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[edit] Peer accolades

[edit] Debut?

"He made his debut in Cry, The Beloved Country wearing extensive makeup for his role as a Black boy." I assume this is a joke, since the film was made several years before he was born. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.165.8.170 (talk) 05:37, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

The film yes, but the production of the play was not. The Filmaker 19:58, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] English/Irish

An "English/Irish actor"? In what way is Daniel Day-Lewis Irish? He's an English actor, full stop.

Day-Lewis has identified himself as Irish, his Irish-born father brought his children up to consider themselves as much Irish as English. The source for this is an interview on RTÉ's Late Late Show, although I don't have an exact reference to hand. He also lives in Ireland. --Ryano 22:50, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
He also took out Irish citizenship. The Filmaker 22:31, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

On a recent episode of Parkinson he repeatedly referred to himself as a middle class Englishman, not once did he say he was Irish, so I think the RTE interview should be taken with a pinch of salt. It sounds to me like he likes to endear himself to his audience, so claiming on Irish TV that he is Irish is neither here nor there. I think a better description would be to describe him as an English actor who has taken Irish citizenship. There is a growing tendency at Wikipedia to try and claim anyone of merit to be of Irish stock, no matter how tenuous. No better is this point shown than in the Robert De Niro discussion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Robert_De_Niro —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.5.101.50 (talk • contribs)

'so I think the RTE interview should be taken with a pinch of salt' Yes of course... that's why he now lives in Ireland and has an Irish passport. Superdude rolls his eyes Superdude99 07:34, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

So, where's the consistency? Check out Peter Frampton - a British musician who has taken American citizenship.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Frampton

Notice how he's not Anglo-American? I think it's time the Irish reference on Day-Lewis' page was removed. He is NOT Irish no matter how much you wish he was.

I don't think the article is right in saying that he became an Irish citizen in 1993, the fact is that as the child of an Irish born person, he was at birth automatically an Irish citizen. Just because he was born in England does not make him English, he obvious feels himself to be Irish( which he legally, from the day he was born is). I think the best way to describe him would be to say that he was is a English born, Irish actor.

Ah, but he doesn't consider himself Irish. Try to get a copy of his recent 'Parkinson' interview where he refers to himself as English. One Irish parent does not make a child Irish, especially when the other parent is English. Being born in England and growing up in England makes him English/British, not Irish.

He lives in Ireland, uses an Irish passport, I think it is safe to say that he considers himself Irish.

Okay, so Madonna is British! [sarcasm] There's no reasoning with the Irish mafia - have it your own way if you must.

Daniel Day Lewis lurks still to this day on the set of bag end in NZ, think about it...

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What happened to the bottom? Seems to be cut off.... -plange 03:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA Result

There are 7 things that must pass before an article reaches GA status. I have reviewed it and the result is as follows:

  1. Well-written: Pass
  2. Factually accurate: Pass
  3. Broad: Pass
  4. Neutrally written: Pass
  5. Stable: Pass
  6. Well-referenced: Pass
  7. Images: Pass

Well done, the GA has passed successfully —Minun Spiderman 19:40, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] British or Irish?

Neither Daniel nor his Anglo-Irish father who came to England as a boy and became British Poet Laureate would be recognisably Irish. Daniel could equally well choose to be Jewish. Or English. Does it matter? To him, perhaps yes. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bill Tegner (talk • contribs) 21:39, 28 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Irish and English

Daniel is both Irish and English, so will everyone just shut up about it, i'm sick of this crap, every biography i look up there is this stupid fu#*ing arguement. THESE PEOPLE ARE PATHETIC 89.124.89.62 00:39, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Will someone explain to me why such semi-literate, semi-obscene rants are not deleted from something that purports to be an encyclopedic website? 86.41.167.29 16:14, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

He's an English-born English actor. I fail to see how he is in any way Irish. As I have stated previously, is Madonna British because she lives in England and carries a British passport? Is Peter Frampton American because he has American citizenship? No on both counts. The article, therefore, should refer to Day-Lewis as English. By the way, this is not a messsage board, so would the above user try to bear that in mind before ranting.

Guv2006 21:56, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

He has Irish citizenship, i've read in English papers numerous times about Pierce Brosnan and even they referred to him as American because he has taken up American citizenship. It seems that your on your own then about what you believe. Peter Frampton is English-American89.124.89.62 01:49, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


What about this woman? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_O%27Cathain She was born in Ireland yet her page refers to her as an 'Irish-born British'. I'm not disputing this description; Day-Lewis should be referred to as 'British-born Irish'. 86.42.206.133 (talk) 20:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] LOTR

Did he turn down the role of Aragorn in LOTR? Checking google, there does seem to be sources for the claim, but not many reliable ones. IMDB mentions it, but their biographies aren't always accurate. Stu ’Bout ye! 14:01, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

  • If a reliable source is found and can be provided, the information can be included. The Filmaker 20:06, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Two Debuts

"He made his debut in Cry, The Beloved Country wearing extensive makeup for his role as a black boy. While his disdain for the school grew, he made his film debut at the age of 14 in Sunday Bloody Sunday in which he played a vandal in an uncredited role. "

someone please clarify--Mongreilf (talk) 18:43, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

It appears to have been corrected now. The second sentence was accurate. Nishkid64 (talk) 23:02, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Academy Award?

Why does it say he won his second Oscar when the award hadn't even been given as of the time of that edit? A little preemptive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.155.244.251 (talk) 04:11, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I noticed that myself... check if the IP address is owned by Price-Waterhouse-Coopers :) Anyway, they just officially announced it about 3 minutes ago. SqlPac (talk) 04:40, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rebecca Miller

The article states that he met Rebecca Miller... and then she had his children. I'm assuming something happened in between? - Dudesleeper / Talk 10:34, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, but all that was covered in Biology class in Junior High. SqlPac (talk) 04:41, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Sexual intercourse is the most likely "something" that happened. 64.230.40.32 (talk) 05:28, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "British actor with British-Irish citizenship"

Is there any way to re-write this to sound less awkward? Maybe "Daniel Day-Lewis is a British-Irish actor"? All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 04:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


Daniel day Lewis has an Irish accent. Lives in New York & Ireland. Was Born In England to parents born in Ireland & England. Carries an Irish-American passport (He does NOT no longer carry an English passport). His faith is Jewish and he considers himself Catholic since he declared himself Catholic in the summer of 2006. Call him whatever you want or label him rather... Hes Irish. Parkinson is rubbish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.65.134.211 (talk) 06:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


I think the best way to write this would be, "English born actor with British-Irish citizenship" - He said less than an hour ago at the post Oscar Interviews that he came form the two cultures - England and Ireland.

He lives in Ireland and has declared himself an Irish Catholic. To call him a British actor is not accurate in any way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.71.158.19 (talk) 07:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

What is "British-Irish Citizenship"? It should read "with British and Irish citizenship" or "Dual British and Irish citizenship". There is no such thing as a single "British-Irish" citizenship. 78.16.239.230 (talk) 13:03, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it should read "an Englsih born actor with British and Irish citizenship" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.71.158.89 (talk) 15:18, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello? While I find the article looks much better for the change, isn't just under twelve hours a little short to claim consensus has been reached??? TINYMARK 17:14, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Wow, amazingly precise. The amount of space arguing about citizenship is equal to the whole content about the man. It is very simple, the standard is where you were born, period. You cannot be born and grow up in England and "be" Irish, born and grow up in America and "be" Italian. Worse both parents weren't even Irish. So basically like everyone else he's a mutt and all these nationalistic nonsense is just that. Clearly he wants to be Irish so who gives a crap. Really he's quite the pre-madonna anyway(which is why this is such an issue), so who cares. He's fast becoming the Tom Cruise of serious actors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tslate007 (talk • contribs) 13:13, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

The whole "British" thing sounds iffy to me. Normally an actor is described as being English, Scottish, Welsh etc. TINYMARK 15:52, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I actually think he was driven from London by media intrusion as his career began to take off. This is the man in his own words: 'If I really chose to look at myself, I'd say that probably the thing I'm least interested in about myself is the fact that I'm a middle-class Englishman. So therefore it doesn't really appeal to me the idea of exploring that experience. Probably since childhood, I think my curiosity was almost invariably fired by the mystery of lives I didn't understand. My first school in south-east London only took me a few miles from my comfortable life in Greenwich, but it took me to the frontline in south-east London.'

Now 49, Day-Lewis has been living in Ireland for 12 years, at a healthy distance from what he sneeringly calls 'the business.' http://www.timeout.com/film/news/997/daniel-day-lewis-q-a.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.32.108.54 (talk) 10:17, 27 February 2008 (UTC)