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Was considered for a role in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World As a child, he owned a pet kangaroo that was found by his mother. Was good friends with Ben Harper. In , took a year off from acting to raise his daughter Matilda Ledger while his girlfriend at the time, Michelle Williams , worked.

On February 9, , a memorial service attended by several hundred invited guests was held at Penhros College in Perth, Western Australia followed by a private wake on Cottesloe Beach with his family and friends. After his death his body was returned to Perth, Western Australia, where his body was cremated at Fremantle Cemetery, with his ashes to be "scattered in a family plot at Karrakatta Cemetery, next to two of his grandparents.

This makes Ledger the second Joker actor to share a role with a Batman actor. His favorite Australian bands and musicians were Spiderbait, Powderfinger, and Silverchair. Later, he went on to co-star with Gibson; and play The Joker previously portrayed by Nicholson with his character was partly inspired by Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange ; and had almost been cast in Malick's The Tree of Life In an interview shortly before his death, he stated that his favorite role so far in his career had been his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight Swiss actor and filmmaker Philippe Vonlanthen worked as his Body-double and stand-in on Roar Filming took place in Queensland, Australia.

Played the character of Scott Irwin in the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away for 10 episodes in Scott was a local bad boy who took advantage of Sally Fletcher. It is said that the producers wanted to extend his stay with the show but Heath opted not to. When actress Nell Campbell moved back to her homeland of Australia, she sold her house to Ledger in Received his Oscar-nomination for The Dark Knight on the first anniversary of his death, January 22, He is not only the first and only actor to be nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of the Joker, but the first and only actor to secure an acting nomination for a Batman film.

In both his first and final complete roles, he portrayed a clown. The day after he died, he was supposed to meet with Steven Spielberg to explore the idea of playing Tom Hayden in a movie about the Chicago 7. Has co-starred with a Gyllenhaal sibling in his two most acclaimed roles: This made him the first person to win a posthumous acting Oscar in this category.

Up until then the statuette will be in custody of his father Kim Ledger , mother Sally Bell and sister Kate Ledger , per Academy rules. Very first performer to win an Oscar for acting in a comic movie-adaptation.

Was a great admirer of Johnny Depp 's work. Like Depp, Ledger worked hard to avoid being typecast as a teen heartthrob early on, in the hopes of expanding his career options. Both actors enjoyed taking risky, physically unappealing roles that surprised audiences. Depp was one of the three actors who filled in for Ledger's last unfinished role after his death, in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus The second person to win a posthumous acting Oscar.

The first was Peter Finch. Appeared twice on the cover of GQ magazine: June '01 and February ' Among his hobbies were surfing, skateboarding, chess, photography, directing. Pulled out of The Tree of Life before he died. Did some of the stunts in his movies by himself; in The Four Feathers he leaps onto a horse at full gallop; in Brokeback Mountain he jumps off a high cliff into icy water.

Was planning to direct his first feature film based on the Walter Tevis novel "The Queen's Gambit". Was offered the role of Peter Parker in Spider-Man which he turned down. Was in talks to play the role of 'Llewelyn Moss' in No Country for Old Men but decided to take some time off instead. Was very close with directors Terry Gilliam and Shekhar Kapur. Was a big fan of Nick Drake. Thus the public was able to watch his last performance. The three actors donated their salaries to his daughter.

In an interview, he admitted that he disliked his portrayal of the titular character in Casanova , saying he took the wrong approach to the role.

Met up with Christopher Nolan to exchange ideas about how he was going to play the Joker before there was even a script for The Dark Knight He was Christopher Nolan 's first and only choice for the Joker. He directed both homemade videos made by the Joker in The Dark Knight himself.

Lived in a house in the forest while filming The Patriot Was only 4 years older than Kate Mara who plays his teenage daughter in Brokeback Mountain To get in character in Lords of Dogtown he wore some of Skip Engblom 's old clothes. Cousin of actor Luke Ledger. He said the most difficult aspect of his performance as The Joker was getting the voice and laugh right. His acting mentor was Mel Gibson. Never attended Drama school and had no formal training when he decided to pursue an acting career.

He was five years younger than Christian Bale, making him the first actor to play The Joker who was younger than the actor playing Batman. Of all the actors who played the Joker and won Oscars, he is the only one to win for playing the Joker.

According to the 10th Anniversary commentary by his co-stars for 10 Things I Hate About You , he and Julia Stiles began a relationship during the filming. They broke up in January Was considered for the role of Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Tom Hardy took the role of Max in In , Australians in Film established the annual "Heath Ledger Scholarship" in honor of the late actor, who was an ambassador of the group.

Heath's father, Kim Ledger , is the Patron of the scholarship. They were co-stars in Iubire si dependenta [January 23, ]. In order to physicalize Ennis Del Mar's closed off nature in Brokeback Mountain , Heath used the image of a clenched fist as inspiration. Split up with Michelle Williams in December when he moved out of their Brooklyn home. They did not confirm the split until August Created the character of The Joker in a hotel room in London.

Heath was not a method acting in his role as The Joker. Method acting means drawing upon ones own experiences for a part. There is no evidence he did this for that role, and he did not stay in character while filming. It is a misconception that his performance as the Joker caused him to become addicted to pills. He had been taking different forms of drugs since his teen years and his comfort with them started much earlier. When dealing with the pressures of film set hours, he took more pills to adjust his sleep schedule.

I only do this because Im having fun. The day I stop having fun, I'll just walk away. I wasn't going to have fun doing a teen movie again I don't want to do this for the rest of my life I don't want to spend the rest of my youth doing this in this industry. There's so much I want to discover. Vanity Fair, August I prefer to date older women because they don't try to act older like younger girls but because they try to act younger. It's a little uncomfortable doing love scenes in armor, but, you know, when the heat's on, the heat's on.

Access Hollywood , August Now, that's the scary thing. It's really strange and invading, but I'm still working it all out.

I try to not let it bother me. I really try and find the humour in all of it. And if I want to swim naked in my pool, I'm still going to do it.

I certainly don't want to feel that I have to change everything in my life that I do to cater to them. I just won't let it happen. National Post, May I don't have a technique.

I've never been a believer in having one set technique on how to act. There are no rules and there is no rulebook. At the end of the day, it all comes down to my instincts. That's the one thing that guides me through every decision professionally. Yeah, you read through the script times. I guess I have little characteristics about myself. Sometimes, most often than not, once we start shooting I won't look at the script at all until we finished shooting.

It's kind of like it's been imprinted in my head during rehearsals. You just let it go. I'm the worst auditioner, really, really bad.

I mean, you're being judged and I'm just so aware of it that it consumes me. I can't relax, I'm tied in knots, so the voice is very taut and tense. You're so aware that you're acting 'cause you're sitting across from this lady with a piece of paper who's going, ''I'm.

Blah, blah, blah,'' in this emotionless voice. People just love to bash LA. People say it's so pretentious, so arrogant, so this and that. But it's truly a wonderful place. You don't have to go to the places where that stuff goes on. You don't have to go to Beverly Hills, you don't have to go to the parties. You can live up in the Lower Canyon and live such a perfectly healthy, beautiful, fun life with all your friends.

You can drive two hours one way and be at the Joshua Tree desert, two hours one way you're skiing at Big Bear. Sure, it can get full-on and that's why it's good to get out. But it's too easy just to say, "Nup, I hate it.

I'm not living there anymore. You grow up with all those women around you I never studied acting in Australia. I never had an empty stage and black pajamas to run around and express myself. I have kind of semi-frantic, nervous energy. Harnessing that was something I thought I'd have to work out. Shooting in the wilderness, the stillness became like this innate quality. Brooklyn seems to me the closest thing in America to Europe.

The neighbors and locals are beautiful people. It's like a village. Michelle and I love her so much. Becoming a father exceeds all my expectations. It's the most remarkable experience I've ever had - it's marvelous. I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future.

He's just out of control -- no empathy, he's a sociopath, uh, a psychotic, mass-murdering clown. And, uh, I'm just thoroughly, thoroughly enjoying it. It's just exceeded any expectations I had of what the experience would be like. I can't say I'm proud of my work. It's the same with everything I do: He was Christopher Nolan 's first and only choice for the Joker.

He directed both homemade videos made by the Joker in The Dark Knight himself. Lived in a house in the forest while filming The Patriot Was only 4 years older than Kate Mara who plays his teenage daughter in Brokeback Mountain To get in character in Lords of Dogtown he wore some of Skip Engblom 's old clothes.

Cousin of actor Luke Ledger. He said the most difficult aspect of his performance as The Joker was getting the voice and laugh right. His acting mentor was Mel Gibson. Never attended Drama school and had no formal training when he decided to pursue an acting career.

He was five years younger than Christian Bale, making him the first actor to play The Joker who was younger than the actor playing Batman. Of all the actors who played the Joker and won Oscars, he is the only one to win for playing the Joker.

According to the 10th Anniversary commentary by his co-stars for 10 Things I Hate About You , he and Julia Stiles began a relationship during the filming. They broke up in January Was considered for the role of Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Tom Hardy took the role of Max in In , Australians in Film established the annual "Heath Ledger Scholarship" in honor of the late actor, who was an ambassador of the group.

Heath's father, Kim Ledger , is the Patron of the scholarship. They were co-stars in Iubire si dependenta [January 23, ]. In order to physicalize Ennis Del Mar's closed off nature in Brokeback Mountain , Heath used the image of a clenched fist as inspiration. Split up with Michelle Williams in December when he moved out of their Brooklyn home.

They did not confirm the split until August Created the character of The Joker in a hotel room in London. Heath was not a method acting in his role as The Joker. Method acting means drawing upon ones own experiences for a part. There is no evidence he did this for that role, and he did not stay in character while filming. It is a misconception that his performance as the Joker caused him to become addicted to pills. He had been taking different forms of drugs since his teen years and his comfort with them started much earlier.

When dealing with the pressures of film set hours, he took more pills to adjust his sleep schedule. I only do this because Im having fun. The day I stop having fun, I'll just walk away. I wasn't going to have fun doing a teen movie again I don't want to do this for the rest of my life I don't want to spend the rest of my youth doing this in this industry.

There's so much I want to discover. Vanity Fair, August I prefer to date older women because they don't try to act older like younger girls but because they try to act younger. It's a little uncomfortable doing love scenes in armor, but, you know, when the heat's on, the heat's on. Access Hollywood , August Now, that's the scary thing. It's really strange and invading, but I'm still working it all out. I try to not let it bother me.

I really try and find the humour in all of it. And if I want to swim naked in my pool, I'm still going to do it.

I certainly don't want to feel that I have to change everything in my life that I do to cater to them. I just won't let it happen. National Post, May I don't have a technique. I've never been a believer in having one set technique on how to act. There are no rules and there is no rulebook. At the end of the day, it all comes down to my instincts.

That's the one thing that guides me through every decision professionally. Yeah, you read through the script times. I guess I have little characteristics about myself. Sometimes, most often than not, once we start shooting I won't look at the script at all until we finished shooting. It's kind of like it's been imprinted in my head during rehearsals.

You just let it go. I'm the worst auditioner, really, really bad. I mean, you're being judged and I'm just so aware of it that it consumes me. I can't relax, I'm tied in knots, so the voice is very taut and tense. You're so aware that you're acting 'cause you're sitting across from this lady with a piece of paper who's going, ''I'm. Blah, blah, blah,'' in this emotionless voice. People just love to bash LA. People say it's so pretentious, so arrogant, so this and that.

But it's truly a wonderful place. You don't have to go to the places where that stuff goes on. You don't have to go to Beverly Hills, you don't have to go to the parties.

You can live up in the Lower Canyon and live such a perfectly healthy, beautiful, fun life with all your friends. You can drive two hours one way and be at the Joshua Tree desert, two hours one way you're skiing at Big Bear.

Sure, it can get full-on and that's why it's good to get out. But it's too easy just to say, "Nup, I hate it. I'm not living there anymore. You grow up with all those women around you I never studied acting in Australia. I never had an empty stage and black pajamas to run around and express myself. I have kind of semi-frantic, nervous energy. Harnessing that was something I thought I'd have to work out.

Shooting in the wilderness, the stillness became like this innate quality. Brooklyn seems to me the closest thing in America to Europe. The neighbors and locals are beautiful people. It's like a village. Michelle and I love her so much. Becoming a father exceeds all my expectations.

It's the most remarkable experience I've ever had - it's marvelous. I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future. He's just out of control -- no empathy, he's a sociopath, uh, a psychotic, mass-murdering clown.

And, uh, I'm just thoroughly, thoroughly enjoying it. It's just exceeded any expectations I had of what the experience would be like. I can't say I'm proud of my work. It's the same with everything I do: It's so noisy that it's quiet, you can't hear; the flashlights are so blinding that it's dark, you can't see. I start to get bored, not with the choices I was making, because I didn't really have a choice.

The choices were being made for me -- I was being thrown into projects. So I kind of put the brakes on that. In a sense, I destroyed my career to rebuild it again. I like to do something I fear. I like to set up obstacles and defeat them. I like to be afraid of the project. When I get cast in something, I always believe I shouldn't have been cast.

I fooled them again. I can't do it. I don't know how to do it. There's a huge amount of anxiety that drowns out any excitement I have toward the project. No amount of money changes what I do between 'action' and 'cut'. Before I got into the industry, I never imagined I'd have anywhere near the money I have now. I don't need any more. It's not that I don't want the money, it's just that I would have been really happy sitting on a beach or surfing every morning.

I never had money, and I was very happy without it. When I die, my money's not gonna come with me. My movies will live on - for people to judge what I was as a person.

I just want to stay curious. I'm pretty good at dropping a character once it's over for the day. Certainly once the film is over, I throw it all away. Your life is what matters. Chicago Sun Times, November I would have loved to work with them. I would love to work with many people who are around, but they're not lining up just yet.

Terrence Malick is one person who comes to mind. I would love to be in one of his visual poems. I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going. The New York Times, November Some people find their shtick. I've never figured out who Heath Ledger is on film: But there are many stories inside of me and a lot I want to achieve outside of one flat note.

I think [getting the role] was tougher for other people to comprehend than it was for me. I'm looking forward to it. A part of me feels like I've been warming up to [playing the Joker] for years. In The Brothers Grimm , [director] Terry Gilliam helped me put on a sort of clown act and adjust to that sort of pace. And I feel it's something within me I know how to do.

I like putting on a mask. It'll be dark and sinister and exciting. Not being a huge comic book fan, and not one to really follow comic book movies, I'm relaxed about it. NY Daily News, November They think as an actor you can get up and be confident on the screen.