3) Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor, "There Will Be Blood," 2008 Oscars
The latter-day master thespian, known for submerging his entire self into his roles, is known to have a somewhat tortured relationship to his profession and art, but as he collected his second Best Actor Oscar (his first was for playing severely disabled writer- artist Christy Brown in "My Left Foot") he seemed in a positively playful mood, even kneeling to be symbolically "knighted" by presenter "Queen" Helen Mirren before thanking the Academy for "whacking me with the handsomest bludgeon in town." Moving from strength to strength in the eloquence department, he credited the "mad, beautiful head" of "Blood," writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, for the twisted character of Daniel Plainview, a character not at all in evidence on that stage, where Day-Lewis epitomized stylish graciousness and tact.
Bing: Best Daniel Day-Lewis films
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