nomination, and Film Award nomination, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, all best motion picture actor, 1994, all for In the Name of the Father; Golden Globe Award nomination, best actor in a motion picture drama, 1998, for The Boxer; Actor Award, New York Film Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, San Diego Film Critics Society Award, Seattle Film Critics Award, Southeastern Film Critics Association Award, and Boston Society of Film Critics Award nomination, all best actor, 2002, Academy Award nomination, Film Award, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Golden Globe Award nomination, Screen Actors Guild Award, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, Florida Film Critics Circle Award, Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award, Sierra Award from Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, and Online Film Critics Society Award, all best actor in a motion picture, 2003, Critics Award, best foreign actor, Russian Guild of Film Critics, 2003, MTV Movie Award nomination, best villain, 2003, and Golden Satellite Award, best actor in a motion picture drama, International Press Academy, 2003, all for Gangs of New York.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) Child vandal, Sunday Bloody Sunday, United Artists, 1971.

Colin, Gandhi (also known as Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi ), Columbia, 1982.

John Fryer, The Bounty, Orion, 1984.

Cecil Vyse, A Room with a View, Cinecom, 1986.

Johnny, My Beautiful Laundrette, Orion, 1986.

Max, Nanou, Umbrella/Arion, 1986.

Tomas, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Orion, 1988.

Henderson Dores, Stars and Bars, Columbia, 1988.

Dr. Fergus O'Connell, Eversmile, New Jersey (also known as Eterna sonrisa de New Jersey ), J & M, 1989.

Christy Brown, My Left Foot (also known as My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown ), Granada/Miramax, 1989.

Nathaniel Poe (Hawkeye), The Last of the Mohicans, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1992.

Gerald "Gerry" Conlon, In the Name of the Father, Universal, 1993.

Newland Archer, The Age of Innocence, Columbia, 1993.

John Proctor, The Crucible, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1996.

Danny Flynn, The Boxer, Universal, 1997.

William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting (some sources cite name as Bill Poole), Gangs of New York, Miramax, 2002.

Himself, Abby Singer, Wembly Hall Theatre Company, 2003.

Jack, Rose and the Snake, IFC Films, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Alex, How Many Miles to Babylon?, BBC (England), 1981.

The Making of "The Bounty, " 1984.

Host, Red, Hot, and Blue, ABC, 1990.

1993: A Year at the Movies, CNBC, 1993.

Hamlet, "The History of Hamlet," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1995.

Narrator, Forever Ealing, TCM, 2002.

The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, Channel 4 (England), 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Disc jockey, "The Farmer Had a Wife," Shoestring, BBC1 (England), 1980.

Himself, "I Love 1985," I Love 1980's, BBC2 (England), 2001.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1990.

The 62nd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1991.

Presenter, The 63rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1991.

The Orange British Academy Film Awards, 2003.

The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Exhibitioner, Artemis 81, BBC (England), 1981.

Archie Hughes–Forret, A Frost in May, BBC, 1982.

Franz Kafka, The Insurance Man, BBC, 1985.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Jonathan Dakers, My Brother Jonathan, BBC (England), 1985.

Stage Appearances:

Guy Bennett, Another Country, Queen's Theatre, London, 1982.

Dracula, Little Theatre Company, 1984.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky, Futurists, National Theatre Company, Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1986.

Title role, Hamlet, National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, London, 1989.

Appeared in a British production of Look Back in Anger; appeared in productions at Bristol Old Vic Theatre, London, including Class Enemy and Funny Peculiar; also appeared with National Youth Theatre.