Daniel Day-Lewis Is Retiring from Acting

[LittleSally]

His representatives announced today Daniel Day-Lewis is retiring.

The 60-year-old actor has had many successes and he is widely known as one of the best actors ever (not just 'of his generation').

Due to his method-acting approach to his craft the roles weighed on him - sometimes more than the average viewer can ever imagine.

His career spans from 1971 up until 2017.

Awards: Oscars - 3, Golden Globes 2, BAFTA - 5...

Some of his most famous movies include:

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

There Will Be Blood (2007)

Lincoln (2012)

Gangs of New York (2002)

I see what he's doing here...leaving us wanting more.

Thank you for all the great movies you gave to us!

Well done, sir!

Happy retirement!

[MrOracle]

This is a guy who would devote YEARS to a character, doing extensive research and interviews prior and who would stay in character during shooting. As LittleSally stated, this was incredibly taxing on him, and while it enabled him to deliver outstanding and award-worthy performances, I don't blame him for choosing to retire after almost 40 years of giving it his all.

Of course I'll miss his acting in the future, but at least we have his excellent (if small) catalog of existing movies, several of which are in my Top 20 of all time.

[Elarra]

I don't really know who the guy is lol

[MrMysteryMan]

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[likitb4istickit]

Never heard of him. Hell I don't even know most male porn stars even though that's about the only video I watch (other than my golden age idols like Ron Jeremy, Peter North, Randy West, etc).

[Vanjasper]

One of his best movies was "In the Name of the Father" were he played the part of Jerry Conlon, a victim of British injustice.

[Doglover666]

He was brilliant in name if the father. I also liked him in the age of innocence

[Phoenix98]

Honestly I only saw him in The Last of the Mohicans I didn't even know he played in any other movies.

[MlleCake]

The movie that put him on the map is called My Left Foot. Check it out. It's incredible.

[nowhere_dani]

One of my favorite actors of all time. I wish him well!

[Shaft50]

One of my favourite films of his was My Left Foot... his acting was absolutely genius!

[Himig_Ng_Pag-ibig]

I bet my left teste he's gonna be back, still gonna act.

[Benk111]

He's a great actor and Gangs of New York was good but, the rest of his films were boring to me.

[Rissyanne]

I thought he already retired...

[karahiri]

nooooooooooo... why? :( i wonder if he's ill.

[abundantlyrich]

Acting is a rigorous job. He's had it really good.

[zagor]

Wow, I had no idea he was 60.

[StainedClass]

He only made like 1 movie every 5 years anyway...

[Asad1ONE1]

Sounds familiar, never watched him though