Editing Daniel Day-Lewis (section)

===1980s===
During the early 1980s, Day-Lewis worked in theatre and television, including ''Frost in May'' (where he played an impotent man-child) and ''How Many Miles to Babylon?'' (as a [[World War I]] officer torn between allegiances to Britain and Ireland) for the [[BBC]]. Eleven years after his film debut, Day-Lewis had a small part in the film ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982) as Colin, a South African street thug who racially bullies the title character. In late 1982, he had his big theatre break when he took over the lead in ''[[Another Country (play)|Another Country]]'', which premiered in late 1981. Next, he took on a supporting role as the conflicted, but ultimately loyal, [[John Fryer (sailor)|first mate]] in ''[[The Bounty (1984 film)|The Bounty]]'' (1984). He next joined the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], playing [[Romeo Montague|Romeo]] in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' and Flute in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''.<ref name="OnlineBio"/>

In 1985, Day-Lewis gave his first critically acclaimed performance playing a young gay English man in an [[miscegenation|interracial relationship]] with a Pakistani youth in the film ''[[My Beautiful Laundrette]]''. Directed by [[Stephen Frears]], and written by [[Hanif Kureishi]], the film is set in 1980s London during [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s tenure as Prime Minister.<ref name="Telegraph 2013"/> It is the first of three Day-Lewis films to appear in the [[British Film Institute|BFI]]'s [[BFI Top 100 British films|100 greatest British films of the 20th century]], ranking 50th.<ref>{{cite web|title=British Film Institute – Top 100 British Films|url=http://www.cinemarealm.com/best-of-cinema/top-100-british-films/|website=cinemarealm.com|access-date=26 October 2017|archive-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112022753/http://www.cinemarealm.com/best-of-cinema/top-100-british-films/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Daniel Day-Lewis - The Unbearable Lightness of Being.jpg|thumb|Day-Lewis in ''[[The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)|The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]'' (1988)]]
Day-Lewis gained further public notice that year with ''[[A Room with a View (1985 film)|A Room with a View]]'' (1985), based on the novel by [[E. M. Forster]]. Set in the [[Edwardian period|Edwardian]] period of turn-of-the-20th-century England, he portrayed an entirely different character: Cecil Vyse, the proper upper-class fiancé of the main character Lucy Honeychurch (played by [[Helena Bonham Carter]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Day-Lewis |url=http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho7/daylewis_d.htm |website=The Oscar Site |access-date=6 January 2009 |archive-date=7 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007180639/http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho7/daylewis_d.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1987, Day-Lewis assumed leading man status by starring in [[Philip Kaufman]]'s adaptation of [[Milan Kundera]]'s ''[[The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)|The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]'', in which he portrayed a Czech surgeon whose hyperactive sex life is thrown into disarray when he allows himself to become emotionally involved with a woman. During the eight-month shoot, he learned [[Czech language|Czech]], and first began to refuse to break character on or off the set for the entire shooting schedule.<ref name="OnlineBio"/> During this period, Day-Lewis was regarded as "one of Britain’s most exciting young actors".<ref name="Hamlet"/> He and other young British actors of the time, such as [[Gary Oldman]], [[Colin Firth]], [[Tim Roth]], and [[Bruce Payne]], were dubbed the "[[Brit Pack (actors)|Brit Pack]]".<ref name="beast">{{cite web|first=Marlow|last=Stern|title=Gary Oldman Talks "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", "Batman" Retirement|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/gary-oldman-talks-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-batman-retirement|website=The Daily Beast|access-date=10 December 2013|date=8 December 2011|archive-date=30 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130114930/https://www.thedailybeast.com/gary-oldman-talks-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-batman-retirement|url-status=live}}</ref>

Day-Lewis progressed his personal version of [[method acting]] in 1989 with his performance as [[Christy Brown]] in [[Jim Sheridan]]'s ''[[My Left Foot]]''. It won him numerous awards, including the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] and [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor]]. Brown, known as a writer and painter, was born with [[cerebral palsy]], and was able to control only his left foot.<ref name="Telegraph 2008"/> Day-Lewis prepared for the role by making frequent visits to [[Sandymount|Sandymount School Clinic]] in Dublin, where he formed friendships with several people with disabilities, some of whom had no speech.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Good Samaritans – Memoir of a Biographer |first= Anthony J.| last= Jordan |publisher= Westport Books |year= 2008 |isbn= 978-0-9524447-5-6 |page=40}}</ref> During filming, he again refused to break character.<ref name="OnlineBio"/> Playing a severely paralysed character on screen, off-screen Day-Lewis had to be moved around the set in his wheelchair, and crew members would curse at having to lift him over camera and lighting wires, all so that he might gain insight into all aspects of Brown's life, including the embarrassments.<ref name="Fires"/> Crew members were also required to [[spoon-feed]] him.<ref name="Telegraph 2008"/> It was rumoured that he had broken two ribs during filming from assuming a hunched-over position in his wheelchair for so many weeks, something he denied years later at the 2013 [[Santa Barbara International Film Festival]].<ref name="Makingof">''An Inspirational Journey: The Making of My Left Foot'' DVD, Miramax Films, 2005</ref>

[[File:Royal National Theatre (2017).jpg|thumb|right|Day-Lewis played Hamlet in [[Richard Eyre]]'s 1989 production of ''Hamlet'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], London (pictured), his final appearance on the stage]]
Day-Lewis returned to the stage in 1989 to work with [[Richard Eyre]], as the [[Prince Hamlet|title character]] in ''[[Hamlet]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], London, but during a performance collapsed during the scene where the [[Ghost (Hamlet)|ghost of Hamlet's father]] appears before him.<ref name="OnlineBio"/> He began sobbing uncontrollably, and refused to go back on stage; he was replaced by [[Jeremy Northam]], who gave a triumphant performance.<ref name="Hamlet">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-18-ca-254-story.html|title=A Punishing System's Stress Chews Up Another Hamlet|access-date=1 August 2020|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=John|last=Vidal|date=18 September 1989|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125231813/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-18-ca-254-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ian Charleson]] formally replaced Day-Lewis for the rest of the run.<ref>[[John Peter (critic)|Peter, John]]. "A Hamlet Who Would Be King at Elsinore". ''[[Sunday Times]]''. 12 November 1989.</ref> Earlier in the run, Day-Lewis had talked of the "demons" in the role, and for weeks he threw himself passionately into the part.<ref name="Hamlet"/> Although the incident was officially attributed to exhaustion, Day-Lewis claimed to have seen the ghost of his own father.<ref name="OnlineBio"/><ref name="timeout">{{cite web|title=Daniel Day-Lewis Q&A|url=http://www.timeout.com/film/news/997/daniel-day-lewis-q-a.html|website=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|access-date=28 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116203841/http://www.timeout.com/film/news/997/daniel-day-lewis-q-a.html|archive-date=16 January 2013|date=20 March 2006}}</ref> He later explained that this was more of a metaphor than a hallucination. "To some extent I probably saw my father’s ghost every night, because of course if you’re working in a play like ''Hamlet'', you explore everything through your own experience."<ref name="method master">{{cite news |title=Daniel Day-Lewis: 10 defining roles from the method master |date=31 January 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3YyMsjqxVBMgJDfvPRFZtpb/daniel-day-lewis-10-defining-roles-from-the-method-master |access-date=21 May 2020 |agency=BBC |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013623/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3YyMsjqxVBMgJDfvPRFZtpb/daniel-day-lewis-10-defining-roles-from-the-method-master |url-status=live }}</ref> He has not appeared on stage since.<ref>{{cite news |title=Daniel Day-Lewis Quits Acting: A History of His Fascinating Retirement Attempts |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/06/daniel-day-lewis-acting-hollywood |access-date=17 July 2020 |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |first=Julie |last=Miller |date=20 June 2017 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204055148/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/06/daniel-day-lewis-acting-hollywood |url-status=live }}</ref> The media attention following his breakdown on-stage contributed to his decision to eventually move from England to Ireland in the mid-1990s, to regain a sense of privacy amidst his increasing fame.<ref>{{cite news |title=Daniel Day-Lewis |author=Jessica Winter |newspaper=[[The Observer Magazine]] |date=20 January 2013 }}</ref>