Daniel Day-Lewis celebrates his 67th birthday with rare outing in NYC – after his My Left Foot director gave update on his acting retirement

Daniel Day-Lewis celebrated his 67th birthday on Monday with a getaway in the Big Apple.

The reclusive Oscar winner – whose last public appearance was at the National Board of Review Awards Gala in January – was spotted taking a solo stroll in Manhattan.

The There Will Be Blood star wore a casually chic navy blue outfit and kept a low profile with a baseball hat and dark tinted sunglasses.

His tattooed forearms were prominently displayed in the short-sleeved shirt, accessorized with a statement leather necklace and chunky combat boots with thick heels.

Although Daniel hasn’t made a film since 2017’s Phantom Thread, Jim Sheridan – the director of his films My Left Foot (1989), In the Name of the Father (1993) and The Boxer (1997) – recently said he’d like to to work with the Oscar winner again.

The reclusive Oscar winner – whose last public appearance was at the National Board of Review Awards Gala in January – was spotted taking a solo stroll in Manhattan

‘He says he’s done, I keep talking to him. I would love to do something with him again,” the Irish filmmaker said of the actor’s retirement ScreenDaily.

“He’s just like everyone else: he opens the streamers and there are seven thousand choices, none of them are good,” he explained.

‘Film has moved from the public domain to a private domain – you have a remote control, you can stop it. It’s not the same experience.’

Nevertheless, the famed director said, “It would be great to see Daniel come back and do something ’cause he’s that good.”

Daniel’s Big Apple excursion was certainly a welcome treat for his fans, as the handsome actor was photographed in public for the first time in four years in May 2023.

However, he didn’t seem to be keeping a low profile as his ensemble was certainly eye-catching.

Sporting a bright blue tracksuit, a graffiti trucker hat and long gray hair, the star was quite the spectacle on the sidewalks of New York.

The Method actor hasn’t hit the red carpet since announcing his retirement in June 2017, following the release of Phantom Thread. ‘

The There Will Be Blood star wore a casually chic navy blue outfit and kept a low profile with a baseball hat and dark tinted sunglasses

Although Daniel hasn’t made a film since 2017’s Phantom Thread, Jim Sheridan said he would love to work with the Oscar winner again; Daniel is pictured on the set of his 1997 film The Boxer with director Sheridan, who also helmed My Left Foot and In The Name Of The Father

Daniel won his very first Academy Award for My Left Foot, a 1989 drama in which he played a man suffering from cerebral palsy

A few months prior to the film’s planned release, Daniel made a dramatic announcement through a spokesperson announcing his retirement.

“This is a private decision and neither he nor his representatives will comment further on this matter,” the statement concluded.

In a subsequent interview with Whe explained that he had wanted to retire several times and finally gave the announcement to force his own hand.

‘I knew it was unusual to make a statement. But I did want to draw a line. “I didn’t want to get sucked into another project,” he said.

“All my life I’ve talked about quitting acting, and I don’t know why it was different this time, but the urge to quit took root in me, and it became a compulsion. It was something I had to do.”

With the announcement, Hollywood would lose the only actor to win three Best Actor Oscars.

In 1989 he took home his first for My Left Foot, followed by victory with a statue for 2007’s There Will Be Blood.

The legendary stage actor delivered an Oscar-nominated performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2017 film Phantom Thread (pictured) before retiring from acting completely

In 1989 he took home his first for My Left Foot, following up the win with a statue for 2007’s There Will Be Blood.

In 2012, Lincoln earned Daniel his third Academy Award for Steven Spiel.

During his retirement, Daniel divides his time between New York City and Annamoe, Ireland, with his wife Rebecca Miller, 61, and their sons, Ronan, 25, and Cashel, 21.

Daniel also shares son Gabriel, 28, with his ex-girlfriend, French star Isabelle Adjani.