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Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English and Irish actor. Often described as one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, he is best known for intense method acting portrayed with eccentric characters in auteur films. He is the recipient of numerous accolades including a record three Academy Awards for Best Actor as well as four BAFTAs, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globes. In 2014, Day-Lewis received a knighthood for services to drama. Born and raised in London, Day-Lewis excelled on stage at the National Youth Theatre before being accepted at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which he attended for three years. Despite his traditional training he is considered a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. Protective of his private life, he rarely grants interviews and makes very few public appearances. Day-Lewis shifted between theatre and film for most of the early 1980s, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company and playing Romeo Montague in Romeo and Juliet and Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Playing the title role in Hamlet at the National Theatre in London in 1989, he left the stage midway through a performance after breaking down during a scene where the ghost of Hamlet's father appears before him—this was his last appearance on the stage. After supporting film roles in Gandhi (1982) and The Bounty (1984), he earned acclaim for his breakthrough performances in My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), A Room with a View (1985), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). He earned three Academy Awards for Best Actor for his roles as Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989), oil tycoon Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007), and Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012). He was Oscar-nominated for In the Name of the Father (1993), Gangs of New York (2002), and Phantom Thread (2017). Other notable films include The Last of the Mohicans (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993), The Crucible (1996), and The Boxer (1997). He retired from acting twice, from 1997 to 2000 when he took up a new profession as an apprentice shoe-maker in Italy, and from 2017 to 2024. In 2025, he starred in and co-wrote Anemone, directed by his son Ronan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Day-Lewis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Ra's al Ghul
for Ra's al Ghul in Batman: Global Pandemic
Suggested by theoriginalmartian
Bruce Wayne is coming back from a business trip from China and he's not feeling completely healthy. After a few days, information about a new unknown virus appears in the news, which is spreading rapidly around the world. Bruce Wayne gets tested and finds out he's infected with a new coronavirus tip. Gotham City's government is losing control of the situation because the infected are growing rapidly. The police, led by Commissioner Gordon, are overloaded, just like all hospitals. The dead are growing and there is panic and chaos, which he decides to exploit in the criminal underworld in Gotham City. Meanwhile, a sick Alfred collapses and is taken to the hospital in a serious condition. Bruce Wayne is aware of the seriousness of the situation and remains in quarantine. He's contacting Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon to ensure order on the streets to help the local police. They don't hesitate, and like Robin and Batgirl, they're in action, and Catwoman is joining them. The Wayne Enterprises science department, headed by Lucius Fox, is also trying to create a vaccine against the new virus. After a fortnight's quarantine, an angry Bruce Wayne is now, as Batman, following in the footsteps of the origin of the new coronavirus. The investigation will take him back to China, where he reveals that The League of Shadows, headed by Ra's al Ghul, is behind it. How will the battle to life and death between Batman and Ra's al Ghul end up?
