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

  • 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
  • Episodic
  • Disc jockey, "The Farmer Had a Wife," Shoestring, BBC1 (England),1980
  • Himself, "I Love 1985," I Love 1980's, BBC2 (England), 2001
  • 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
  • Movies
  • Exhibitioner, Artemis 81, BBC (England), 1981
  • Archie Hughes-Forret, A Frost in May, BBC, 1982
  • Franz Kafka, The Insurance Man, BBC, 1985
  • 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.
  • Major Tours
  • Toured with Royal Shakespeare Company, including appearances in Romeoand Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream, c. 1983-1984.
  • WRITINGS
  • 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
    • Cosmopolitan, December, 1996, p. 146
    • Empire, Issue 57, 1994, pp. 68-69; October, 1997, p. 192
    • Entertainment Weekly, January 28, 1994, p. 16; April 12, 1996, p.19
    • New Yorker, October 12, 1992, p. 46
    • People Weekly, February 22, 1988; December 15, 1997, p. 174
    • Premiere, February, 1988; Volume 5, number 2, 1997, pp. 66-72; January, 1998, pp. 86-89, 101; September, 2002, pp. 60-63, 86
    • Prevue, February, 1993, pp. 50-51
    • Sunday Times (London), April 1, 1990
    • Time, March 21, 1994, p. 66
    • Times Magazine, February 21, 1998, pp. 16-19, 21

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