Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis announces he has quit acting

Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis has announced he is retiring from acting.

The 60-year-old actor announced through his spokeswoman that he would be making his final appearance in drama Phantom Thread.

He did not give a reason for his retirement.

His spokeswoman Leslee Darts told Variety: “Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer be working as an actor.

“He is immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences over the many years.

“This is a private decision and neither he nor his representatives will make any further comment on this subject.”

Day-Lewis won his first Oscar for his role as an artist with cerebral palsy in My Left Foot in the 1980s.

His other two accolades were awarded for his role as the President in Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” and for playing Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood”.

He has taken breaks from acting in the past and reportedly became a cobbler in the late 1990s before Martin Scorsese convinced him to return to the screen.