This Oscar-winning actor is about to retire
Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis is set to call it a day according to reports emerging from the US, which seem to indicate the star is retiring from acting.
The 60-year-old star who is widely regarded as one of the pre-eminent actors of his generation has played a wide variety of roles over his four decades in show business, and is lauded for his versatility and willingness to lose himself in his characters.
Day-Lewis has one more film awaiting release, Phantom Thread, which is expected to his theatres in December this year and will see him reunited with Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed him to a best actor Oscar win in 2007’s There Will Be Blood.
In a statement, Day-Lewis’ spokeswoman, Leslee Dart, confirmed the news: “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.”
Day-Lewis is the only performer to win three best actor Oscars.
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