Daniel Day-LewisSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

He shared the Balcon family inclination to act but he was initially more drawn to working-class pursuits than to the stage. Enamored with woodworking and craftsmanship as a teenager he focused for a time on these pursuits rather than on acting.

Eventually the future Oscar winner allowed chance to play a role in his future and he applied to only one theater program.

When he was accepted to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Day-Lewis threw himself fully into the craft of drama.After his years at the Bristol Old Vic and several forays onto the stage Day-Lewis made it to the silver screen with a small part in Gandhi (1982).

He continued to appear in films and plays for several years during which time he developed his much noted and intense acting style. Applying the same ethos to drama as he did to woodworking Day-Lewis became a method actor who devotes himself physically psychologically and emotionally to getting in character for each of his roles.

This creative process ultimately served Day-Lewis well in Hollywood. Day-Lewis explained his preparations for roles this way: I don't rehearse at all in film if I can help it. In talking a character through you define it. And if you define it you kill it dead.