Daniel Day-Lewis Wins Best Actor: 1990 Oscars
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- Daniel Day Lewis wins the Oscar for Best Actor for My Left Foot at the 62nd Academy Awards. Jodie Foster presents the award.
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Robin William’s reaction to Day-Lewis winning makes me so happy
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@@bingusmode4650 You win! lol
Kenneth Branagh too, he seems more excited at Day Lewis' win
Look how happy the other nominees are to see him win. Just shows how respected DDL was for that performance and how deserving he was to win.
A very strong year--what a contrast to the awful cartoon films now. Day-Lewis' speech is a model of graciousness, lack of egotism, and appropriate brevity.
I had to watch their reactions at least six times. I loved it.
John Doe I know this contradicts the whole rose coloured glasses thing you've got going on but whatever you define as "awful cartoon films" were *certainly* being made back then. There's always good films if you actually want to look for them.
Benny Forthwith very tough competition between tom and daniel
@@kitpalmer1583 I think Oscars nominates crappy,unoriginal films these days. Like piecez of shit like Darkest Hour,Bohemian Rhapsody and Black Panther get nominated but movies like Searching,Florida Project,etc get snubbed.
Legend. 3 Oscars in 3 Generations. There will never be another.
Meryl Streep won 3, does that count or are they too close together to span generations?
duly noted. :)
Never.
jack nicolson ?
Meryl Streep, Katharine Hepburn, Jack Nicholson, Ingrid Bergman. Actually every actor who at least won 3 Oscars all won in 3 diffirent decades, aside from Walter Brennan. Do Your research plz. :)
Wow, people were so much happier for other people winning, back then.
I laughed at their reactions.
not only back then.. they still do
+Bl4ckBull3t1 now it is lesser bruh.
This was more the exception than the rule. I think all the other nominees were just utterly amazed by DDL's performance in My Left Foot that they were truly happy for him when he won. Plus, his win was actually a surprise at the time though in retrospect it was really a no-brainer.
Actually this was probably one of those rare moments where everyone looked genuinely happy for the winner, then and now!
He speaks in the way of a poet and looks like a prince...what a man
Yup
His father was the UK Poet Laureate… I miss DDL
U are so wrong it's Angel Prince
All wonderful actors
Yes he is so talented and smart
Gotta love his outfit, so classy. He looks like a prince.
www.independent.co.uk/news/people/daniel-day-lewis-knighted-at-buckingham-palace-oscar-winning-actor-becomes-a-sir-9862012.html
Did you see Robin Williams?
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Daniel is a true gentleman. He has tons of natural talent without having an ego, he stays humble and true to himself, he’s full of class and dignity, and always keeps a positive respectable image. He’s a true role model and a good-natured man. 😊
And very good looking!
Flawlessly described. 🥂
he is beautiful on the inside and the outside, a truly beautiful deep soul
It's a regular thing nowadays, but in 1990 it was a HUGE honor to get a standing ovation at the Oscars. DDL absolutely deserved it
And the Oscar goes to Daniel Day-Lewis for his portrayal of Tommy Wiseau.
I did not win that Oscuur...i did naaaaht.
StrokeMeYouInsolentHumanCuzIAmACat YOU'RE TEARING MY MILKSHAKE APART LISA!
Dean Dazzle looooooooollllll
OMG Hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
The best playing the "worst". That sounds a great Idea!
INSANELY stacked Best Actor field that year. Should've given an Oscar to all five of them.
I could not have said it better...!
Nehh
every single one of them were happy about Lewis winning, they knew he'd better win
+TeamRecktEm ........... and the winner is surprisingly another white guy.
Who cares what race he is? It's kind of racist to dismiss an actors performance based on the color of his skin.
He's not a white guy , he's an Irish guy.
you fucking serious?
Merzia Waziri Yes I am. I am very serious....
What a cool guy... no wonder everyone loves him. And obviously he is a hell of an actor, he really gives every role his all, it's an honor to watch him act.
+C. Cole What a nice thing to say about him. And so true.
As a person with cerebral palsy myself, Daniel Day-Lewis' amazing portrayal of Christy Brown was nothing short of phenomenal, in my opinion. How beautiful & achingly sad his performance was. When he mentioned Hugh O'Conor as Young Christy deserving half of his Oscar, he was so right. What a tremendous performance Hugh O'Conor gave. Kudos to Brenda Fricker as well, who also won Best Supporting Actress that year as Christy Brown's devoted mother. Simply amazing performances all around.
Man.. Robin Williams is so happy for him. What a sport.
Poor guy 😔
Well Robin was in the wrong category
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Jodie Foster has an intellect of the mighty and speaking voice of an angel & beauty of a goddess
I love her fucking bodu
Body
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The shoulder pads are only slightly tragic, though
@@olivercrowley9367 and the Mickey Mouse gloves
Just look at all the reactions from the other nominees, they don't even look like they are faking it, I know they are actors and it's natural and all, but seriously, everyone was so excited for him...other than himself
He really could pull off that look... suave goth lord.
He just came from an audition for Interview With the Vampire.
@@shaunpearson7905 he was growing his hair out for The Last of the Mohicans.
He owned that look!!
he looks like Nick Cave to me
Lastly More I was just going to post the same thing until I saw yours. Mohicans is one of my all time favorites
Notice how Daniel is the least excited of the nominees when his name is called.
I think he's a shy guy. He keeps to himself and avoids the press as much as possible.
He was nervous and overwhelmed. In later interviews, he described how overwhelmed he was and the fact that his blood rushed to his feet (which is why he walked really slowly and methodically up the stairs to get to the stage.) Bad case of nerves and shock.
That's how he personally is when he's not acting, watch any of his other interviews or acceptance speeches. The irony of your comment is just showing how much more of an amazing actor he is.
Such a nice and modest
he's a masterpiece
he's just overwhelmed. being in disbelief and shock, but at the same time he's probably getting an adrenaline stress rush thinking of the acceptance speech.
DDL looks like a prince, what a handsome good looking man he is ❤️
The best actor to ever walk this Earth, nobody will ever come close to this man. Bless you Daniel!
Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino come pretty close
I gotta disagree, this man goes way further than those 3, who are also heavily respected. Lewis takes method acting to the level no person can ever reach.
AceHalford de niro and pacino filmography goes wayyy beyond daniels
Yeah but we're talking acting skills mate not filmography. What also makes Lewis incredible he did very few films than many actors and he received the the most awards and praises.
AceHalford Of course we are talking acting skills. And time again all 3 of those actors have proven themselves to be the greatest in countless movies. Besides you can't bring awards into this. martin scorsese has one oscar. Spielberg has 3. Is steven better than Martin? Some people would say no. Tom Hanks has 2 oscars De Niro has one. Is tom hanks a better actor than De niro? no fucking way. Kubrick never won an oscar neither did hitchcock.
But you can have your opinion, i'll have mine. its no biggie really. we can agree to disagree.
He is such a rare breed. His whole conduct, his manner - it's like he is from a different age. He has retained all the grace and gentility of old world Europe.
Exactly what I wanted to say. He's like a gentleman from the 17th century.
@@nailakamana763 kinda like sid vicious lol jk
The last of the true gentlemen
@@antonellaleiva3607There are other people like this out there
I've seen "In the name of father" about 10 times and every time I cried like a baby.Not ashamed to admit it
errr dude wrong movie. This is for the movie "My Left Foot".
I cry that they were released. Guilty as f**k they were.
I mean look at the colossal group of Actresses who have presented the award to DDL. Mirren, Foster, Streep. I think ,this in itself is a thing. Truly one of the best actors of all time. And his speeches sound so eloquent and heartfelt. So down to earth! :)
It so beautiful that all the other nominees appreciated DDL's talent so much and were not afraid to show it. they were all so pleased that he won. today, you would have cameras panning in on many sulking entitled faces who struggle perhaps to see beyond themselves. I love 1.29 onward's. it's so genuine.
Wrong. It's all fake. And nothing is different today. They still fake their reactions very well
+organboi
Then I guess the sore loser moments were fake too?
+StrasbergProtégé Great comeback. I don't understand why people who have such an obvious contempt for Hollywood like "organboi" even watch the Academy Awards or make posts like that. Masochism, maybe?
Just finished My Left Foot. mindblowing. What a performance. What a film.
whats it about
Christy Brown, an irish writer and artist. He had cerebral palsy and essentially only had control over his left foot, hence the name
thank you, Sir.
As Rodger Ebert said in his review of DDL's performance, it was one of '"astonishing beauty and strength."
And might I say, he has one of the kindest faces I have ever seen ^_^
+Rand Paul 2016 - STOP the IRS, NSA, and Fed! not as Daniel Plainview though
brendan woods agree
@@FreeKentHovind Even more kind that Jim Caviezel?
The amount of times I have watched this is beyond unhealthy. He is just gorgeous and insanely talented and humble and all good things.
Never seen such genuine happiness in the faces of other nominees on losing the award.
one of the most deserving best actor Oscar Winners of all time!
DDL was flat-out amazing in My Left Foot. One of the best-deserved Oscars in history. His performance was beyond stunning and shocking. There were so many other worthy nominees that night, and I find it amazing that the academy gave the award to a rarely-viewed film, and a little-known actor at the time.
Obviously, he has justified that award again and again.
One of the BEST performances in cinematic history! Mind-blowing! My respects, Sir DDL!
The best ever performance by a leading actor - minblowing !!!
A very strong year for Best actor!
You got that right.
Oh yes
Unbelievable eh and the roar of happiness from them all when Daniel won well we just didn’t see this kind of emotion at awards these days. Legends one and all
What a beautiful speech. He really doesn’t take much credit but gives the inspiration from Brown and his young co-star the bulk of the credit. He always seemed fairly humble, given the enormity of his talent and hard work. And he was a stunningly beautiful man (still is, really).
What can one say about DDL, except that he is a legend and a class act. Truly, one of the greatest actors ever.
Robin Williams claps like he saying: I'm proud of you son
Morgan freeman claps like he saying: That's my boy
Honestly, I can't ask for for nothing more
Tough category - Williams was so moving in dps, and cruise a total revelation in 4th of July. There bad fortune to be up against ddl at his remarkable best. One of the all time great screen performances.
+steve62482 It's unfortunate that some years there's plenty of great performances up against each other, and some years not so many. Some people with oscars don't deserve them overall as much as others do.
It's pretty sad that Cruise didn't win any Oscar after this (he should have won for Magnolia). I hope he gets out of action movies soon and gets back to roles like this and finally win an Oscar.
The smiles in everybody's faces are remarkable and just for him
all four other nominees show immediate and enthusiastic approval, love it! DDL was on his way to becoming one of the greatest film actors ever.
+Culprit LA on his way? lol he's pretty much already back on the driveway
he was on his way in 1990 when this was awarded, that's what i meant. He's obviously gotten there since then
Daniel Day Lewis is the epitome of a GREAT actor..as I am watching ‘My left foot’ now, I can’t see an actor that has done such a brilliant portrayal of a man who was unable to move anything except his left foot. The nominees were so excited because in their minds, DDL was the ONLY one who should & did win Best Actor ❤️❤️
how can one be so talanted and beautiful !
Tom Cruise has the worst luck ever, going up against DDL in 1989 any other year he would've won for his amazing performance.
vero...
I agree, tom gave a top 5 performance ever but he had to go against the guy who gave the best performance ever. Rough go
Charles H It’s his best performance of a man who’s come home from the war and how much it really fucked him up. It’s one of those rare roles where Cruise becomes Ron Kovic.
@Charles H Actually, if you have ever watched an interview of Ron Kovic after he write his book you will see that he was so intense and outspoken. Tom Cruise played him perfectly.
@@scifinerd17 I think Tom Cruise acting skill is underrated cause of his "starboy" statu
it's the first time i see all the losing nominees genuinely filled with joy when they hear someone else's name drop
Daniel Day Lewis is SO DAMN HANDSOME omg wow, beautiful man.
Really nice speech, very concise, but beautifully said at the same time. What a great actor.
You can tell by the other nominees that Daniel Day Lewis deserved that oscar. They knew and rooted for him to win! Great moment in Oscar history.
The way Morgan Freeman reacted is just what makes him one of the best Actors in the world history.
That monologue in the beginning could only be given by a genius like Jodie Foster ❤
Morgan Freeman hasn't aged in 26 years!
Morgan Freeman has always been old xD
it was make up
Greg Williams his first 26 has made up for it XD!
I remember this. Watching My Left Foot was profoundly moving and me and my mum both thought Daniel Day Lewis was genuinely disabled.
...then we saw *this*. I think the jaws of everyone attracted to men, dropped to the floor. I mean: good gawd. Stunning talent; STUNNINGLY gorgeous at these Oscars. Am I right?
Hugh O'Connor's performance as young Christy is the equal of Daniels - so pleased than he was mentioned.
I agree with you. Hugh is an amazing actor. I follow his work. He deserves an Oscar too.
Kelly Preston where is Hugh these days
@Derek o beirnes I know this question was directed at someone else but I just wanted to say O’Connor’s mostly in Irish movies and television now (as a director, writer, actor and photographer) and has won multiple national and international awards over the years. Just this year, he was also named on the Irish Times List as one of Ireland’s greatest film actors.
That talks so beautifully of him. He might have not mention O'Connor at all and take all the prestige to himself, but he didn't💖
what a year of extraordinarily fine actors ... and Daniel Day-Lewis being the best actor ever and such a great actor and loveable man
Tom Cruise was immense as Ron Kovic and definitely deserved an Oscar, it was just dire luck that he was up against Daniel Day-Lewis that particular year. His performance in My Left Foot was not just the best of the year but among the best of all time in my opinion.
+Ruairí Ó Sé Not just your opinion. It comes as close to an established fact as a consensus can get.
Personally I see it as the best thing he's ever done
That's my uncle christy brown he played he wrote that book at age 18 and many great ones to follow!! Daniel day played him deadly and was filled with pride when it won 2 oscars
DDL is super person an actor 🇮🇪👍
Ruairí Ó Sé - ....and it’s a well grounded opinion. One I happen to share myself.
Yep
I had the good fortunate to meet DDL at my work place. He really is as humble and down to earth as you think he is!
Wow! What a lineup of actors. I remember watching this live, and I was so happy that he won. He is such an excellent actor and a gorgeous man. I think I’d faint if I met him in person. 😁
the best introduction of the nominees ever!!! J.Foster is amazing !
So humble that Day-Lewis himself applauded the people he felt helped him
It's refreshing to see someone win because they deserved to win... on the merit of their performance.
He is one of our last true iconic actors that the world has and will ever have ever. He embodies every character that he plays. It is like he slowly becomes his character. He like puts his heart and soul into portraying that character.
I've never seen "My Left Foot", but I've seen the other 4 and DAMN! That's some achievement to win over all those other performances. I need to see Daniel's performance now!
+welchm8 I hope you've seen it by now and hope you share every other sane person's appreciation of it.
Classiest oscar speech ever
Oscar was such an intimate affair back in the day. And what a stellar category of nominees.
Everyone who lost is happy for it because they know that the rightful person won
Such a beautiful art of a man and actor...now he has 3 oscars
Wow, I’ve never seen so many nominees so happy for their fellow competitor. Kenneth and Robin both had equally memorable performances, as did Morgan and Tom.
Jodie foster is a gift of life. Amazing, smart and sweet.
He looks like Christian Bale here, if he was a British Goth singer. :D
DDL is British
That's what he was going for, an oscar performance within an oscar performance
Christian Bale is Welsh. Daniel Day Lewis is English/Irish but lives in Wicklow and shudders at the BRITISH title. I cant stand the word, most people I know that use it are bigots and war mongerers. Go figure
Paul Brady Bale is English and Day Lewis is English
Christian Bale comes off as highly punchable and irritating.
His performance was a gift. It is amazing that someone can be that good.
Is it me or was Denzel shaking his head no at 2:00 lol
Absolutely well deserved and it's much more than a golden statue itself as he reachs the peak in terms of acting in the motion picture business! In my opinion, he should have won the best acting prizes for every single movies he worked in! I want to be him for many many years, and hopefully see him one day. Looking forward more of your work in the future Mr. Daniel Day Lewis! Bless you!
Damn, that was a great tour for film. That is a great lineup.
Great year for best actor nominations.
thank you for giving so much to the world Daniel Day-Lewis ❤
Too bad Brannagh was nominated the same year DDL was. His performance as Henry V was magnificent, but You know... Its Day LEwis he was against. There was not really contest there.
Also ironic Branagh is from Ireland as well!
Tazzy5 DDL is English, and Branagh is from Northern-Ireland
MortyBoy15 Day Lewis is irish descendant if I recall. But I am not sure.
Kondzio717 He was born and raised in London
MortyBoy15 I graciously repeat: he is irish DESCENDANT (not sure though).
he looks so perfect not just acting
I got goosebumps just hearing the nominees. I paused the video, i couldnt take it anymore. Every single one of them gave their lives into those roles. Oh the 90s
He looks and talks and walks and generally IS like a knight. Without the shiny armour.
Also, I adore Kenneth Branagh.
Best performance of history in cinema.
DDL's performance was magnificent. Second to none.
I am Irish and saw this as a kid with school in the theatres. I was shocked when I saw Daniel on the news months later as an able-bodied man accept the Oscar. I was convinced he was a disabled actor trying to portray Christy Brown (truly unbelievable performance).
There will probably never be another talented actor as genuine as DDL.
Just look at the other actors reactions even they knew his performance was a masterpiece
''You've just provided me with the makings of one hell of a weekend in Dublin''
That one line makes me proud to be Irish.
Born on the 4th of July, Driving miss Daisy and My Left Foot...wow what a year!!
Any other year Cruise or Freeman would have been a shoo in!
Morgan Freeman wanted DDL to win. Years later he said DDL's performance was better than his own. Great recognition from a fellow actor.
I love how excited all his fellow nominees were for him!
daniel's performance in this movie was probabl;y the best i've ever seen....phenomenal
Tom Cruise in Born on 4th was REALLY spectacular!
Brilliant actor who is still a very handsome man but WOW I forgot how smoldering he is back then!! Getting ready to film Last of the Mohicans growing out that gorgeous black mane. Time to watch both those films again.
He really deserved it. The weight of the nomination and the nominees' reactions validated it.
I am rewatching this again and again because of how wonderfully the other actors react to his win. Legends!
if it's possible he looks even better now
He should have also won an Oscar for The Last of the Mohicans.
Daniels like .."ugh I have to speak now?!" Hahah I love him!
I was at work in England in 1990. I don't think I had ever heard of Daniel before I had seen 'My Left Foot.' I desperately wanted him to win the Oscar. I never thought he would win. I remember where I was standing in my workplace when I heard on the BBC News that Daniel won. I remember just how happy I was.
Ok Sir Daniel day Lewis might be my grandpa's age but I must admit with no hesitation he can make anybody fall for him... What an amazing actor please watch the "Age of innocence" and "Phantom thread" one will know what I'm talking about...
did you all notice the other nominees when the award is announced. lol 1:31
Kenneth Branagh lol.
I would never never never be in the same place of accademy members to decide this nomination. How decide between Freeman, Lewis, Williams, Branagh, Cruise in that year!!! ???
This Year is like a dejavu xD
This has to be one of the most stacked best actor nominations ever.
+Giulio Zoppello How? Watch all four of the others twice apiece. Then watch My Left Foot only once. That's how.
TheChannel.TV go fuck yourself arrugant idiot
+Giulio Zoppello DDL the clear winner. You obviously missed my point. And you misspelled "arrogant," dipshit.
*Pete Postlethwaite deserved one also, what a blistering performance from these amazing actors.*
Jodie Foster on stage. The year before (1989) she was on stage getting an Oscar for her role in The Accused she would start working on The Silence Of The Lambs that year (1990) then after i's release in 1991, the next year (1992) she would be back on stage receiving her 2nd Oscar.
BEYOND DESERVED!!