In his early days, Lewis developed his acting skills by aping the accent and mannerisms of his neighbours <img alt="Daniel Day-Lewis" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/feb/Daniel-trivia.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 576px;" /> Pic/ AFP Lewis had a small role in Richard Attenborough&rsquo;s &lsquo;Gandhi&rsquo;. He played a character named Colin, a young man who insults Gandhi Apart from being a great actor, he is also a skilled woodworker He was offered the role of Aragorn (Strider) in Peter Jackson&#39;s &lsquo;The Lord of the Rings&rsquo; trilogy more than once, but rejected it every time During the shooting of &lsquo;Gangs of New York&rsquo; (2002), he listened to Eminem to get into the skin of his angry character -- Bill the Butcher Lewis won 23 awards for his performance in &lsquo;There Will be Blood&rsquo;; this included the Academy Awards He was the first non-American actor to win two Oscars for Best Actor Lewis was also considered for the role of Jesus Christ in the 2004 film &lsquo;The Passion of the Christ&rsquo; He is the son-in-law of noted playwright Arthur Miller The actor holds dual citizenship, that of Britain and Ireland u00a0

Daniel Day-Lewis created history by becoming the first person to win three Oscars for Best Actor. Here are some interesting facts about the star

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