Daniel-Day Lewis

The three-time Oscar winner has retired from acting on two separate occasions – but has been lured back both times.

He first stepped away in the 1990s when he trained as an apprentice shoemaker in Italy before being tempted back by a role in Martin Scorsese's 2002 movie Gangs of New York.

Day-Lewis, 69, retired again in 2017 but once again made a comeback for the 2025 picture Anemone, which was directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis (pictured).