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Daniel Day-Lewis

Apex — In the Name of the Father (1993)
23,170 feet (Camp II)
97th highest of 108

A Best Actor nomination and the height of his Irish period. There Will Be Blood, which won, is the greater performance.

The career, climbed — every film on the shared Everest scale; hover for detail

Summit · 28,000Death Zone · 26,247Camp III · 23,500Camp II · 20,5001970717273741975767778791980818283841985868788891990919293941995969798992000010203042005060708092010111213142015161718192020212223242025

Filmography

FilmYearElevation
Lincoln201222,724 ft
Gangs of New York200222,630 ft
There Will Be Blood200722,628 ft
Phantom Thread201722,407 ft
In the Name of the Father ▲ apex199322,384 ft
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown198922,042 ft
The Unbearable Lightness of Being198822,017 ft
The Last of the Mohicans199222,017 ft
The Age of Innocence199321,991 ft
The Boxer199721,971 ft
The Crucible199621,968 ft
Anemone202521,956 ft
Nine200921,922 ft
The Ballad of Jack and Rose200521,919 ft
My Beautiful Laundrette198521,792 ft
A Room with a View198621,732 ft
The Bounty198421,707 ft
Gandhi198221,587 ft
Sunday Bloody Sunday197121,568 ft