Daniel Day-Lewis: A Farewell to the Red Carpet

Updated / Thursday, 22 Jun 2017 17:57
The young Daniel Day-Lewis winning his first Oscar trophy in 1989 for his role in 'My Left Foot'.
The young Daniel Day-Lewis winning his first Oscar trophy in 1989 for his role in 'My Left Foot'.

Following Daniel Day-Lewis' surprise announcement that he's retiring from acting, we decided to remind ourselves of the stylish actor's most iconic red carpet moments.

Day-Lewis announced the news in a statement from his spokesperson Leslee Dart to Variety.

Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer be working as an actor, he is immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences over the many years. This is a private decision and neither he nor his representatives will make any further comment on this subject.

Fans were quick to react on Twitter.

The sixty-year-old Day-Lewis is the son of Irish poet Cecil Day-Lewis and English actress Jill Angela Henriette Balcon. 

The Greenwich=born actor is famed for his method acting which earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the Oscars five times and he won the award three times: for My Left Foot in 1989, There Will Be Blood in 2007 and Lincoln in 2012.

He is the only one to have won the Best Actor Oscar three times.

The Wicklow-based star has worked with directors such as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. 

Day-Lewis was very devoted and passionate about his work, doing thorough research for each role, even becoming isolated in the woods for The last Of The Mohicans and using a wheelchair for My Left foot. 

The Anglo-Irish actor has been nominated one of the most influential people by the Time magazine and has also been knighted for his work by Queen Elizabeth II.

He quickly became a legend in Hollywood and we will miss him on our big screens. However, we will have a last chance to see him shining in Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread later this year. 

There are many method actors from Dustin Hoffman to Kate Winslet to Jack Nicholson but Day-Lewis, as his accolades would attest, is in a different realm, The Last of the Mohicans even.

Here's a gallery to pay tribute to his exceptional charisma and style on the red carpet.

Shaved head and tuxedo in 2003: the actor is a real rebel at the Golden Globes.
Shaved head and tuxedo in 2003: the actor is a real rebel at the Golden Globes.
Dandy Day-Lewis rocking a beret and exceptional tie and velvet suit and of course that hipster-inspiring beard, with wife Rebecca Miller at the International Berlin Film Festival when he won the 'Berlinale Camera' award in 2005.
Dandy Day-Lewis rocking a beret and exceptional tie and velvet suit and of course that hipster-inspiring beard, with wife Rebecca Miller at the International Berlin Film Festival when he won the 'Berlinale Camera' award in 2005.
Day -Lewis and director Martin Scorsese posing after the actor won the Best Actor Award for 'The Ballad of Jack and Rose' during the Marrakesh International Film Festival in 2005.
Day -Lewis and director Martin Scorsese posing after the actor won the Best Actor Award for 'The Ballad of Jack and Rose' during the Marrakesh International Film Festival in 2005.
Tartan power at the Premiere Of 'There Will Be Blood' in 2007. Scottish chic.
Tartan power at the Premiere Of 'There Will Be Blood' in 2007. Scottish chic.
Daniel Day-Lewis winning his second Oscar in 2008 for Best Actor for 'There Will Be Blood' accompanied by actress Helen Mirren and looking very classy.
Daniel Day-Lewis winning his second Oscar in 2008 for Best Actor for 'There Will Be Blood' accompanied by actress Helen Mirren and looking very classy.
The handsome actor with his new haircut and bow tie at the Golden Globes in 2013 winning the award for Best Performance in 'Lincoln'.
The handsome actor with his new haircut and bow tie at the Golden Globes in 2013 winning the award for Best Performance in 'Lincoln'.
And another one! Day-Lewis in a navy blue tux winning his third Best Actor Oscar for 'Lincoln' in 2013.
And another one! Day-Lewis in a navy blue tux winning his third Best Actor Oscar for 'Lincoln' in 2013.
Looking well in his waistcoat and beret with his wife Rebecca attending her a night in honour of her father, Arthur Miller - the 'One Night 100 Years' Benefit Gala in 2016.
Looking well in his waistcoat and beret with his wife Rebecca attending her a night in honour of her father, Arthur Miller - the 'One Night 100 Years' Benefit Gala in 2016.
Montblanc And The Cinema Society event in 2016 with son Gabriel Day-Lewis and Rebecca. One stylish family. Happy retirement together Mr Day-Lewis.
Montblanc And The Cinema Society event in 2016 with son Gabriel Day-Lewis and Rebecca. One stylish family. Happy retirement together Mr Day-Lewis.
A look back at Daniel Day-Lewis' memorable red carpet moments
A look back at Daniel Day-Lewis' memorable red carpet moments

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