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Daniel Day-Lewis: Biography

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Birth Name: Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
Birth Place: London, England
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/29/1957, Taurus
Profession: Actor

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Daniel Day-Lewis Fast Facts:

First film role came with a bit part in the 1971 drama Sunday Bloody Sunday.
Made his West End stage debut in 1982, starring for several months in the play Another Country.
Big-screen breakthrough came in 1986, with acclaimed roles in the dramas My Beautiful Laundrette and A Room with a View, both of which premiered on the same day in the U.S.
Returned to the stage in a 1989 National Theatre production of Hamlet, but dropped out in mid-performance, reportedly due to "nervous exhaustion."
Named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1990 and '94.
Took a five-year break from acting following 1997's The Boxer, during which he reportedly studied shoe making; returned to the big screen in 2002, playing Bill "The Butcher" in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York.
Collaborated with his wife Rebecca Miller, the daughter of playwright Arthur Miller, on controversial indie The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005).

Daniel Day-Lewis Relationships:
Michael Balcon - Grandfather
Jill Balcon - Mother
Tamasin Day-Lewis - Sister
Gabriel Kane Adjani - Son
Ronan Cal Day-Lewis - Son
Cashel Blake Day-Lewis - Son
Isabelle Adjani - Ex-significant Other
Rebecca Miller - Wife
Sean Day-Lewis - Half Brother
Cecil Day-Lewis - Father
Jonathan Balcon - Uncle
Daniel Day-Lewis Awards:
1990 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1994 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1998 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
2003 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1989 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Winner
1993 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
2002 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
2008 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Winner
2007 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Winner
2010 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1989 BAFTA Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Winner
2007 BAFTA Awards: Best Leading Actor - Winner
2002 BAFTA Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Winner
1993 BAFTA Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
1992 BAFTA Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee
2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Winner
2002 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Winner
College:
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Bristol, England