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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
Ronan the Accuser
for Ronan the Accuser in Guardians of the Galaxy (2005 Film)
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In the lawless outer reaches of the galaxy, the cocky Terran scavenger Peter Quill (Nathan Fillion), known only to himself as Star-Lord, lives by his wits and the 90s alt-rock anthems on his Walkman. After stealing a mysterious and powerful orb, he becomes the galaxy's most wanted man, hunted by the relentless Kree fanatic Ronan the Accuser (Daniel Day-Lewis). To escape, Quill is forced into an uneasy alliance with a bizarre group of cosmic outlaws: Gamora (Kate Beckinsale), the deadly, conflicted daughter of a cosmic tyrant; Drax (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson), a hulking warrior driven by a singular thirst for vengeance against Ronan; and the inseparable bounty-hunting duo of Rocket (voiced by Steve Buscemi), a wisecracking, genetically-engineered raccoon, and Groot (voiced by Morgan Freeman), his sentient tree bodyguard. When they discover the orb contains an Infinity Stone, a weapon of unimaginable destruction that Ronan intends to use to cleanse the planet Xandar, their selfish quest for survival turns into a desperate mission. The Guardians must put aside their greed and grievances and rally the ragtag Ravager fleet for a last-ditch battle to stop Ronan's genocidal crusade. This band of outlaws, losers, and misfits might just be the galaxy's only hope, if they don't kill each other first.
