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Daniel Day-Lewis Acting Filmography (36)

Anemone
2025·Ray Stoker
Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius
2021·Self (archive footage)
Phantom Thread
2017·Reynolds Woodcock
Spielberg
2017·Self
Lincoln: An American Journey
2013·Self
Lincoln
2012·Abraham Lincoln
Access to the Danger Zone
2012·Narrator (voice)
A Man's Story
2011·Self (archive footage)
Making The Last of the Mohicans
2010·Self
Nine
2009·Guido Contini
There Will Be Blood
2007·Daniel Plainview
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2005·Jack Slavin
Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York
2003·Self
Abby Singer
2003·Daniel Day-Lewis (uncredited)
Gangs of New York
2002·Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting
Forever Ealing
2002·Narrator (voice)
The Boxer
1997·Danny Flynn
The Crucible
1996·John Proctor
The Age of Innocence
1993·Newland Archer
In the Name of the Father
1993·Gerry Conlon
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993·Self
The Last of the Mohicans
1992·Hawkeye
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989·Christy Brown
Eversmile New Jersey
1989·Dr. Fergus O'Connell
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988·Tomas
Stars & Bars
1988·Henderson Dores
Nanou
1987·Max
A Room with a View
1986·Cecil Vyse
The Insurance Man
1986·Kafka
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985·Johnny Burfoot
The Bounty
1984·John Fryer
Dangerous Corner
1983·Gordon Whitehouse
Gandhi
1982·Colin
How Many Miles to Babylon?
1982·Alex Moore
Artemis '81
1981·Library Student
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971·Child Vandal (uncredited)