Heath Ledger

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RECENT CREDITS

The Dark Knight (FILM) Jul. 18, 2008

What Perez Sez (TV) Dec. 13, 2007

I'm Not There (FILM) Nov. 21, 2007

Candy (FILM) Nov. 17, 2006

The 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild... (TV) Jan. 29, 2006

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HIGHLIGHTS

2009 Nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (“The Dark Knight”)

2008 Was filming Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" at the time of his death

2008 Portrayed the Joker in the second installment of the revived "Batman" series, "The Dark Knight"; film was released after his death

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 2009 -Tony

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The Dark Knight 2008 -The Joker

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I'm Not There 2007 -Robbie

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What Perez Sez 2007 -Winner

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About 2007 (2007) -Winner

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Candy 2006 -Dan

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The 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2006 -Presenter

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Casanova 2005 -Casanova

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Brokeback Mountain 2005 -Ennis Del Mar

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The Brothers Grimm 2005 -Jacob Grimm

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Lords of Dogtown 2005 -Skip Engblom

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Ned Kelly 2004 -Ned Kelly

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The Order 2003 -Father Alex Bernier

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The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2003 -Presenter

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The Four Feathers 2002 -Harry Faversham

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The 2002 MTV Video Music Awards 2002

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Monster's Ball 2001 -Sonny Grotowski

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A Knight's Tale 2001 -William Thatcher

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History or Hollywood? The Patriot 2000 -Interviewee

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The Patriot 2000 -Gabriel Martin

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Paws 1999 -Oberon

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10 Things I Hate About You 1999 -Patrick Verona

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Two Hands 1999 -Jimmy

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Roar 1997 -Conor

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Blackrock 1997 -Toby Ackland

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Highlights

2009 Nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (“The Dark Knight”)

2008 Was filming Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" at the time of his death

2008 Portrayed the Joker in the second installment of the revived "Batman" series, "The Dark Knight"; film was released after his death

2008 Nominated for the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (“The Dark Knight”)

2008 Nominated for the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (“The Dark Knight”)

2007 Portrayed Bob Dylan at one distinct stage of his life, in Todd Haynes' film, "I'm Not There"

2006 Directed the music video, "Morning Yearning" for Ben Harper

2006 Played a drug addict in "Candy" opposite Abbie Cornish

2005 Portrayed Skip Engblom, co-owner of the Zepher surf shop in Catherine Hardwicke's "Lords of Dogtown" a fictionalized take on a group of skateboarders that originated in Venice, CA during the 1970's

2005 Co-star opposite Matt Damon in Terry Gilliam's "The Brothers Grimm"

2005 Cast as a ranch hand who falls in love with Jake Gyllenhaal in Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain"; earned Oscar, Independent Spirit Award, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actor

2004 Cast as legendary Australian outlaw Ned Kelly in the film "Ned Kelly"

2003 Reunited with Helgeland and co-stars Mark Addy and Shannyn Sossamon in "The Order"

2002 Starred in the remake of "Four Feathers"

2001 Cast in the lead in "A Knight's Tale," directed by Brian Helgeland

2001 Played Billy Bob Thornton's son in "Monster's Ball"

2000 Played Mel Gibson's son in the Revolutionary War drama "The Patriot"

1999 Co-starred with Julia Stiles in "10 Things I Hate About You," an updated take on "The Taming of the Shrew"

1998 Had a starring role opposite Bryan Brown in the gangster comedy "Two Hands"

1997 Feature acting debut, "Blackrock"

1997 Starred as a Celtic warrior prince in the Fox summer series "Roar"

1996 Appeared in the Australian TV series "Sweat" as Snowey Bowles, a gay bicyclist hoping to land a spot on an Olympic team

Raised in Perth, Australia