Oscar winner retires from acting

DANIEL Day-Lewis, one of the most widely respected actors of his generation and a three-time Oscar-winner, says he’s retiring from acting.

The 60-year-old British actor announced he had shot his last film and performed in his last play. That makes Paul Thomas Anderson’s already filmed Phantom Thread, due out in December, his final film.

“Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer be working as an actor,” his representative Leslee Dart said. “He is immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences over the many years. This is a private decision and neither he nor his representatives will make any further comment on this subject.”

The announcement sent shockwaves through Hollywood, where Day-Lewis is revered as possibly the finest actor of his generation.

A five-time Academy Award nominee, Day-Lewis is the only one to ever win best actor three times. He earned Oscars for My Left Foot, Lincoln and There Will Be Blood.