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Academy Awards, USA. 2018 Nominee Oscar. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. Phantom Thread. 2013 Winner Oscar. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. Lincoln. 2008 Winner Oscar. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.
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Feb 7, 2018 · Daniel Plainview — There Will Be Blood (2007) For his second Oscar win, Day-Lewis transforms into the unstoppable oilman. With this role, he makes the viewer understand that Plainview is a man ...
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- 'There Will Be Blood' (2007) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Of all the great movies Daniel Day-Lewis has appeared in, one of them more or less towers over all the others, much like how the character at its center is a towering monster of a man.
- 'In the Name of the Father' (1993) The second of three Jim Sheridan + Daniel Day-Lewis collaborations, In the Name of the Father is also the best of the lot.
- 'The Age of Innocence' (1993) Directed by Martin Scorsese. Though Martin Scorsese isn't typically associated with the romance genre, in 1993, he released a great one with The Age of Innocence.
- 'Phantom Thread' (2017) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Daniel Day-Lewis's final film role, and his second collaboration with filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread - should it remain his last role - represents Day-Lewis going out on a high note.
He earned Academy Awards for his roles in My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012). His other Oscar-nominated roles were in In the Name of the Father (1993), Gangs of New York (2002), and Phantom Thread (2017).
Day-Lewis received the Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, and a variety of film critics' circle awards for the role.
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Jan 20, 2024 · Day-Lewis's performances in films like My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood, and Lincoln showcased his incredible talent and earned him multiple Best Actor awards.
Apr 2, 2014 · English actor Daniel Day-Lewis earned Oscars for his roles in ‘My Left Foot,’ ‘There Will Be Blood’ and ‘Lincoln,' and nominations for 'Gangs of New York' and 'In the Name of the Father.'