Ranking The 30 Best Actors of All-Time

3. Daniel Day-Lewis

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At several different points in his three-time Oscar-winning career, Daniel Day-Lewis has threatened to quit acting. Each time was in appropriately dramatic fashion for the legendarily eccentric method actor. But Daniel Day is incomparable. He is a looming legendary figure in cinema. Lewis’ stature has cemented after five decades of work as one of the greatest actors in the world. Simply put, he is one of the all-time greats — up there with the likes of Olivier and Brando. From his incredible performance in There Will Be Blood to Lincoln, Daniel-Day moves to the beat of his own particular drum.