Australian actor of Brokeback Mountain and The Dark Knight (1979–2008) — photos, style and news
Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor and director. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger left for the United States in 1998 to develop his film career. His work comprised nineteen films, including 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Brokeback Mountain (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). For his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain, Ledger won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Ledger died on 22 January 2008, a few months after finishing filming his performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight.
Great actor. Passed away, "way" too early.
Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22
January 2008) was an Australian actor and director. After
performing roles in Australian television and film during the
1990s, Ledger left for the United States in 1998 to develop his
film career. His work comprised nineteen films, including 10
Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Knight's
Tale (2001), Monster's Ball (2001), Ned Kelly (2003), The
Brothers Grimm (2005), 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).
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 Best International Actor from the Australian Film
Institute, and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor
in a Leading Role and for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Ledger died on 22 January 2008 from an accidental intoxication
from prescription drugs. A few months before his death, Ledger
had finished filming his performance as the Joker in The Dark
Knight. His death occurred during editing of The Dark Knight and
in the midst of filming his last role as Tony in The Imaginarium
of Doctor Parnassus.
Apparel Search has selected Heath Ledger as a fashion celebrity.
Ledger's record is the shortest in this range and among the most concentrated: Australian television and film in the 1990s, a move to the United States in 1998, and nineteen films in the decade that followed — teen comedy in 10 Things I Hate About You, period adventure in The Patriot and A Knight's Tale, the western tragedy of Brokeback Mountain, and the Joker in The Dark Knight, filmed a few months before his death at 28. The page opens with its verdict in plain words — a great actor, passed away way too early — and closes with the same judgement: a premature death that was a great loss to the world.
This page gathers Heath Ledger photos, videos, news and blog posts, with search routes to each through Bing, Google and YouTube. He is filed in the H letter of the Male Fashion Celebrities H–P range alongside Harrison Ford and Hugh Grant. A fashion celebrity in this guide is a person with celebrity status who is often watched and judged for what they wear, and Ledger's nineteen-film run — from Ned Kelly's armour to the Joker's smeared makeup — remains one of the most visually distinctive short filmographies in the directory.
Ledger's work comprised nineteen films, including 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Monster's Ball (2001), Ned Kelly (2003), The Brothers Grimm (2005), 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). 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 Best International Actor from the Australian Film Institute, and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Ledger died on 22 January 2008 from an accidental intoxication from prescription drugs. A few months before his death, he had finished filming his performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight; his death occurred during editing of The Dark Knight and in the midst of filming his last role as Tony in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.