During the early '80s, Day-Lewis maintained an on-off career in the theatre, appearing in Edward II, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Look Back in Anger, and Dracula. He also starred in a series of serials for the BBC, including "Frost in May", where he played an impotent man-child; and "How Many Miles to Babylon?", as a World War II officer torn between allegiances to Britain and Ireland. Eleven years Read more...

In 1992, three years after his Oscar win, The Last of the Mohicans was released. Day-Lewis' character research for this film was well-publicized; he reportedly underwent rigorous weight training and learned to live off the land and forest where his character lived, camping, hunting and fishing. He even carried a Kentucky rifle at all times during filming in order to remain in character and learned Read more...

After a five-year absence from filming, Day-Lewis returned to act in multiple Academy Award nominated films such as, Gangs of New York, a film directed by Martin Scorsese (with whom he had worked on The Age of Innocence) and produced by Harvey Weinstein. In his role as the villain gang leader "Bill the Butcher" (who, ironically, has a pure hatred for Ireland and the Irish people), he starred along Read more...