Heath Ledger
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| Heath Ledger | |
| Birth Name: | Heathcliff Andrew Ledger |
| Birth Date: | April 4, 1979 |
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Birth Place: | Perth, Western Australia |
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Death Date: | January 22, 2008 |
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Character Name: | Joker |
Heath Ledger portrayed the Joker in The Dark Knight. Tragically, Ledger died shortly after completing his scenes as the Joker on January 22, 2008 by accidentally overdosing on prescription drugs.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Film career
[edit] Filmography
- 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
- The Patriot (2000)
- Monster's Ball (2001)
- A Knight's Tale (2001)
- The Four Feathers (2002)
- The Order (2003)
- Casanova (2005)
- The Brothers Grimm (2005)
- Lords of Dogtown (2005)
- Brokeback Mountain (2005)
- Candy (2006)
- I'm Not There (2007)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
[edit] Acclaim
While Ledger had been previously praised for his performance in Brokeback Mountain, he received even higher praise with his posthumous performance as The Joker. Jeff Labrecque writes that Ledger's "seething anarchist Joker makes Jack Nicholson's once-iconic dandy now seem as clownish as Cesar Romero's." He received multiple critical awards and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. He also won under the same category at the 81st Academy Awards, making him one of few to be nominated and/or win for a role posthumously and the first actor in a comic book movie to be nominated and/or win an Academy Award.
[edit] Characters portrayed by Heath Ledger in the Batman Universe
