Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis — biographical portrait
A Documentary Film

Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis

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My Beautiful Laundrette,

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in which he portrayed the repressed Edwardian gentleman Cecil Vyse. These contrasting roles announced the arrival of a formidable talent. His first Academy Award came for

— Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis

(1989), where he portrayed Irish writer and painter Christy Brown, who had cerebral palsy. He would go on to win two more Best Actor Oscars for

— Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis