Daniel Day-Lewis: A profile

Daniel Day-Lewis Oscar winner for best actor for "There Will Be Blood" poses backstage at the 80th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, February 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Actor Daniel Day Lewis poses for a portrait in New York, November 15, 2009. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis poses with his Oscar statuette after winning the Best Actor category for "There will Be Blood" at the 80th annual Academy Awards, the Oscars, in Hollywood February 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Daniel Day-Lewis holds up the Best Actor Oscar that he won for his performance in "My Left Foot" at the 62nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 26, 1990. REUTERS/Blake Sell

British-born actor Daniel Day-Lewis accepts the award for best actor for his role in "There Will Be Blood" at the 13th annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica January 7, 2008. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis accepts the Oscar for best actor for "There Will Be Blood" from presenter Helen Mirren, dressed in Georges Chakra, during the 80th annual Academy Awards, the Oscars, in Hollywood, February 24, 2008. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn more

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis smiles as he greets presenter Helen Mirren backstage after winning the Oscar for best actor for his work in "There Will Be Blood" at the 80th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, February 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis poses during a photocall to present his film 'There Will Be Blood' running in competition at the 58th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 8, 2008. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

British actor Daniel Day-Lewis listens to reporters' questions during a news conference in Athens February 14, 2008. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis

British actor Daniel Day-Lewis poses during a photocall to present the film 'There Will Be Blood' running in competition at the 58th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 8, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Entertainment journalist Mary Hart announces actor Daniel Day-Lewis as winner of the best actor in a drama motion picture Golden Globe Award for his role in "There Will Be Blood" at the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards news conference at the Beverly...more

Daniel Day-Lewis accepts the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for 'There Will Be Blood' at the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles January 27, 2008. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

Actor Daniel Day Lewis poses for a portrait in New York, November 15, 2009. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis arrives for the premiere of the film "There Will Be Blood" in New York December 10, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

British actor Daniel Day-Lewis, nominated for an Oscar for best actor in a leading role for his work in "There Will Be Blood," arrives with his wife Rebecca Miller at the 80th annual Academy Awards, the Oscars, in Hollywood February 24, 2008....more

Actors Daniel Day-Lewis (R) and wife Rebecca Miller pose as they arrive for the world premiere of the film "Nine" at Leicester Square in London December 3, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

British actor Daniel Day-Lewis (L) poses with his wife and U.S. director Rebecca Miller during a photo session at the 5th Marrakesh International Film Festival in Marrakesh, Morocco, November 18, 2005. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

Irish actor Day-Lewis and his wife director Miller pose during a photocall for the film 'The Ballade of Jack and Rose' in Berlin. Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis poses during a photocall for the film 'The Ballade of Jack and Rose' with his wife director...more

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis arrives for the 75th annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California March 23, 2003. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

British actor Daniel Day-Lewis poses during a photo session at the 5th Marrakesh International Film Festival in Marrakesh, Morocco, November 18, 2005. REUTERS/Jean Blondin

Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis attends a news conference to introduce the film 'The Ballade of Jack and Rose' by director Rebecca Miller which is not part of the competition at the 55th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 15, 2005....more

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis and actress Winona Ryder (L) , stars of the new film "The Crucible" pose together at the film's premiere November 20, 1996. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

Actors Daniel Day-Lewis (R) and Emily Watson embrace in an undated photo from the new Universal film "The Boxer". REUTERS/Handout

Leonardo DiCaprio, Walter Veltroni, Daniel Day-Lewis and Martin Scorsese appear on Rome's city hall balcony January 11, 2003. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is shown in a scene from his film "The Boxer." REUTERS/Handout