Award winning retired English method actor Daniel Day-Lewis was born in London where he was also raised. A young Day-Lewis was considered outstanding in the National Youth Theatre. Hence, for three years he attended a prestigious theatre school named Bristol Old Vic. In mid 90’s he took a break from acting for five long years to pursue other interests. Consequently, when living in Florence, Italy he pursued his interest in shoemaking/Cobbler and studied under the late Stefano Bemer. Day-Lewis sports tattooed sleeves and more tattoos on his torso. Among all this ink he has tattoos commemorating all three of his sons. The actor generally prefers a clean shaven look, however when his movie roles necessitate he sports a full beard. He sported Lincoln’s iconic beard in the 2012 movie Lincoln. In 2013, in Spielberg’s hilarious Lincoln spoof Obama pretended to be Day-Lewis, who in this spoof was supposedly chosen to portray the president.