Triple Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis has shocked the world of acting by announcing his retirement.
His final film will be Phantom Thread, a drama set in London's fashion world in the 1950s, which is due for release in December.
Day-Lewis, 60, is the son of Irish poet Cecil Day-Lewis and English actress Jill Balcon. He first appeared on the big screen in 1971 as ‘child vandal’ in John Schlesinger’s Sunday Bloody Sunday but his career began in earnest with a small part in Richard Attenborough’s 1992 hit Gandhi.
His major breakthrough came in 1985 with a widely-praised turn as conflicted racist Johnny in My Beautiful Laundrette.
