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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Daniel Day-Lewis Biography (1957-)
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 LydiaTamasin 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. Addresses: Agent: Julian Belfrage Associates, 46 Albemarle St., London W1S 4DF, England.; Manager:Gene Parseghian, Parseghian/Planco Management, 23 East 22nd St., Suite 3, NewYork, NY 10010.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, artist
- Birth Details
- April 20, 1957
- London, United Kingdom
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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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
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Television Appearances
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Specials
- Alex, How Many Miles to Babylon?, BBC (England), 1981
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The Making of "The Bounty," 1984
- Host, Red, Hot, and Blue, ABC, 1990
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1993: A Year at the Movies, CNBC, 1993
- Hamlet, "The History of Hamlet," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1995
- Narrator, Forever Ealing, TCM, 2002
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The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, Channel 4 (England), 2003
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Episodic
- Disc jockey, "The Farmer Had a Wife," Shoestring, BBC1 (England),1980
- Himself, "I Love 1985," I Love 1980's, BBC2 (England), 2001
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Awards Presentations
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The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1990
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The 62nd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1991
- Presenter, The 63rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1991
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The Orange British Academy Film Awards, 2003
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The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003
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Movies
- Exhibitioner, Artemis 81, BBC (England), 1981
- Archie Hughes-Forret, A Frost in May, BBC, 1982
- Franz Kafka, The Insurance Man, BBC, 1985
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Miniseries
- Jonathan Dakers, My Brother Jonathan, BBC (England), 1985
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Stage Appearances
- Guy Bennett, Another Country, Queen's Theatre, London, 1982
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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.
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Major Tours
- Toured with Royal Shakespeare Company, including appearances in Romeoand Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream, c. 1983-1984.
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WRITINGS
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Other
- Contributor of art work to the book The Irish: A Treasury of Art and Literature, edited by Leslie Conron Carola, Hugh Lauter Levin, 1993.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
- Jackson, Laura, Daniel Day-Lewis: The Biography, Smith Gryphon, 1995
- Jenkins, Garry, Daniel Day-Lewis: The Fire Within, Sidgwick &Jackson, 1994
Periodicals
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Cosmopolitan, December, 1996, p. 146
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Empire, Issue 57, 1994, pp. 68-69; October, 1997, p. 192
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Entertainment Weekly, January 28, 1994, p. 16; April 12, 1996, p.19
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New Yorker, October 12, 1992, p. 46
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People Weekly, February 22, 1988; December 15, 1997, p. 174
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Premiere, February, 1988; Volume 5, number 2, 1997, pp. 66-72; January, 1998, pp. 86-89, 101; September, 2002, pp. 60-63, 86
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Prevue, February, 1993, pp. 50-51
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Sunday Times (London), April 1, 1990
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Time, March 21, 1994, p. 66
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Times Magazine, February 21, 1998, pp. 16-19, 21
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