At the 70th Golden Globe Awards , on 14 January 2013 , Day-Lewis won his second Golden Globe Award for Best Actor , and at the 66th British Academy Film Awards on 10 February , he won his fourth BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role . At the 85th Academy Awards , Day-Lewis became the first three-time recipient of the Best Actor Oscar for his role in '' Lincoln '' . John Hartoch , Day-Lewis ' acting teacher at Bristol Old Vic theatre school , said of his former pupil 's achievement , Following his third Oscar for Best Actor , there was much debate about Day-Lewis ' standing among the greatest actors in the history of cinema . Joe Queenan in '' The Guardian '' stated : " Arguing whether Daniel Day-Lewis is a greater actor than Laurence Olivier , or Richard Burton , or Marlon Brando , is like arguing whether Messi is more talented than Pelé , whether Napoleon Bonaparte edges out Alexander the Great as a military genius . " Day-Lewis himself when asked what it was like to be " the world 's greatest actor " , responded " It 's daft is n't it ? It changes all the time " . Shortly after winning the Oscar for '' Lincoln '' , Day-Lewis announced he would be taking a break from acting , retreating back to his Georgian farmhouse in County Wicklow , Ireland , for the next five years , before making another film
70th Golden Globe Awards
70th Golden Globe Awards
Daniel Day-Lewis