10 International Stars You Never Realised Weren’t American

4. Daniel Day-Lewis - English

It's no secret: English actors are among the best in the world, and their ability to combine that talent with the ability to talk like someone from across the Atlantic is the reason why we now have Batman, Superman and Spider-Man all secretly flying the Union Jack. There's one actor, however, who originated from the British Isles who's shown he has all manner of accents down pat, with some American voices among his most famous. That three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis is also perhaps the best actor in the world is no coincidence. Day-Lewis disappearing into his roles and totally becoming a character involves a change in manner, mindset and, most importantly for this list, accent, and his most inconic roles reveal a man who is in danger of sounding more American than most Americans. Literally, in some cases: as Hawkeye in The Last Of The Mohicans, Bill the Butcher in Gangs Of New York, Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood and Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln, Day-Lewis speaks in the formative tones of early-American man.