Heath Ledger

Acting · Born 1979-04-04 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Biography

Heath Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 – January 22, 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…

Filmography

• Brokeback Mountain as Ennis Del Mar
• The Dark Knight as Joker
• The Patriot as Gabriel Martin
• Candy as Dan
• 10 Things I Hate About You as Patrick Verona
• Lords of Dogtown as Skip
• I Am Heath Ledger as Self (archive footage)
• Monster's Ball as Sonny Grotowski
• Ned Kelly as Ned Kelly
• I'm Not There as Robbie

TV

• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
• Roar as Conor
• Celebrities Uncensored as Self
• Sweat as Snowy Bowles
• The Oscars as Self
• E! True Hollywood Story as Self (archive footage)
• Rove as Self
• The Reichen Show as Self