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Heath Ledger
Ledger at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival
Born	Heath Andrew Ledger (1979-04-04)4 April 1979 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	22 January 2008(2008-01-22) (aged 28) New York City, US
Cause of death	Accidental poisoning from prescription medicine
Occupations	Actor music video director
Years active	1991\u20132008
Partner	Michelle Williams (2004\u20132007)
Children	1
Awards	Full list
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Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 \u2013 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. His work consisted of 20 films in a variety of genres, including 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Monster's Ball (2001), Casanova (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), the latter two of which were posthumously released.^[1] He also produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director.^[2]\n

For his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, he received nominations for the BAFTA Award,^[3] Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the eighth-youngest nominee in the category at that time.^[4] In 2007, he played a fictional actor, Robbie Clark, one of six characters embodying aspects of Bob Dylan's life and persona in Todd Haynes' I'm Not There.^[5]\n

Ledger died in January 2008^[6]^[4] from an accidental overdose as a result of prescription drug abuse.^[7]^[8]^[9] A few months before his death, he finished filming his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight; the performance brought him praise and popularity, and numerous posthumous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[10]^[3]^[11]\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1997\n	Blackrock\n	Toby Ackland\n	\n
Paws\n	Oberon\n	\n
1999\n	10 Things I Hate About You\n	Patrick Verona\n	\n
Two Hands\n	Jimmy\n	\n
2000\n	The Patriot\n	Gabriel Martin\n	\n
2001\n	A Knight's Tale\n	William Thatcher\n	\n
Monster's Ball\n	Sonny Grotowski\n	\n
2002\n	The Four Feathers\n	Harry Faversham\n	\n
2003\n	Ned Kelly\n	Ned Kelly\n	\n
The Order\n	Alex Bernier\n	\n
2005\n	Brokeback Mountain\n	Ennis Del Mar\n	\n
The Brothers Grimm\n	Jacob Grimm\n	\n
Casanova\n	Giacomo Casanova\n	\n
Lords of Dogtown\n	Skip Engblom\n	\n
2006\n	Candy\n	Dan Carter\n	\n
2007\n	I'm Not There\n	Robbie Clark / Bob Dylan\n	\n
2008\n	The Dark Knight\n	The Joker\n	Posthumous release\n
2009\n	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus\n	Tony Shepard\n	Posthumous release; final film role\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1991\n	Clowning Around\n	Orphan clown\n	TV movie; debut role (uncredited)\n
1993\n	Ship to Shore\n	Cyclist\n	Seasons 1\u20132 (3 episodes)\n
1996\n	Sweat\n	Snowy Bowles\n	Season 1 (26 episodes)\n
1997\n	Home and Away\n	Scott Irwin\n	Season 10 (9 episodes)\n
Roar\n	Conor\n	Season 1 (13 episodes)\n
2017\n	I Am Heath Ledger\n	Himself\n	Posthumous release; archive footage\n

Year\n	Title\n	Performer\n	Notes\n
2006\n	\"Cause an Effect\"\n	N'fa\n	Also director\n
\"Seduction is Evil (She's Hot)\"\n
\"Morning Yearning\"\n	Ben Harper\n
2007\n	\"Black Eyed Dog\"\n	Nick Drake\n	Also director and featuring himself^[41]\n
2009\n	\"Quicksand\"\n	Grace Woodroofe\n	Also director\n
\"King Rat\"\n	Modest Mouse\n	Animated video; conceived by himself^[49]\n

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