Daniel Day Lewis
Age:
50
Role:
Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood
Character:
Set over a twenty year period the Will Be Blood follows Daniel Plainview (Day Lewis), who rises from a lowly silver miner to become a successful oil baron.Following a tip from a visitor named Paul Sunday, whose family sits atop a veritable ocean of oil, Plainview travels to the town of New Boston, California, with his young son.Sunday’s preacher brother Eli (both roles are played by the excellent Paul Dano) grudgingly accepts Plainview’s ambitions under the condition that he help fund the town church.
Previous Oscar Wins:
One - 1990 Best Actor for My Left Foot.
Previous Oscar Nominations: Two
1993 Best Actor for In the Name of the Father -2002 Best Actor for Gangs of New York.
Awards for Role:
Best Actor awards at the Golden Globes, National Society of Film Critics' Awards and the LA Film Critics Association and the Bafta’s.
Critics:
‘Daniel Plainview, played by Day-Lewis in what is, even by his standards, an incredible performance.’ Empire
‘Oscar glory beckons for Daniel Day-Lewis, at his imperious, explosive best as turn-of-the-century oilman Daniel Plainview.’ BBC
‘Practically a one-man showcase for Daniel Day-Lewis, who gives another one of his astonishing, burrowing-into-the-role performances.’ Film Journal International
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
Other Best Actor nominations