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Acting

Daniel Day-Lewis

Career: Active from 1979 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 26
top three billing

Average score: 71/100

Highest rated: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Daniel Day-Lewis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.9, average 5.4
Physical Comedy
1.0, average 2.4
Adrenaline
3.4, average 4.8
Scare
1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 6
Character-Driven 5
Social Realism 3
Psychological Tension 3
Political Intrigue 3
Forbidden Love 2
Complex Relationships 2
Romantic Drama 2
Thought-Provoking 2
Psychological Drama 2
Haunting Score 2
Powerful Performances 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 53

Anemone

53

as Ray Stoker

2010s

4 titles · average score 78

Phantom Thread

83

as Reynolds Woodcock

Maggie's Plan

70

Thanks

Lincoln

80

as Abraham Lincoln

Access to the Danger Zone

as Narrator (voice)

2000s

7 titles · average score 65

Nine

48

as Guido Contini

There Will Be Blood

88

as Daniel Plainview

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

58

as Jack Slavin

Abby Singer

57

as Daniel Day-Lewis (uncredited)

Gangs of New York

73

as Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting

Forever Ealing

as Narrator (voice)

TV show

1990s

5 titles · average score 78

The Boxer

74

as Danny Flynn

The Crucible

70

as John Proctor

In the Name of the Father

86

as Gerry Conlon

The Age of Innocence

81

as Newland Archer

The Last of the Mohicans

80

as Hawkeye

1980s

15 titles · average score 67

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

89

as Christy Brown

Eversmile New Jersey

55

as Dr. Fergus O'Connell

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

77

as Tomas

Stars & Bars

45

as Henderson Dores

Nanou

48

as Max

A Room with a View

83

as Cecil Vyse

The Insurance Man

as Kafka

My Beautiful Laundrette

77

as Johnny Burfoot

My Brother Jonathan

TV show · as Jonathan Dakers

The Bounty

69

as John Fryer

Dangerous Corner

as Gordon Whitehouse

How Many Miles to Babylon?

as Alex Moore

1970s

3 titles · average score 76

Shoestring

76

TV show · as DJ

Playhouse

TV show · as Alex

Sunday Bloody Sunday

76

as Child Vandal (uncredited)

1960s

1 title · average score 61

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Gordon Whitehouse