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* Born: 4 April 1979
* Birthplace: Perth, Australia
* Died: 22 January 2008 (accidental overdose)
* Best Known As: The Brokeback Mountain star who died at age 28
Name at birth: Heathcliff Andrew Ledger
Heath Ledger was a rising 21st-century movie star until his shocking death in 2008. Ledger kicked off his career by playing the warrior hero Conor in the Dark Ages TV series Roar (1997). The series lasted only one season, but established Ledger as an up-and-coming heartthrob. He enhanced that reputation in the teen movie Ten Things I Hate About You (1999, with Julia Stiles), a loose retelling of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. He played the feisty son of fellow Australian Mel Gibson in The Patriot (2000) and returned to horseback for the jousting adventure A Knight's Tale (2001). He also played a fictionalized version of Jacob Grimm in the 2005 Terry Gilliam film The Brothers Grimm. The same year he co-starred in the daring western Brokeback Mountain (directed by Ang Lee), with Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal playing cowboys in love. Ledger was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on the afternoon of 22 January 2008. An autopsy determined that he had suffered an accidental overdose of prescribed anti-depressants, pain killers, and sleeping medications. Ledger had already finished filming his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight, a Batman film planned for release in July 2008.
Ledger reportedly was named Heathcliff after the brooding figure in the Emily Brontë book Wuthering Heights... Ledger and actress Michelle Williams are parents to a daughter, Matilda Rose, born in October 2005. The pair met while playing husband and wife in Brokeback Mountain; they were never married, and separated in 2007... Several drugs were mentioned in the medical examiner's report on Ledger's death. By brand name, they included: OxyContin, a painkiller; Xanax and Valium, both anti-anxiety drugs; and Restoril and Unisom, both sleeping aids.
For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below. Basically, Ledger's first real acting job was portraying a gay cyclist on the Australian TV show Sweat. Other landmarks of his early career include a role in the Australian movie Blackrock and the American TV series Roar. His "big break" was playing Patrick Verona in well-accepted teen movie 10 Things I Hate About You. Ledger was also noticed in his next role as Mel Gibson's son in The Patriot.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoat first heath was interested in hockey and he was really good at it and he was going to be a hockey player, then at school he had the choice of doing an army thing or something and drama and he was the kind of person who didn't like violence so he chose drama and found out he really liked it. his sister then had a career in film making so he went along with her and a producer said he should audition for his show sweat so he did and he got the part as a gay cyclist.
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∙ 14y agoHe could've played any role
He was a cowboy
He was a teenager
He was a drugaddict
He had zero empathy
He was a clown...JOKER
He was a priest
He was a hippie
He was THE BEST....
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∙ 13y agoDon't really understand your question? He grew up in Perth Australia. He has an older sister, then his parents divorced and remarried and he was blessed with 2 more half sisters and 2 step sisters. His Mum taught French and his Dad was an engineer, working with race cars. He said in interviews that he had a good childhood. He went to an all boys school, he played on various sports teams, was in drama and was very good at Chess, even winning a championship at a young age. He graduated high school and left home at 16 to pursue acting.
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∙ 10y agoThe actor Heath Ledger became more popular when he starred in the movie " A Knight's Tale". The play "The Knight's Tale" was written by Chaucer and modernized by the film industry to create the movie that Mr. Ledger starred in. His popularity did increase by being in this movie.
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∙ 13y agoHeath Ledger is famous because he is the most amazing actor to ever live on this planet. PLUS the hottest!
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∙ 12y agoThe teen movie "10 Things I Hate About You", also starring Julia Stiles and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
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∙ 14y agoWell no one really knows, but he did write a diary in the character of the Joker.
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∙ 12y agoBlackmail
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How old was Heath Ledger in 10 things i hate about you?
He was interested in the script maybe? Ledger has said that he disliked 10 Things, mostly because it was a somewhat shallow teen movie with little opportunity for real character development. He also commented on how he hated his line that made a reference to "beer-flavored nipples." Anyway, he said he took the part because after he moved to LA, he had to start somewhere and this was his best offer. This said, I am personally a huge fan of 10 Things and think it is a brilliant teen film. Ledger used the fame and experience gained in 10 Things and tried to steer away from being typecast, landing his next big role opposite Mel Gibson in The Patriot.
Where did Heath Ledger live in Australia?
he lived in perth Actually, Ledger was filming in England for most of 2008, but lived in an apartment in Soho, Manhattan. Ledger died on January 22, 2008, so he wasn't spending much time in any one spot. For most of 2007, I would assume he was filming TDK in Chicago.
What religion was Heath Ledger?
His elementary school and HS - Guilford, in Perth Australia were Anglican...
What is a What are fact of Heath Ledger?
When a young, hunky 20 year old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of not much depth. He has spent the past five years trying desperately to sway this image away, but this has indeed been a double-edged sword. But that comes much later in his story. Heath Ledger was born on the fourth of April 1979, in Perth, Western Australia. As the story goes, in junior high it was compulsory to do one of two electives, either cooking or drama, and as Heath could honestly not see himself in a cooking class, he tried his hand at drama. Heath was talented, there was no denying that. However, the rest of the class did not acknowledge his talent, possibly out of jealousy. When he was 17, he and a friend, decided to pack up, leave school, take a car and rough it to Sydney. Heath believed Sydney to be the place where dreams are made, or at least, where actors can possibly get their big break. However, upon arriving in Sydney with a purported 69 cents to his name, Heath tried everything to get a break. His first real acting job came in a low budget movie calledBlackrock (1997), a largely unimpressive clich��; a teen angst film about one boy's struggle when he learns his best mate raped a girl. He did not have a large part in this movie. In fact, it was a very small one. The only thing of notice in his role is you get to see him get his lights punched out. After that small role, Heath auditioned for a role in a TV show called "Sweat" (1996) about a group of young Olympic hopefuls. He got offered one of two roles, one as a swimmer, another as a gay cyclist. Heath accepted the latter because he felt to really stand out as an actor one had to accept unique roles that stood out from the bunch. It got him small notice, but unfortunately the show was quickly axed, which led him to look for other roles. He was in "Home and Away" (1988) for a very short period, in which he played a surfer who falls in love with one of the girls of Summer Bay. Then came his very brief role in Paws (1997). Paws was a film which existed solely to cash in on guitar prodigy Nathan Cavaleri's brief moment of fame, where he was the hottest thing in Australia. Heath played a student in the film, involved in a stage production of a Shakespeare play, in which he played "Oberon". A very brief role, this did nothing other than give him a small paycheck, but nothing to advance his career. Also he was gay and loved a really gay guy named Nash thomas who also worked as a stripper in a gay strip club. Then came Two Hands (1999). He went to America trying to audition for film roles, showcasing his brief role in "Roar" (1997) opposite then unknown Vera Farmiga. He could not find any American roles but then Australian director Gregor Jordan auditioned him for the lead in Two Hands (1999), which he got. An in your face Aussie crime thriller, Two Hands (1999) was outstanding and helped him secure a role in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). After that, it seemed Heath was being typecast as a teen hunk, which he did not like, so he accepted a role in a very serious war drama The Patriot (2000). What followed was a stark inconsistency of roles, Ledger accepting virtually every single character role, anything to avoid being typecast. Some met with praise, like his short role in Monster's Ball (2001), but his version of Ned Kelly (2003) was an absolute flop, which led distributors hesitant to even release it outside Australia. Heath finally had deserved success with his role in Brokeback Mountain (2005), for which he was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA. Heath won the Oscar for his role in Brokeback Mountain posthumously. Ledger was found dead on January 22, 2008 in his apartment in the Manhattan neighborhood of SoHo, with a bottle of prescription sleeping pills nearby. It was concluded weeks later that he died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs that included painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medication.
What kind of sunglasses did Heath Ledger wear?
He was often seen wearing Ray-Ban Wayfarers. yoopeeh this was a question that was troubling my life and i don't know how i could ever gone on without this information. who cares.
When was Your Big Break created?
Your Big Break was created on 1999-09-25.
Batman the dark knight the joker why is he so cute?
He is cute because he is Heath Ledger and people have pity for him because he died and also because his cheeks in the movie were kinda big
Did Heath Ledger get awards for his movies?
A few but none of the big time Oscar awards. He was nominated though a bunch of times. I think he should win an award for playing the joker.
How old was Heath Ledger in 10 things i hate about you?
He was interested in the script maybe? Ledger has said that he disliked 10 Things, mostly because it was a somewhat shallow teen movie with little opportunity for real character development. He also commented on how he hated his line that made a reference to "beer-flavored nipples." Anyway, he said he took the part because after he moved to LA, he had to start somewhere and this was his best offer. This said, I am personally a huge fan of 10 Things and think it is a brilliant teen film. Ledger used the fame and experience gained in 10 Things and tried to steer away from being typecast, landing his next big role opposite Mel Gibson in The Patriot.
What are the release dates for Rocket Power - 1999 Big Air Dare Otto's Big Break 1-19?
Rocket Power - 1999 Big Air Dare Otto's Big Break 1-19 was released on: USA: 21 March 2000 USA: 2001
Where did Heath Ledger live in Australia?
he lived in perth Actually, Ledger was filming in England for most of 2008, but lived in an apartment in Soho, Manhattan. Ledger died on January 22, 2008, so he wasn't spending much time in any one spot. For most of 2007, I would assume he was filming TDK in Chicago.
Why did Heath Ledger get famous?
he was very good at his high school drama club, and he and his friends went to Sydney to try out acting. he became a famous actor after he stared in some big movies like the patriot, and a knights tale...
What religion was Heath Ledger?
His elementary school and HS - Guilford, in Perth Australia were Anglican...
Who played the best joker?
Voted for: Heath Ledger When it comes to originality, Mark Hamill I'd also pick for performance in the majority in animations, but with Heath is the way he portrays is another instance, more humanly threatening in crime waves. He's much more dangerous even when he's sadly done so only once, the way he takes hits and how it pans out for his plans to make ends meet as the criminal mastermind who kills a lot. His Joker builds up a powerful threat that would do anything and manipulate others, even when looking like a smiling psychopath of sinister laughs.
What are the ratings and certificates for Gimme Gimme Gimme - 1999 The Big Break 1-2?
Gimme Gimme Gimme - 1999 The Big Break 1-2 is rated/received certificates of: UK:12 (video rating) (2000)
What are the release dates for For Your Love - 1998 The First Big Break-Up 2-20?
For Your Love - 1998 The First Big Break-Up 2-20 was released on: USA: 6 May 1999 USA: 6 May 1999
How big is Hampstead Heath?
790 acres
