Yahoo Movies Sir Daniel Day-Lewis Knighted By William
Triple Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis has been knighted by the Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace.
The 57-year-old Lincoln star was named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in June, saying at the time that he was “entirely amazed and utterly delighted in equal measure”.
The actor looked relaxed during the ceremony at the palace where he chatted with Prince William before getting down on a bended knee to receive the honour.
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The Anglo-Irish actor won his first Oscar for his role as disabled writer Christy Brown in the 1989 Irish drama My Left Foot and a second for his turn as an early 20th century oil prospector in 2007’s There Will Be Blood.
He completed his hat-trick by playing US president Abraham Lincoln in 2012.
Other high-profile roles include playing Guildford Four member Gerry Conlon in the film In The Name Of The Father, an adopted native American in The Last Of The Mohicans and a brutal butcher in Martin Scorsese’s Gangs Of New York.
Sir Daniel, who grew up in south London and has dual British and Irish citizenship, is fiercely private and lives in Co Wicklow, Ireland, with his wife Rebecca Miller - daughter of playwright Arthur Miller - and their two sons.
The actor, who has been nominated five times for the best actor Oscar, is known for his method acting and for staying in character on and off set.
