He was accepted to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and threw himself fully into the craft of drama. Eventually, he applied to a theater program. Enamored with woodworking and craftsmanship as a teenager, he focused for a time on these pursuits rather than on acting. He shared the Balcon family inclination to act, but he was initially more drawn to working-class pursuits than to the stage. Despite his lack of success in school, Day-Lewis had plenty of other talents. At his new school, he was made fun of by his classmates for being Jewish.
His mother, Jill Balcon, was a Jewish actress.ĭay-Lewis's poor behavior at his South London public school prompted his parents to send him to a private school in Kent, called Sevenoaks, but Day-Lewis did not fare much better there.
His father, Cecil Day-Lewis, was a writer who was England's poet laureate for the last four years of his life. Daniel Day-Lewis was born on April 29, 1957, into a well-to-do and creative family in London, England.
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