Daniel Day-Lewis

I love In the Name of the Father and i think DDL performance was amazing, and i also think he deserved the oscar. But his masterfull performance in My Left Foot is flawless, i think he was flawless in ITNOTF too, but the character in MLF was one that needed a lot more acting skills and work to put into.

He was brilliant in both, MLF is just one of the best ever. And i'm looking forward to There Will Be Blood too, he's now one of my favourite actors (if not the favourite) and i hope he is great in it and wins the oscar.

I liked him a lot in Gangs of New York as well

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He is absolutely breath taking in there will be blood. It is a real treat to watch acting of his calibur...he should win best actor again this year

I came here to post my admiration for DDL and figured this post is the best place to put it. I was mesmerized by his performance in Gangs, but having never seen him before that, figured he was just one of those long time stage actors no one had ever seen before. However, watching the trailers for Blood, I realized this guy is amazing. Therefore, when I was channel surfing and came across In the name of the Father, and saw his name in the info section, I watched and was again struck by what an amazing actor this guy is. The range of emotions that he goes through, best seen in the jury trial at the end...very impressive acting. At first, I thought he was a type cast actor, but there is enough different emotions at work in Gangs and Father, that I was wrong.

Given a life time of movies, he will become one of the greatest actors--Marlon Brando, step aside.

Now to go rent Left Foot and see what everyone is talking about.

"We're going to need a bigger boat..."

Daniel Day-Lewis gave the perfomance of his life in this movie. He is wonderful as Gerry Conlon.

I dunno what the academy members were smoking when they gave the Academy Award to Tom Hanks instead of Daniel.

Outrageous!

I have always thought that there was an over the top cartoonish element to many of DDL performances. Think Gangs of New York for the ultimate example.

Best performance of the 90s. .

Proud lead member of the JJ team. .

it is an amazing performance and DDL is,for my money,the best screen actor working.There is nobody better and very few who are even in the same league.
as to the poster who felt there were a cartoonish element to his performance in GANGS,I feel DDL is so fearless as to pitch a performance on the very edge of parody and yet,to me,it never tilted over into unbelievability.
I Think if one were to watch all his performances back to back you would see the sheer range of this guy is astonishing.I cant wait to see TWBB.I'm sure it will be another performance of rare intensity and power.