Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

  • Birthday: 1979-04-04
  • Deathday: 2008-01-22
  • Place of birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • Also know as: Хит Леджер

Biography

Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor and music video director. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career further. His work consisted of twenty films, including 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Monster's Ball (2001), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Candy (2006), I'm Not There (2007), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), the latter two being posthumous releases. He also produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director. For his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain, Ledger won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and the Best International Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute; he was the first actor to win the latter award posthumously. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the eighth-youngest nominee in the category at that time. Posthumously, he shared the 2007 Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award with the rest of the ensemble cast, the director, and the casting director for the film I'm Not There, which was inspired by the life and songs of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. In the film, Ledger portrayed a fictional actor named Robbie Clark, one of six characters embodying aspects of Dylan's life and persona. Ledger died on 22 January 2008 as a result of an accidental overdose of medications. A few months before his death, Ledger had finished filming his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight. At the time of his death, The Dark Knight was in post-production, and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, in which he was playing his last role as Tony, was in the midst of filming. His death affected the subsequent promotion of The Dark Knight. His performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight earned him universal acclaim and popularity from fans and critics alike. Ledger also received numerous posthumous awards for his work on The Dark Knight, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Best Actor International Award at the 2008 Australian Film Institute Awards, the 2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, the 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and the 2009 BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Filmography

Brokeback Mountain

2005

As Ennis Del Mar

Ned Kelly

2003

As Ned Kelly

10 Things I Hate About You

1999

As Patrick Verona

The Four Feathers

2002

As Harry Faversham

A Knight's Tale

2001

As William Thatcher

The Order

2003

As Alex Bernier

Casanova

2005

As Casanova

Two Hands

1999

As Jimmy

I Am Heath Ledger

2017

As Self (archive footage)

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

2009

As Self (archive footage)

Heath Ledger: A Tragic Tale

2022

As self (Archive footage)

The Dark Knight

2008

As Joker

Monster's Ball

2001

As Sonny Grotowski

The Patriot

2000

As Gabriel Martin

The Brothers Grimm

2005

As Jacob Grimm

Candy

2006

As Dan

I'm Not There

2007

As Robbie

Lords of Dogtown

2005

As Skip

Clowning Around

1991

As Orphan Clown

Paws

1997

As Oberon

Blackrock

1997

As Toby Ackland

Joker: Put on a Happy Face

2020

As Self (archive footage)

Production

The Dark Knight

2008

As In Memory Of

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