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Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis announces retirement from acting

Actor played a dizzying variety of toles from ‘Lincoln’ to ‘Gangs of New York’ to ‘There Will be Blood’

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English actor Daniel Day-Lewis attends the Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief telethon in Los Angeles, California. The actor announced his retirement from acting. Photo: MTV handout via EPA
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Daniel Day-Lewis, one of the most widely respected actors of his generation, says he’s retiring from acting.

Day-Lewis’s representative, Leslee Dart, said in a statement on Tuesday that the 60-year-old performer “will no longer be working as an actor.” She added that Day-Lewis is “immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences over the many years.”

This image released by DreamWorks II Distribution and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation shows Sally Field and Daniel Day-Lewis appearing in a scene from
This image released by DreamWorks II Distribution and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation shows Sally Field and Daniel Day-Lewis appearing in a scene from
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He will not comment further about the decision, she said.

Day-Lewis’ retirement will make the upcoming “Phantom Thread” his final film. In the film, due out in December, he plays a fashion designer in 1950s London. The film re-teams him with “There Will Be Blood” director Paul Thomas Anderson.

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Daniel Day-Lewis, left, and Leonardo DiCaprio, appear in a scene from
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