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Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, he moved to the United States in 1998 to further develop his film career.
Heath Ledger’s friend has revealed new information about the circumstances surrounding the actor’s death.. Ledger, who played the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, died on 22 ...
The Joker is a character portrayed by Heath Ledger and the main antagonist in Christopher Nolan's 2008 superhero film The Dark Knight.Based on the DC Comics supervillain of the same name, he is depicted as a psychopathic criminal mastermind with a warped, sadistic sense of humor who defines himself by his conflict with the vigilante Batman.
Ledger's performance received near-unanimous praise with the caveat that his death made the role both highly anticipated and difficult to watch. [am] Dargis, among others, described Ledger as realizing the Joker so convincingly, intensely, and viscerally it made the audience forget about the actor behind the makeup.
J. Vespa/WireImage Heath Ledger would have turned 45 years old on Thursday, April 4 — and his legacy is still being remembered. The Australian-born actor died at age 28 on January 22, 2008 ...
Heath Ledger’s towering performance in Christopher Nolan’s seminal blockbuster, for which the actor won a posthumous Oscar, remains the most memorable and well-known portrayal of the gurning ...
The sequel to the film, The Dark Knight, featured the Joker portrayed by actor Heath Ledger. Ledger died before the film's release, and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor posthumously. [23] [24] Nicholson was among many who praised Ledger's performance. [citation needed]
Stephen Gaghan and Heath Ledger. Getty Images (2) Director Stephen Gaghan had an idea in the early 2000s to turn Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking into a movie ...