Daniel Day-Lewis is retiring from acting. Considered by many to be one of the preeminent actors of his generation, Lewis has accumulated three best actor wins at the Oscars. Ahead is a look at his career in film from “My Left Foot” to “Lincoln.”
Lewis starred as Johnny in “My Beautiful Laundrette,” a film about an ambitious Asian Briton and his white lover who open a laundromat.
Lewis played Cecil Vyse in 1985’s “A Room with a View.”
Lewis played Christy Brown, a man born with cerebral palsy who learns to paint and write with his left foot. The actor brought home his first Oscar win for the role.
Lewis played Dr. Fergus O’Connell, a dentist who is travelling South America on his motorcycle for the Eversmile foundation of New Jersey.
Lewis played Hawkeye in “The Last of the Mohicans,” a trapper fighting to protect a British Colonel’s daughter during the French and Indian War.
“The Age of Innocence” starred Lewis as Newland Archer, a lawyer who falls in love with a woman while being engaged to the woman’s cousin.
Lewis stars as Gerry Conlon, a man who gave a coerced confessions to a bombing he didn’t commit that lands both himself and his father in prison. The actor received a best actor nomination for the role.
Lewis played John Proctor, a man whose ex-lover is trying to frame his wife for being a witch during the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Lewis played Danny Flynn, a young man trying to rebuild his life after spending 14 years in prison.
Lewis played Bill “The Butcher” Cutting in Martin Scorsese’s “Gang’s of New York.” He received another Best Actor nomination for the role.
“The Ballad of Jack and Rose” starred Lewis as Jack Slavin, and followed him and his daughter’s lives on an isolated island that was a once-thriving commune.
Lewis starred as Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood,” which followed his turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. Lewis won his second Best Actor Oscar for the role.
Lewis played Guido Contini, a film director struggling to find the harmony in his personal and professional life.
Lewis starred as 16th president Abe Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” which was based on the novel “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.” The actor took home his third Best Actor Oscar for the role.