Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

Australian actor
Heath Andrew Ledger 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.Wikipedia
BornApril 4, 1979
HometownPerth, Australia
Net worth$16 million
Height6'1" (1.85m)
PartnerMichelle Williams (2004 - 2007) , Naomi Watts (2002 - 2004)
ChildrenMatilda Ledger
ParentsKim Ledger , Sally Ramshaw
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‘Career suicide’? Heath Ledger and the fight to make Brokeback Mountain

  • The Heath Ledger Hollywood wanted, and the Heath Ledger we all remember, are two very different things. Fifteen years on from Ledger’s death on January 22 2008, we remember him as one of the most exciting talents of his generation, an actor drawn to troubled, weighty roles – parts in which he could burrow himself, regardless of possible side effects.

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Heath Ledger’s ex-fiancée Michelle Williams had to ' battle to take control of his biopic’

Heath Ledger’s former fiancée Michelle Williams would reportedly battle to take control of his biopic.
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AWARDS

YearAssociationsCategoryWorkResult
2009Golden GlobeBest Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureThe Dark KnightWinner
2009Academy AwardActor in a Supporting RoleThe Dark KnightWinner
2009Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleThe Dark KnightWinner
2009British Academy of Film & Television ArtsSupporting ActorThe Dark KnightWinner
2006Golden GlobeBest Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - DramaBrokeback MountainNominated

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