Daniel Day-Lewis is an English actor known for his intense and diverse roles on film. He has received several accolades including three Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Actor Awards, and three Critics' Choice Movie Awards.
He won a record three Academy Awards for Best Actor, for playing Christy Brown in Jim Sheridan's biographical drama My Left Foot (1989), an oil tycoon in the Paul Thomas Anderson's epic period drama There Will Be Blood (2007), and Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's historical drama Lincoln (2012). He was also Oscar-nominated for his roles as Gerry Conlon in Sheridan's drama In the Name of the Father (1993), Bill the Butcher in Martin Scorsese's historical drama Gangs of New York (2002), and an obsessive dressmaker in Anderson's romance Phantom Thread (2017).
Day-Lewis won four BAFTA Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performances in My Left Foot (1989), Gangs of New York (2002), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012). He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture â Drama twice, for There Will Be Blood and Lincoln. He received the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor thrice, for his performances in Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood, and Lincoln.
According to the online media database IMDb, Day-Lewis has won 139 acting awards and received 212 nominations overall in his career.