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World's greatest living actor Daniel Day-Lewis turns 60 today

Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the most acclaimed film actors of our time. The actor is considered as a method actor is often known to go great depths to find his character.  Lewis is the only actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor thrice.
Daniel Day Lewis was born to Britain's poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon in Kensington, London. (Photo|AFP)
Daniel Day Lewis was born to Britain's poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon in Kensington, London. (Photo|AFP)
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His first acclaimed role was in the 1985 film, 'My Beautiful Launderette' and later assumed a huge fan following through the film adaptation of Milan Kundera's 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being.' (Photo|Orion Pictures/Saul Zaentz Company)
His first acclaimed role was in the 1985 film, 'My Beautiful Launderette' and later assumed a huge fan following through the film adaptation of Milan Kundera's 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being.' (Photo|Orion Pictures/Saul Zaentz Company)
Lewis won his first Academy Award for best actor for playing Christy Brown, an artist born with cerebral palsy in 'My Left Foot'(1989). (Photo|MyLeftFootMovie)
Lewis won his first Academy Award for best actor for playing Christy Brown, an artist born with cerebral palsy in 'My Left Foot'(1989). (Photo|MyLeftFootMovie)
The actor is considered as a method actor is often known to go great depths to find his character. For playing the iconic 'Hawkeye' or Nathanial Poe in 'The Last of The Mohicans', Lewis lived in the forest, learnt hunting for months. (Photo|TheLastOfTheMohicansMovie)
The actor is considered as a method actor is often known to go great depths to find his character. For playing the iconic 'Hawkeye' or Nathanial Poe in 'The Last of The Mohicans', Lewis lived in the forest, learnt hunting for months. (Photo|TheLastOfTheMohicansMovie)
Daniel Day-Lewis won his second Oscar for the Paul Thomas Anderson drama, 'There Will Be Blood' (2007). (Photo | facebook.com/ThereWillBeBloodMovie)
Daniel Day-Lewis won his second Oscar for the Paul Thomas Anderson drama, 'There Will Be Blood' (2007). (Photo | facebook.com/ThereWillBeBloodMovie)
Daniel Day-Lewis holds the Desert Palm achievement award, for 'There Will Be Blood' (File |AP)
Daniel Day-Lewis holds the Desert Palm achievement award, for 'There Will Be Blood' (File |AP)
By winning the Oscar for Best Actor for 'Lincoln' in 2012, Lewis has become the only actor to hold three of those statues, beating legends like Marlon Brando and Jack Nickolson. (Photo|facebook.com/LincolnMovie)
By winning the Oscar for Best Actor for 'Lincoln' in 2012, Lewis has become the only actor to hold three of those statues, beating legends like Marlon Brando and Jack Nickolson. (Photo|facebook.com/LincolnMovie)
Time magazine named Daniel Day-Lewis as the 'World's Greatest Actor' in 2012. He was knighted by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge at the Buckingham Palace. (Photo|AFP)
Time magazine named Daniel Day-Lewis as the 'World's Greatest Actor' in 2012. He was knighted by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge at the Buckingham Palace. (Photo|AFP)
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