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'''Heath Andrew Ledger''' (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian television and film actor. He suffered an accidental death at age 28.<ref name=NYTBarron>{{cite news|author=James Barron|title=Heath Ledger, Actor, Is Found Dead at 28|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/movies/23ledger.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''nytimes.com'' ([[The New York Times Company]])|date=2008-01-23|accessdate=2008-04-27}}</ref><ref name=Timesobit>{{cite news|title=Heath Ledger: The Times Obituary|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3237974.ece|work=[[The Times]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''[[timesonline.co.uk]]'' ([[News International]])|date=2008-01-23|accessdate=2008-04-27}}</ref><ref name=Chan>{{cite news |author=Sewell Chan and James Barron (contributing)|title=City Room: Heath Ledger's Death Is Ruled an Accident|url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/heath-ledgers-death-is-ruled-an-accident/|work=[[The New York Times]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com'' ([[The New York Times Company]])|date=2008-02-06 |accessdate=2008-08-17}}</ref><ref name=CNNLedger>{{cite news |author=[[CNN]]|title=Ledger's Death Caused by Accidental Overdose|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/06/heath.ledger/index.html|work=[[CNN|CNN: SHOWBIZ/Movies]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''[[CNN|cnn.com]]'' ([[Time Warner]])|date=2008-02-06 |accessdate=2008-08-17}}</ref>
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After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his movie career further, acting in 19 films, including such [[Film criticism|critical]] and box-office successes as ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]'' (1999), ''[[The Patriot (2000 film)|The Patriot]]'' (2000), ''[[Monster's Ball]]'' (2000), ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'' (2001), ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' (2005), and ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]'' (2008).<ref name=GMAtimeline>{{Cite news |title=Timeline of Heath Ledger's Career|author=[[Associated Press|AP]]|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/77646/Timeline-of-Heath-Ledgers-career|work=[[GMA Network|gmanews.tv]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=[[GMA Network]]||date=2008-01-23|accessdate=2008-04-27}}</ref><ref name=Hellofilmography>{{cite web|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/heathledger/?view=jobs|title=Filmography - Heath Ledger|accessdate=2008-08-18|work=[[Hello!]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=Hello! Ltd}}</ref> In addition to his work as an actor and as a producer and director of [[music video]]s, he also aspired to be a [[film director]].<ref name=Haynes>{{cite web|title=Todd Haynes Dedicates Robert Altman Award to Heath Ledger|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fI7KcDKGLo|work=[[You Tube]]|format=[[Web]] [[video clip]]|publisher=[[Google]]|date=2008-02-23|accessdate=2008-08-08}}</ref><ref name=Dawtrey>{{cite news|author=Adam Dawtrey |title='Parnassus' Team Faces Dilemma |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979492.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=''Variety.com'' ([[Reed Elsevier]])|date=2008-01-23|accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref>
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For his portrayal of [[Ennis Del Mar]] in ''Brokeback Mountain'', Ledger won the 2005 [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor]] and the 2006 "Best Actor" award from the [[Australian Film Institute]] and was nominated for the 2005 [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]<ref name=NYTBarron/><ref name=Timesobit/><ref name=GMAtimeline/> and the 2006 Best Actor award from the [[59th British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]], as well as won an [[MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Award]] with [[Jake Gyllenhaal]], for their "best kiss" in the film. He also received several award nominations for his work in ''[[Two Hands (1999 film)|Two Hands]]'' (1999), ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]'' (1999), ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'' (2001), ''[[Ned Kelly (2003 film)|Ned Kelly]]'' (2003), and ''[[Candy (2006 film)|Candy]]'' (2006). Posthumously, on 23 February 2008, he shared the [[Independent Spirit Awards 2007#Robert Altman Award|2007 Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award]] with the rest of the ensemble cast, the director, and the casting director of the film ''[[I'm Not There]]'', inspired by the life and songs of [[Bob Dylan]], in which he plays a fictional actor named Robbie Clark, one of six characters embodying aspects of the Dylan legend.<ref name=Haynes/><ref name=ETOnline>{{cite news|title=Heath Ledger Honored at Independent Spirit Awards|url=http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/02/58948/|work=[[Entertainment Tonight|ET Online]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''etonline.com'' ([[CBS|CBS Studios Inc.]])|date=2008-02-23|accessdate=2008-08-08}}</ref>
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A few months before his death, Ledger had finished filming his widely-praised penultimate performance as the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]] in ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]''.<ref name=Halbfinger2>{{cite news |author=David M. Halbfinger|title=Batman's Burden: A Director Confronts Darkness and Death |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/movies/09halb.htm|work=[[The New York Times]] (Arts & Leisure: Film)||format=[[Web]] and [[printing|print]]|publisher=''nytimes.com''|date=2008-03-09|pages=1, 16|accessdate=2008-03-10|}}</ref><ref name=RottenTomatoes>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dark_knight/|title=The Dark Knight Movie Reviews|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''rottentomatoes.com'', ([[IGN|IGN Entertainment]], [[News Corporation]])|accessdate=2008-08-09}}</ref><ref name=Metacritic>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/darkknight|title=The Dark Knight (2008): Reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''metacritic.com'' ([[CNET Networks]], [[CBS Corporation]])|accessdate=2008-08-09}}</ref> At the time of his death, he had also completed about half of the work for his final performance, the role of Tony in [[Terry Gilliam]]'s forthcoming film ''[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]''.<ref name=Halbfinger2/><ref name=CNNBind/><ref name=Kilpatrick>{{cite news|author=Christine Kilpatrick|title=Production Suspended on Heath Ledger's Latest Movie|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20173511,00.html|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''People.com'' ([[Time Inc.]])|date=2008-01-24|accessdate=2008-01-24}}</ref><ref name=Halbfinger>{{cite news |author=David M. Halbfinger|title=Actor’s Death May Mean Film's End |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/movies/25parn.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=12 (Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk)|date=2008-01-25 |accessdate=2008-02-02}}</ref>
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Heath Ledger was born on 4 April 1979, in [[Perth, Western Australia]], the son of Sally Ledger Bell ([[married and maiden names|née]] Ramshaw), a French teacher, and Kim Ledger, a racing-car driver and [[mining]] engineer, whose family established and owned the well-known Ledger Engineering Foundry.<ref name=Wills>{{cite news |author=Dominic Wills|title=Heath Ledger Biography|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/heath_ledger_biog.html |date=2008|accessdate=2008-04-22|work=[[Tiscali TV|tiscali.film & tv]]|publisher=''tiscali.co.uk''|quote=The Ledger name was well-known in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], the family having run a foundry that provided much of the raw material for the famous Perth to [[Kalgoorlie, Western Australia|Kalgoorlie]] [[Goldfields Water Supply Scheme|Pipeline]], which ran 557 kilometres east out into the desert and, beginning to pump [water] back in 1903, first supplied the Western Australian goldfields and now served over 100,000 people and 6 million sheep in 44,000 square miles. The Sir Frank Ledger Charitable Trust, named after Heath's great-grandfather, was renowned for granting funds to the area's universities, paying for visiting lecturers and scholarships for gifted students.}}</ref><ref name=filmref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/15/Heath-Ledger.html|title=Heath Ledger Biography (1979-)|year=2007|work=Filmreference.com|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/welcomewalls/search_viewlisting.asp?PID=504&PN=8&SearchKey=B&SearchType=2|title=Banks, Frederick & Annie|accessdate=2008-02-07|work=WA Maritime Museum Welcome Walls|work=[[Western Australian Museum]] Official Website|publisher=''museum.wa.gov.au''|quote=The Ledger Foundry made most of the pipes, etc. for the [[Goldfields Water Supply Scheme|Kalgoorlie Pipe Line]]. Fred worked as a partner in the Foundry & also made tools for the prospectors on the Goldfields.}}</ref> The Sir Frank Ledger Charitable Trust is named after his great-grandfather.<ref name=Wills/> Ledger attended Mary's Mount Primary School, in [[Gooseberry Hill, Western Australia|Gooseberry Hill]],<ref name=Ripper>{{cite news |title=Heath Ledger among WA's Finest Sons, Says Eric Ripper| |url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23096806-948,00.html|work=[[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|The Sunday Times]] (PerthNow)|publisher=''news.com.au''|date=2008-01-23 |accessdate=2008-02-08|quote=Heath was one of the best actors the nation had produced and his death at age 28 had shocked the community, he said. ... 'I understand he was a former student at both Mary’s Mount Primary School in Gooseberry Hill and later at Guildford Grammar,' Mr [[Eric Ripper|Ripper]] said. ... 'Apparently he left school at 16 to pursue his passion for acting. There is no doubt his wonderful work in that field in such a comparatively short time will endure.' ... Mr Ripper said Western Australians everywhere would be proud of Ledger’s work and his legacy.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Michael Bodey|title=Rocked by the System|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23098145-15803,00.html|work=[[The Australian]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''theaustralian.news.com.au''|page=13 (Features)|date=2008-01-24|accessdate=2008-02-08|quote=1985: Attends Mary's Mount Primary School in the Perth Hills and Guildford Grammar, excelling in drama and sport.}}</ref> and later [[Guildford Grammar School]], where he had his first acting experiences, starring in a school production as [[Peter Pan]] at age 10.<ref name=Timesobit/><ref name=Wills/> His parents separated when he was 10 and divorced when he was 11.<ref name=Lipsky>{{cite news| author=David Lipsky|title=Heath Ledger's Lonesome Trail|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9448111/heath_ledgers_lonesome_trail|date=2006-03-23|accessdate=2008-04-21|work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|publisher=''rollingstone.com''|quote=His dad wanted him to race cars. Hollywood wanted him to play Spider-Man. But he wanted to play a gay cowboy. Now he's a huge star, and he's not happy about it.}}</ref> Ledger's older sister, Kate, an actress and later a [[publicist]], with whom he was very close, inspired his acting on stage, and his love of [[Gene Kelly]] inspired his successful [[choreography]] leading to Guildford Grammar's 60-member team's "first all-boy victory" at the [[Rock Eisteddfod Challenge]].<ref name=Wills/><ref name=Sessums4>{{Cite journal|author=[[Kevin Sessums]]|title=We're Having a Heath Wave|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2000/08/heath200008?currentPage=4|journal=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|issue=August 2000|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''vanityfair.com'' ([[Condé Nast Publications]])|accessdate=2008-04-21|pages=4|quote=[Dispensing with 'romantic' notions promulgated by some biographies (including Wills's in ''[[Tiscali TV|tiscali.film & tv]]'') that he and his sister are named after characters [[Katherine|Catherine]] and [[Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)|Heathcliff]] in [[Emily Brontë]]'s novel ''[[Wuthering Heights]]''], he's asked if Heath is a shortened version of Heathcliff. 'No, just Heath. But I do have an older sister named Kathy,' he says. 'Well, Kate.'&nbsp;}}</ref><ref name=Sessums3>{{Cite journal|author=[[Kevin Sessums]]|title=We're Having a Heath Wave|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2000/08/heath200008?currentPage=3|journal=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''vanityfair.com'' ([[Condé Nast Publications]])|issue=August 2000|accessdate=2008-04-23|pages=3}}</ref><ref name=Kent>{{Cite news | author=Melissa Kent|title=Tears, Tributes Accompany Heath Ledger to His Final Rest|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/02/09/1202234231953.html?from=top5|work=[[The Age]] | publisher=''theage.com.au''|date=2008-02-09|accessdate=2008-04-21}}</ref> Heath's and Kate's other siblings include two half-sisters, Ashleigh Bell (b. 1989), his mother's daughter with her second husband and his stepfather Roger Bell, and Olivia Ledger (b. 1997), his father's daughter with second wife and his stepmother Emma Brown.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018553/bio|title=Heath Ledger Biography|work=[[Yahoo! 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Ledger was an avid chess player, winning Western Australia's junior chess championship at the age of 10.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary of Heath Ledger Actor who thought deeply about his craft and won widespread praise for Brokeback Mountain|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/23/wledger823.xml |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|page=25|date=2008-01-24|accessdate=2008-02-07|quote=At the same time he showed promise in other areas, as a junior go-kart racing champion and, aged only 10, as Western Australia's junior chess champion.}}</ref><ref name=Pendreigh>{{cite news|author=Brian Pendreigh|title=&nbsp;'My friend Heath would never commit suicide'|url=http://news.scotsman.com/uk/39My-friend-Heath-would-never.3715399.jp|work=[[The Scotsman|Scotland on Sunday]]|publisher=''news.scotsman.com''|date=2008-01-24|accessdate=2008-02-14}}</ref> As an adult, he often played with other chess enthusiasts at [[Washington Square Park]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Christina Tapper and Natasha Stoyoff|title=Heath Ledger's Passion for Chess|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20173995,00.html|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=''people.com''|date=2008-01-26|accessdate=2008-02-03|quote=No stranger to the New York Washington Square Park chess world, Heath Ledger found joy by screaming the occasional 'checkmate!'}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Josh Horowitz|title=Heath Ledger Discusses Delving Into Dylan for 'I'm Not There': Channeling Sid Vicious for 'Dark Knight'|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1574035/20071112/story.jhtml|work=[[MTV]] Movies|publisher=''mtv.com''|date=2007-11-12|accessdate=2008-02-03}}</ref> [[Allan Scott (Scottish screenwriter)|Allan Scott]]'s film adaptation of the chess-related 1983 novel ''[[The Queen's Gambit (novel)|The Queen's Gambit]]'', by [[Walter Tevis]], which at the time of his death he was planning both to perform in and to direct, would have been Ledger's first [[feature film]] as a director.<ref name=Dawtrey/><ref name=Cazzulino2>{{cite news|author=Michelle Cazzulino|title=Heath Ledger's Gambit to Be a Director|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23446583-5006013,00.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|publisher=''news.com.au''|date=2008-03-29 |accessdate=2008-04-24|quote=It was an opportunity tailor-made for Ledger, Scott said. 'The movie is about chess, and what is a little known fact is Heath was very close to being on the grandmaster level. He was a chess whiz, and he intended to get his grandmaster rating before he started shooting the picture.'&nbsp;}}</ref>

Among his most-notable romantic relationships, Ledger dated actress [[Heather Graham (actress)|Heather Graham]] for several months in 2000 to 2001,<ref name=WENN1>{{Cite news|author=WENN (World Entertainment News Network)|title=Heather Graham and Heath Ledger Split|url=http://www.cinema.com/news/item/4296/heather-graham-and-heath-ledger-split.phtml|work=cinema.com|date=2001-06-10|accessdate=2008-07-24}}</ref> and he had a serious on-and-off-again long-term relationship with actress [[Naomi Watts]], whom he met during the filming of ''[[Ned Kelly (2003 film)|Ned Kelly]]'' and with whom he lived at times from 2002 to 2004.<ref>{{cite news|author=Gary Susman|title=Naomi Watts and Heath Ledger Split|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,491620,00.html|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=''ew.com''|date=2003-10-01 |accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref><ref name=McShaneexcerpt>{{Cite news|author=John McShane|title=Loves of Heath Ledger's Life|url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23564492-5007191,00.html |work=[[The Courier-Mail]]|publication=news.com.au|date=2008-04-20|accessdate=2008-04-24|quote=In the first book since Heath Ledger's death, Fleet Street's John McShane looks at the actor's legacy. In this extract, he examines Ledger's relationships.}}</ref> In the summer of 2004, he met and began dating actress [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]] on the set of ''Brokeback Mountain'', and their daughter, Matilda Rose, was born on 28 October 2005 in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Kiki King, Eva Simpson, and Caroline Hedley|title=The Heath Is On |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/archive/2006/03/08/the-heath-is-on-89520-16786391/|work=[[Daily Mirror|Daily Mirror (London)]] (3AM)|publisher=''mirror.co.uk''|format=[[Web]] archive|page=16 |date=2006-03-03 |accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> Matilda Rose's godparents are Ledger's ''Brokeback'' co-star [[Jake Gyllenhaal]] and Williams' ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' castmate [[Busy Philipps]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Godfather Jake Gillenhaal's Silent Agony |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23105747-5001021,00.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''news.com.au''|date=2008-01-25|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=First Picture: Michelle Williams and Matilda Arrive in Brooklyn|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/michelle_williams_and_matilda_arrive_in_brooklyn|work=[[Us Weekly]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''Usmagazine.com''|date=2008-01-23|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref> Problems with [[paparazzi]] in Australia prompted Ledger to sell his residence in [[Bronte, New South Wales]] and move to the United States, where he shared an apartment with Williams, in [[Boerum Hill]], [[Brooklyn]], from 2005 to 2007.<ref name=NYTBarron/><ref>{{cite news|author=Sarah Grant |title=Soaking Left My Lad Heath in Tears|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,20281,19396781-5001026,00.html |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|page=9 |date=2006-06-08|accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ledger Hopes for $3m Profit on Beach House|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ledger-hopes-for-3m-profit-on-beach-house/2006/02/10/1139542406285.html|work=[[The Age]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''theage.com.au''|date=2006-02-11|accessdate=2007-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Angela Saurine|title=Why the Rich Are Kings of the Castle |url=http://www.realestate.com.au/review/apr06/article4.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|publisher=''realestate.com.au''|page=19|date=2006-04-15|accessdate=2007-08-17}}</ref><ref name=AWilliams>{{cite news |author=Alex Williams|title=Brooklyn's Fragile Eco-System|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/fashion/30brooklyn.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=''nytimes.com''|page=1|date=2007-09-30 |accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref> In September 2007, Williams' father, [[Larry Williams (trader)|Larry Williams]], confirmed to Sydney's ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|Daily Telegraph]]'' that Ledger and Williams had ended their relationship.<ref>{{cite news|author=WENN (World Entertainment News Network)|title=Williams' Father Confirms Ledger Split |url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Williams_Father_Confirms_Ledger_Split/4753467 |work=Hollywood.com|date=2007-09-04 |accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref> After his break up with Williams, in late 2007 and early 2008, the [[tabloid press]] and other [[mass media|public media]] linked Ledger romantically with [[supermodel]]s [[Helena Christensen]] and [[Gemma Ward]] and with former [[child actor|child star]], [[actor|actress]] [[Mary-Kate Olsen]].<ref name=Supermodel>{{cite news |title=Supermodel's Last Call to Heath |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23100669-5015809,00.html |work=news.com.au |publisher=[[Herald Sun]] |date=2008-01-24 |accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref><ref name=Stansfield>{{cite news |author=Robert Stansfield |title=Helena Christensen Was On Way to See Heath Ledger |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2008/01/24/helena-christensen-was-on-way-to-see-heath-ledger-86908-20296307/|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Scottish Daily Record]]|publisher=''dailyrecord.co.uk''|page=6|date=2008-01-24|accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref><ref name=SidConf>{{cite news|author=Holly Byrnes, Sarah Grant, and Angela Saurine|title=Are Gemma Ward and Heath Ledger Dating?|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,23001070-7485,00.html|work=Sydney Confidential|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|publisher=''news.com.au''|format=[[Web]]|page=31|date=2008-01-03|accessdate=2008-02-06}}</ref><ref name=FifeYeomans>{{cite news|author=Janet Fife-Yeomans|title=Sorrow of Heath Ledger's Secret Love|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23105983-5001021,00.html|work= [[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|format=[[Web]]|page=4|date=2008-01-25|accessdate=2008-02-06}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== 1990s ===

After sitting for early graduation exams at 16, Ledger left school to pursue an acting career.<ref name=Lipsky/> With Trevor DiCarlo, his best friend since he was 3, Ledger drove across Australia from [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] to [[Sydney]], returning to Perth to take a small role in ''[[Clowning Around]]'' (1992), the first part of a two-part [[television movie|television series]], and to work on the TV series ''[[Sweat (TV series)|Sweat]]'' (1996), in which he played a [[gay]] cyclist.<ref name=Wills/> From 1993 to 1997, Ledger also had parts in the Perth television series ''[[Ship to Shore (TV Series)|Ship to Shore]]'' (1993); in the short-lived [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] fantasy-drama ''[[Roar (TV series)|Roar]]'' (1997); in ''[[Home and Away]]'' (1997), one of Australia's most successful television shows; and in the Australian movie ''[[Blackrock (film)|Blackrock]]'' (1997), his [[feature film]] debut.<ref name=Wills/> In 1999, he starred in the teen comedy ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]'' and in the acclaimed Australian crime movie ''[[Two Hands (1999 film)|Two Hands]]'', directed by [[Gregor Jordan]].<ref name=Wills/>

=== 2000s ===
From 2000 to 2005, he starred in supporting roles as Gabriel Martin, the eldest son of [[Mel Gibson]], in ''[[The Patriot (2000 film)|The Patriot]]'' (2000), and as Sonny Grotowski, the son of [[Billy Bob Thornton]], in ''[[Monster's Ball]]'' (2000); and in leading or title roles in ''[[A Knight's Tale (film)|A Knight's Tale]]'' (2001), ''[[The Four Feathers (2002 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' (2002), ''[[The Order (2003 film)|The Order]]'' (2003), ''[[Ned Kelly (2003 film)|Ned Kelly]]'' (2003), ''[[Casanova (film)|Casanova]]'' (2005), ''[[The Brothers Grimm (film)|The Brothers Grimm]]'' (2005), and ''[[Lords of Dogtown]]'' (2005).<ref name=Hellofilmography/> In 2001, he won a [[National Association of Theatre Owners|ShoWest]] Award as "Male Star of Tomorrow".<ref name=Showest>{{cite web|url=http://www.showest.com/filmexpo/showest/general/past_winners.jsp|title=Showest Awards: Past Award Winners|work=showest.com|format=[[Web]]|publisher=[[National Association of Theatre Owners|ShoWest]] ([[Nielsen Company|Nielsen Business Media Film Group]])|accessdate=2008-08-18}}</ref>

Ledger received "Best Actor of 2005" awards from both the [[New York Film Critics Circle]] and the [[San Francisco Film Critics Circle]] for his performance in ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/13/golden.globes/|title='Brokeback Mountain' leads Golden Globe nominations|accessdate=2008-07-17|date=2005-12-13|publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sffcc.splicedwire.com/2005awards.html|title=The San Francisco Film Critics Circle|accessdate=2008-07-17|date=2005-12-12|work=San Francisco Film}}</ref> in which he plays [[Wyoming]] ranch hand [[Ennis Del Mar]], who has a love affair with aspiring [[rodeo]] rider [[Jack Twist]], played by [[Jake Gyllenhaal]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Jen Chaney|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/15/AR2005121500491_pf.html|title='Mountain' Man Ledger's Steady Climb to the Top|work=[[Washington Post]]|publisher=''washingtonpost.com''|date=2005-12-15|accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> He also received a nomination for [[Golden Globe]] Best Actor in a Drama and a nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for this performance,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/30863|title=HFPA - Awards Search|work=[[Golden Globes]] Official Website|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''goldenglobes.org''|accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1216319365795|title=Results Page - Academy Awards Database|accessdate=2008-07-17|publisher=Awards Database}}</ref> making him, at age 26, the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest nominees 2|ninth youngest nominee]] for a Best Actor Oscar. In ''[[The New York Times]]'' review of the film, critic Stephen Holden writes: "Both Mr. Ledger and Mr. Gyllenhaal make this anguished love story physically palpable. Mr. Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath the skin of his lean, sinewy character. It is a great screen performance, as good as the best of [[Marlon Brando]] and [[Sean Penn]]."<ref>{{cite news |author=Stephen Holden|title=Film Review - Brokeback Mountain - Riding the High Country, Finding and Losing Love|url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/movies/09brok.html|format=[[Web]]|publisher=[[The New York Times]], Movies|publisher=''nytimes.com''|page=1 |date=2005-12-09 |accessdate=2007-08-17}}</ref> In a review in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', [[Peter Travers]] states: "Ledger's magnificent performance is an acting miracle. He seems to tear it from his insides. Ledger doesn't just know how Ennis moves, speaks and listens; he knows how he breathes. To see him inhale the scent of a shirt hanging in Jack's closet is to take measure of the pain of love lost."<ref>{{cite news|author=Peter Travers|title=Review: Brokeback Mountain|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/6169704/review/8878365/brokeback_mountain|work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|publisher=''rollingstone.com''|date=2005-12-01 |accessdate=2008-04-27}}</ref>

After ''Brokeback Mountain'', Ledger costarred with fellow Australian [[Abbie Cornish]] in the 2006 Australian film ''[[Candy (2006 film)|Candy]]'', an adaptation of the 1998 novel ''[[Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction]]'', as young [[heroin]] addicts in love attempting to break free of their addiction, whose mentor is played by renowned Australian actor [[Geoffrey Rush]]; for his performance as sometime poet Dan, Ledger was nominated for three "Best Actor" awards, including one of the [[Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2006]], which both Cornish and Rush won in their categories. A couple of weeks after the release of ''Candy'', Ledger was invited to join the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2006/06.07.01a.html|title=Press Releases: Academy Invites 120 to Membership|publisher=''oscars.org''|format=[[Web]]|date=2006-07-05|accessdate=2008-08-18}}</ref>

As one of six actors embodying different aspects of the life of [[Bob Dylan]] in the 2007 film ''[[I'm Not There]]'', directed by [[Todd Haynes]], Ledger "won praise for his portrayal of 'Robbie [Clark],' a moody, counter-culture actor who represents the romanticist side of Dylan, but says accolades are never his motivation."<ref name=Stevens>{{cite news|author=Honie Stevens|title=Squaring the Ledger|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22763328-5006011,00.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''news.com.au''|date=2007-11-18|accessdate=2008-07-24}}</ref> Posthumously, on 23 February 2008, he shared the [[Independent Spirit Awards 2007#Robert Altman Award|2007 Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award]] with the rest of the film's ensemble cast, its director, and its casting director.<ref name=Haynes/>

In his penultimate film performance, Ledger plays the [[Joker (comics)#Live-action|Joker]] in ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]'', directed by [[Christopher Nolan]], the sequel to the 2005 film ''[[Batman Begins]]'', first released, in Australia, on 16 July 2008, nearly six months after his death. While still working on the film, in [[London]], Ledger told Sarah Lyall, in their interview published in the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' on 4 November 2007, that he viewed ''The Dark Knight'''s [[The Dark Knight (film)#Cast and characters|Joker]] as a "[[psychopathy|psychopathic]], [[mass murder]]ing, [[schizophrenia|schizophrenic]] [[clown]] with zero [[empathy]]."<ref name=Lyall>{{cite news|author=Sarah Lyall|title=Movies: In Stetson or Wig, He's Hard to Pin Down|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/movies/moviesspecial/04lyal.html|work=[[The New York Times]], Movies|publisher=''nytimes.com''|format=[[Web]]|date=2007-11-04|accessdate=2008-08-18 }}</ref> To prepare for the role, Ledger told ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'', "I sat around in a hotel room in London for about a month, locked myself away, formed a little diary and experimented with voices — it was important to try to find a somewhat iconic voice and laugh. I ended up landing more in the realm of a psychopath — someone with very little to no conscience towards his acts"; after reiterating his view of the character as "just an absolute [[Antisocial personality disorder|sociopath]], a cold-blooded, mass-murdering clown," he added that Nolan had given him "free rein" to create the role, which he found "fun, because there are no real boundaries to what The Joker would say or do. Nothing intimidates him, and everything is a big joke."<ref name=Jolin1>{{cite journal|author=Dan Jolin|title=Fear Has a Face|url=http://www.empireonline.com/magazine/covers/image.asp?id=24227&gallery=1365&caption=%23223%20%28January%202008%29|journal=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|volume=223|month=January|year=2008|pages=87–88|publisher=[[Bauer Verlagsgruppe]]|accessdate=2008-07-08}}</ref><ref name=Jolin2>{{cite journal|author=Dan Jolin|title=The Dark Knight|url=http://www.empireonline.com/magazine/covers/image.asp?id=27819&gallery=1365&caption=%23229+%28July+2008%29|journal=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|volume=229| month=July|year=2008|pages=92–100|publisher=[[Bauer Verlagsgruppe]]|accessdate=2008-08-18}}</ref><ref name=Richards>{{Cite news|author=Olly Richards|title=World Exclusive: The Joker Speaks: He's a Cold-blooded Mass-murdering Clown|url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?nid=21560|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=[[Bauer Verlagsgruppe]]|date=2007-11-28|accessdate=2008-08-18}}</ref>

At the time of his death, on 22 January 2008, Ledger had completed about half of his final film performance as Tony in ''[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]''.<ref name=Halbfinger2/><ref>{{cite news|title=Gilliam, Ledger Reteam for Film |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975156.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''Variety.com''|date=2007-10-31|accessdate=2008-04-27}}</ref>{{See|#Death|#Posthumous films}}

=== Directorial work ===

Ledger had aspirations to become a film director and had made some [[music video]]s, which director [[Todd Haynes]] praised highly in his tribute to Ledger upon accepting the [[Independent Spirit Awards 2007#Robert Altman Award|ISP Robert Altman Award]], which Ledger posthumously shared, on 23 February 2008.<ref name=Haynes/>

In 2006 Ledger directed music videos for the title track on Australian [[hip-hop]] artist [[1200 Techniques|N'fa]]'s [[Compact Disc|CD]] debut solo album ''Cause an Effect''<ref name=musicrev>{{cite web|title=Music: Cause An Effect – N'Fa |url=http://www.thescene.com.au/Music/Reviews/Cause-An-Effect---NFa/|work=The Scene|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''thescene.com.au''|accessdate=2008-03-05}}</ref> and for the single "Seduction Is Evil (She's Hot)".<ref name=Inertiacat>{{cite web|title=Seduction Is Evil|url=http://www.inertia-music.com/catalogue/41236/Nfa/Seduction_Is_Evil/|work=Inertia Catalogue|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''inertia.net''|date=2006-10-28|accessdate=2008-03-05}}</ref><ref name=Drever>{{cite news|author=Andrew Drever|title=N'Fa: Frontman for 1200 Techniques May Be Doing Solo Work, But Everything's Cool|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/gig-previews--reviews/nfa/2006/08/21/1156012452247.html|work=[[The Age]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''theage.com.au''|date=2006-08-21|accessdate=2008-03-05|page=2}}</ref>

Later that year, Ledger inaugurated a new record label, Masses Music, with singer [[Benjamin Chase Harper|Ben Harper]] and also directed a music video for Harper's song "Morning Yearning".<ref name=Lyall/><ref name=Starpulse>{{cite web|title=Heath Ledger Teams Up with Ben Harper to Launch New Record Label|url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/14/heath_ledger_teams_up_with_ben_harper_to|work=Starpulse Entertainment News [[Blog]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''starpulse.com''|date=2007-02-14|accessdate=2008-03-05}}</ref>

At a news conference at the 2007 [[Venice Film Festival]], Ledger spoke of his desire to make a documentary film about the British [[singer-songwriter]] [[Nick Drake]], who died in 1974, at the age of 26, from an overdose of an [[tricyclic antidepressant|antidepressant]].<ref name=FraenkelPerez>{{cite news|author=Jim Fraenkel and Rodrigo Perez|title=Heath Ledger's Video for Nick Drake Song: Eerie Postscript to Actor's Death|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1580085/20080122/drake_nick.jhtml|work=[[MTV]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''MTV.com''|date=2008-01-22|accessdate=2008-03-18|quote=The video [for 'Black Eyed Dog'], which has not been released commercially and has apparently not yet leaked to the Web, has been screened just twice, once last Labor Day weekend [2007] at the Bumbershoot festival in Seattle and a second time in October [2007] at 'A Place to Be,' an event honoring Drake held in Los Angeles.}}</ref> Ledger created and acted in a music video set to Drake's recording of the singer's 1974 song about depression "Black Eyed Dog"&ndash;a title "inspired by [[Winston Churchill]]’s descriptive term for depression" (''black dog'')<ref name=Storr>{{cite book|author=[[Anthony Storr]]|title=Churchill's Black Dog and Other Phenomena of the Human Mind |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] Publishers Ltd, 1997|isbn=9780006375661}}</ref>; it was shown publicly only twice, first at the Bumbershoot Festival, in [[Seattle, Washington]], held from 1 September to 3 September 2007; and secondly as part of "A Place To Be: A Celebration of Nick Drake", with its screening of ''Their Place: Reflections On Nick Drake'', "a series of short filmed homages to Nick Drake" (including Ledger's), sponsored by [[American Cinematheque]], at the [[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre]], in [[Hollywood]], on 5 October 2007.<ref name=AC>{{cite web|title=Egyptian Theatre Programming|url=http://www.americancinematheque.com/CalendarPDF/2007/Oct2007/CalendarTEXTOctober2007.pdf|work=[[American Cinematheque]] Film Calendar|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''americacinematheque.com''|date=2007-10-05|accessdate=2008-03-18|quote=This very special evening celebrating [Drake's] life and music includes films, guests and a unique art and photographic exhibit. It includes the World Theatrical Premiere of 'Their Place: Reflections On Nick Drake', 2007, Bryter Music, 30 min. Various Directors - a series of short filmed homages to Nick Drake - created by admirers including Heath Ledger, [[Jonas Mekas]] and [[Tim Pope]]. (NOT ON DVD!) ...}}</ref> After Ledger's death, his music video for "Black Eyed Dog" was shown on the internet and excerpted in news clips distributed via ''[[YouTube]]''.<ref name=FraenkelPerez/><ref name=Kreps>{{cite journal|author=Daniel Kreps |title=Footage from Heath Ledger's Nick Drake Video Surfaces|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/02/29/footage-from-heath-ledgers-nick-drake-video-surfaces/|journal=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''rollingstone.com'' (Rock & Roll Daily)|date=2008-02-29|accessdate=2008-03-18|quote=The video, for Drake’s posthumously released song 'Black Eyed Dog,' was filmed by the actor in late 2007 and included in a multimedia installment about Drake called 'A Place to Be.' The project was only screened publicly twice before the actor's death, and the Ledger family said the 'Black Eyed Dog' video would not be released.}}</ref><ref name=Place>{{cite web |title=A Place To Be: Reflections Of Nick Drake |url=http://www.aplacetobe.cc/ |accessdate=2008-03-18 |quote=''A Place To Be'': a collection, a celebration, in film, photography, painting, drawing and prose, of the impact the music of [[Nick Drake]] has had on other artists}} ("Introductory film" includes excerpts of the music video, ''Black Eyed Dog'', by Heath Ledger, among others.)</ref>

He was also working with Scottish screenwriter and producer [[Allan Scott (Scottish screenwriter)|Allan Scott]] on an adaptation of the 1983 novel ''[[The Queen's Gambit (novel)|The Queen's Gambit]]'', by [[Walter Tevis]]; he was planning both to act in and to direct it, and it would have been his first [[feature film]] as a director.<ref name=Haynes/><ref name=Dawtrey/><ref name=Cazzulino2/><ref name=Indep>{{cite news|author=Rob Sharp and [[Allan Scott (Scottish screenwriter)|Allan Shiach]]|title=Heath Ledger&ndash;A Prophetic Tragedy |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/heath-ledger--a-prophetic-tragedy-795344.html|work=[[The Independent]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''independent.co.uk'' (Arts: Entertainment: Film and TV: Features)|date=2008-03-18 |accessdate=2008-03-20|quote=Until last month [January 2008] he [Allan Schiach, aka [[Allan Scott (Scottish screenwriter)|Allan Scott]],] was working with the late Heath Ledger on a film adaptation of Walter Tevis's 1983 novel The Queen's Gambit, about a [[chess prodigy]]'s chequered history. The Australian actor was pencilled in to direct and star alongside the [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-nominated actress [[Ellen Page]].}}</ref>

== Press controversies ==

Ledger's relationship with the press in Australia was sometimes turbulent, and it led to his relocating to [[New York City]].<ref name=WENN2006>{{cite news |author=WENN (World Entertainment News Network)|title=Ledger Slams Spitting Claims|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=2527|format=[[Web]]|publisher=SFGate.com |date=2006-01-12 |accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref><ref name=SutherlandMoor>{{cite news|author=Claire Sutherland and Mark Moor |title=Heath Ledger Angry At Ban|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,17786057-2902,00.html|work=[[Herald Sun]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''news.com.au''|page=3|date=2006-01-11|accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref> In 2004 he strongly denied press reports alleging that "he spat at journalists on the [[Sydney]] set of the movie ''[[Candy (2006 film)|Candy]]''," or that one of his relatives had done so later, outside Ledger's Sydney home.<ref name=WENN2006/><ref name=SutherlandMoor/> On 13 January 2006, "Several members of the [[paparazzi]] retaliated ... squirting Ledger and Williams with water pistols on the [[red carpet]] at the Sydney premiere of ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]''."<ref name=Sprayed>{{cite news|author=[[Australian Associated Press|AAP]]|title=Sprayed Heath Flies Out|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/01/14/1137118993564.html?from=rss|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''smh.com.au''|date=2006-01-14|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref><ref name=DunnJinman>{{cite news|author=Emily Dunn and Richard Jinman|title=How a Triumphant Return Turned Sour|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/heath-ledger/how-a-triumphant-return-turned-sour/2008/01/24/1201024994356.html|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''smh.com.au''|page=1|date=2008-01-24 |accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref>

After his performance on stage at the [[2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards]], when he had giggled in presenting ''Brokeback Mountain'' as a nominee for [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]], the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' referred to his presentation as an "apparent [[gay]] spoof."<ref name=Snead1>{{cite web|author=Elizabeth Snead|title=Ledger's Strange SAG Behavior|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2006/01/ledgers-strange.html|work=The Dish Rag ([[Blog]])|format=[[Web]]|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] [[Blogs]]s|publisher=''latimes.com''|accessdate=2008-01-23|date=2006-01-30}}</ref> Ledger called the ''Times'' later and explained that his levity resulted from [[stage fright]], saying that he had been told that he would be presenting the award only minutes earlier; he stated: "I am so sorry and I apologise for my nervousness. I would be absolutely horrified if my stage fright was misinterpreted as a lack of respect for the film, the topic and for the amazing filmmakers."<ref name=Snead2>{{cite web|author=Elizabeth Snead |title=Heath Explains His SAG Giggles|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2006/02/heath-explains-.html |work=The Dish Rag ([[Blog]])|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] [[Blog]]s|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''latimes.com''|date=2006-02-03|accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref><ref name=damagecontrol>{{cite news|title=Ledger in Damage Control|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/ledger-in-damage-control/2006/02/12/1139679468944.html|work=[[The Age]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''theage.com''|date=2006-02-12 |accessdate=2007-08-17}}</ref>

Ledger was quoted in January 2006 in Melbourne's ''[[Herald Sun]]'' as saying that he heard that [[West Virginia]] had banned ''Brokeback Mountain'', which it had not; actually, a cinema in [[Utah]] had banned the film.<ref name=SutherlandMoor/> He had also referred mistakenly to West Virginia's having had [[lynching]]s as recently as the 1980s, but state scholars disputed his statement, observing that, whereas lynchings did occur in [[Alabama]] as recently as 1981, according to "the director of state archives and history" quoted in ''[[The Charleston Gazette]]'', "The last documented lynching in West Virginia took place in Lewisburg in 1931."<ref name=Morris>{{cite news|author=Joe Morris|title='Brokeback' Actor Has W. Va. All Wrong |url=http://www.joemorris.info/brokeback.html|work=[[The Charleston Gazette]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''wvgazette.com'', via ''joemorris.info''|date=2006-01-16|accessdate=2008-02-24}} </ref>

==Sleep difficulties and other work-related health issues==

In their ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' interview, published on 4 November 2007, Ledger told Sarah Lyall that his recently-completed roles in ''[[I'm Not There]]'' (2007) and ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]'' (2008) had taken a toll on his ability to sleep: "Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night. ... I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going."<ref name=Lyall>{{cite news|author=[[Sarah Lyall]]|title=In Stetson or Wig, He's Hard to Pin Down|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/movies/moviesspecial/04lyal.html?_r=1&oref=slogin|work=[[The New York Times]] (Arts & Leisure Desk)|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''nytimes.com''|date=2007-11-04|accessdate=2008-02-06}}</ref> At that time, he told Lyall that he had taken two [[Ambien]] pills, after taking just one had not sufficed, and those left him in "a stupor, only to wake up an hour later, his mind still racing."<ref name=Lyall/>

Prior to his return to New York from his last film assignment, in London, in January 2008, while he was apparently suffering from some kind of [[respiratory illness]], he reportedly complained to his co-star [[Christopher Plummer]] that he was continuing to have difficulty sleeping and taking pills to help with that problem: "Confirming earlier reports that Ledger hadn't been feeling well on set, Plummer says, 'we all caught colds because we were shooting outside on horrible, damp nights. But Heath's went on and I don't think he dealt with it immediately with the antibiotics.... [sic] I think what he did have was the [[walking pneumonia]].' [...] On top of that, 'He was saying all the time, "dammit, I can't sleep"...[sic] and he was taking all these pills [to help him] [sic].'&nbsp;"<ref name=Stoynoff/>

In talking with ''[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]'' magazine after his death, Ledger's former fiancée [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]] "also confirmed reports the actor had experienced trouble sleeping. 'For as long as I'd known him, he had bouts with [[insomnia]],' she said. 'He had too much energy. His mind was turning, turning turning always turning.'&nbsp;"<ref name=UPI>{{cite news|author=[[United Press International|UPI]] |title=Williams Recalls Ledger As Vulnerable|url=http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2008/03/13/williams_recalls_ledger_as_vulnerable/2025/|work=NewsTrack/Entertainment|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''upi.com''|date=2008-03-16|accessdate=2008-03-16}}</ref>

== Death ==
At about 2:45 [[PM|p.m.]] ([[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]), on 22 January 2008, Ledger was found unconscious in his bed by his [[Housekeeper (servant)|housekeeper]], Teresa Solomon, and his [[massage|masseuse]], Diana Wolozin, in his fourth-floor loft apartment at 421 Broome Street in the [[SoHo]] neighborhood of [[New York City|Manhattan]].<ref name=NYTBarron/><ref name=Timesobit/>

According to the police, Wolozin, who had arrived early for a 3:00 p.m. appointment with Ledger, used his [[Mobile phone|cell phone]] "speed-dial button" to call Ledger's friend actress [[Mary-Kate Olsen]] for help. Olsen, who was in [[California]], directed a New York City private security guard to go to the scene. At 3:26 p.m., "[fewer] than 15 minutes after Wolozin first saw him in bed and only a few moments" after first calling Olsen and then calling her a second time to express her fears that Ledger was dead, Wolozin telephoned [[9-1-1]] "to say that Mr. Ledger was not breathing." At the urging of the 9-1-1 operator, Wolozin administered [[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation|CPR]], which was unsuccessful in reviving him.<ref name=NewmanBaker>{{cite news |author=Andy Newman and Al Baker|title=Autopsy on Actor Is Inconclusive As Calls for Help Are Revealed|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/nyregion/24celeb.htm |work=[[The New York Times]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''nytimes.com''|date=2008-01-24|accessdate=2008-03-18}}</ref>

[[Emergency medical technician]]s (EMT) arrived seven minutes later, at 3:33 p.m. ("at almost exactly the same moment as a private security guard summoned by Ms. Olsen"), but were also unable to revive him.<ref name=NYTBarron/><ref name=NewmanBaker/><ref name=NBCLedger>{{cite news|title=News: Housekeeper, Masseuse Found Ledger's Body|url=http://www.wnbc.com/news/15128669/detail.html|work=[[WNBC]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''wnbc.com'' ([[NBC Universal]])|date=2008-01-24|accessdate=2008-08-07}} (As updated 25 January 2008.)</ref> At 3:36 p.m., Ledger was pronounced dead and his body removed from the apartment.<ref name=NYTBarron/><ref name=NewmanBaker/>

=== Memorial tributes and services===

[[Image:LedgerMemorial.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Memorial for Heath Ledger, outside 421 Broome Street, [[SoHo]], [[New York City|Manhattan]], 23 January 2008]]
As the news of Ledger's death became public, throughout the night of 22 January 2008, and the next day, [[mass media|media]] crews, mourners, fans, and other onlookers began gathering outside his apartment building, with some leaving flowers or other memorial tributes.

On 23 January 2008, at 10:50 [[12-hour clock|a.m.]], [[Time in Australia|Australian time]], Ledger's parents and sister appeared outside his mother's house in [[Applecross, Western Australia|Applecross]], a riverside suburb of [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], and read a short statement to the media expressing their grief and desire for privacy.<ref name=DTfam>{{cite news |title=Heath Ledger Loved Life, Family Tell |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23096240-5001021,00.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]] |publisher=''news.com.au'' |date=2008-01-23 |accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref> Within the next few days, memorial tributes were communicated by family members, [[Prime Minister of Australia]] [[Kevin Rudd]], [[Premier of Western Australia|Deputy Premier of Western Australia]] [[Eric Ripper]], [[Warner Bros.]] (distributor of ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]''), and thousands of Ledger's fans around the world.<ref name=Ripper/><ref name=PM>{{cite news |author=Office of the [[Prime Minister of Australia]] |title=Media Release |url=http://www.pm.gov.au/news/releases/2008/media_release_00012.cfm |accessdate=2008-02-05 |date=2008-01-22 |publisher=''pm.gov.au''}}</ref><ref name=Pendrill>{{cite news |author=Lisa Pendrill |title=Heath's Family Writes of Heartache |url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23106731-948,00.html |work=[[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|The Sunday Times]] (PerthNow) |publisher=''news.com.au'' |date=2008-01-25 |accessdate=2008-02-02}}</ref><ref name=WB>{{cite news |author=[[Warner Bros.]] |url=http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/HeathMemorial.html |title=Heath Memorial |date=2008-01-25 |accessdate=2008-02-05 |publisher=''thedarkknight.warnerbros.com''}}</ref><ref name=Online>{{cite news |title=Online Community Pays Tribute to Heath Ledger |url=http://www.901am.com/2008/online-community-pays-tribute-to-heath-ledger.html |work=901am.com |date=2008-01-25 |accessdate=2008-02-06}}</ref>

Several actors made statements expressing their sorrow at Ledger's death, including [[Daniel Day-Lewis]], who dedicated his [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] to Ledger, saying that he was inspired by Ledger's acting; Day-Lewis praised Ledger's performances in ''[[Monster's Ball]]'' and ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', describing the latter as "unique, perfect."<ref>{{cite news |author=Amy Diluna and Joe Neumaier |title=Daniel Day-Lewis Honors Heath Ledger during Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2008/01/27/2008-01-27_daniel_daylewis_honors_heath_ledger_duri.html |work=[[New York Daily News]] |publisher=''nydailynews.com'' |date=2008-01-27 |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref><ref name=Harris>{{cite news |author=Beth Harris ([[Associated Press|AP]] Writer) |title=Day-Lewis Dedicates Award to Ledger: Daniel Day-Lewis Dedicates His Screen Actors Guild Award to Heath Ledger |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=4198499 |work=[[ABC News]] |publisher=''abcnews.go.com'' (Entertainment) |date=2008-02-28 |accessdate=2008-03-16 |quote=That scene in the trailer at the end of the film is as moving as anything I think I've ever seen.}}</ref>

On 1 February 2008, in her first public statement after Ledger's death, [[Michelle Williams]] expressed her heartbreak and described Ledger's spirit as surviving in their daughter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Michelle Wiliams: Heath Ledger Has Broken My Heart|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23147754-5001021,00.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''news.com.au''|date=2008-02-01|accessdate=2008-02-01}}</ref><ref name=People>{{cite news|title=Michelle Williams Breaks Silence on Heath's Death|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20175486,00.html|work=[[People (magazine)|People Magazine]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''people.com'' ([[Time Inc.]])|date=2008-02-01|accessdate=2008-02-02}}</ref>

After attending private memorial ceremonies in [[Los Angeles]], Ledger's family members returned with his body to [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]].<ref name=PN2/><ref name=Silverman>{{cite news|author=Stephen M. Silverman |title=Heath Ledger's Family Heads Home |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20176033,00.html |work=[[People (magazine)|People Magazine]] |publisher=''People.com'' |date=2008-02-04 |accessdate=2008-02-04}}</ref><ref name=Rodriguez>{{cite news|author=Brenda Rodriguez|title=A Sorrowful Return to Australia for Heath Ledger's Family|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20176124,00.html|work=[[People (magazine)|People Magazine]]|publisher=''People.com''|date=2008-02-05|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref>

On 9 February 2008, a memorial service attended by several hundred invited guests was held at [[Penrhos College, Perth|Penrhos College]], garnering considerable [[mass media|press]] attention; afterward Ledger's body was cremated at [[Fremantle Cemetery]], followed by a private service attended by only 10 closest family members,<ref name=Kent/><ref name=funeral>{{cite news |author=[[Australian Associated Press|AAP]]|title=Heath Ledger Farewelled at Perth Funeral|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23184908-2,00.html|work=news.com.au |date=2008-02-09|accessdate=2008-02-09}}</ref><ref name=IHT>{{cite news |author=[[Associated Press]] |title=Reports: Michelle Williams Arrives in Perth for Heath Ledger's Funeral|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/06/arts/AS-A-E-CEL-Australia-Ledger.php|work=[[International Herald Tribune]]|date=2008-02-06|accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> with his ashes to be interred later in a family plot at [[Karrakatta Cemetery]], next to two of his grandparents.<ref name=Rodriguez/><ref name=CazzalinoConnolly>{{cite news|author=Michelle Cazzalino (in Perth) and Ellen Connolly|title=Last, Sad Farewell for Heath |work=[[The Sunday Telegraph (Australia)|The Sunday Telegraph]]|page=5 (Local; State Ed. and Country Main Ed.)|publisher=''[[LexisNexis|LexisNexis.com]]''|date=2008-02-10|accessdate=2008-02-12}}</ref><ref name=Karrakatta>{{cite web|title=Summary Of Record Information: Heath Andrew Ledger|url=http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=FC00052109|work=[[Karrakatta Cemetery]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''mcb.wa.gov.au'' (Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, [[Western Australia]])|accessdate=2008-08-07}}</ref> Later that night, his family and friends gathered for a [[Wake (ceremony)|wake]] on [[Cottesloe, Western Australia|Cottesloe Beach]].<ref name=Kent/><ref name=CazzalinoConnolly/><ref name=swim>{{cite news|author=Michelle Cazzulino and Stephen Corby|title=Entertainment: Top Stories: Star Swim at Heath Ledger's Farewell: Ledger Wake Held in Perth|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,23189271-10388,00.html|work=www.news.com date=2008-02-10|accessdate=2008-02-09}}</ref><ref name=beach>{{cite news|author=Wendy Caccetta and Nicole Cox|title=Beach Tribute to Heath Ledger |url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23184885-952,00.html?from=mostpop |work=[[The Courier Mail]]|publisher=''www.news.com.au''|date=2008-02-10|accessdate=2008-02-09}}</ref><ref name=swim2>{{cite news |author=Michelle Cazzulino and Stephen Corby|title=Michelle Williams Swims at Heath Ledger's Wake|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23188937-5001021,00.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|publisher=''news.com.au'' |date=2008-02-10|accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref><ref name=HammondPrior>{{cite news|author=Jane Hammond and Phillipa Prior|title=Celebrities, Friends and Family Remember a Local Star|url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=22&ContentID=57786|work=[[The West Australian]]|publication=''thewest.com.au''|date=2008-02-09|accessdate=2008-02-09}}</ref>

===Autopsy and toxicological analysis===
After two weeks of intense media speculation about possible causes of Ledger's death, on 6 February 2008, the [[Coroner|Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York]] released its conclusions, based on an initial [[autopsy]] of 23 January 2008, and a subsequent complete [[toxicology|toxicological analysis]].<ref name=Chan/><ref name=CNNLedger>{{cite news |title=Ledger's Death Caused by Accidental Overdose|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/06/heath.ledger/index.html|work=SHOWBIZ, Movies|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''[[CNN]].com''|date=2008-02-06|accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref><ref name=Lieberman>{{cite news|author=Paul Lieberman|title=Heath Ledger's Death Ruled Accidental Overdose|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-na-ledger7feb07,1,2852903.story|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|publisher=LATimes.com|date=2008-02-06|accessdate=2008-02-06}}</ref><ref name=LKLLedger>{{cite news|author=[[Larry King]]|url=http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/02/06/lkl.heath.ledger.death.cnn |title=Video: Larry King Live: Ledger Death|work=[[Larry King Live]]|format=[[Web]] [[Video clip]]|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=2008-02-06|accessdate=2008-02-05|quote=CNN's Larry King talks to guests about the finding that actor Heath Ledger died from an accidental drug overdose.}}</ref> The report concludes, in part, "Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of [[Combined Drug Intoxication|acute intoxication]] by the combined effects of [[oxycodone]], [[hydrocodone]], [[diazepam]], [[temazepam]], [[alprazolam]] and [[doxylamine]]."<ref name=Chan/><ref name=APMSNBC/> It also states definitively: "We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the [[drug abuse|abuse of prescription medications]]."<ref name=Chan/><ref name=APMSNBC/> The medications found in the toxicological analysis are commonly prescribed in the United States for [[insomnia]], [[anxiety]], [[clinical depression|depression]], [[pain]], and/or [[common cold|cold]] symptoms.<ref name=Chan/><ref name=APMSNBC>{{cite news|author=[[Associated Press]]|title=Heath Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose: 28-Year-Old Actor Had Oxycodone, Anti-Anxiety, Sleep Aids in His System|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23029566/|work=[[MSNBC]] (Entertainment)|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''msnbc.msn.com''|date=2008-02-06|accessdate=2008-03-17}}</ref> Although the [[Associated Press]] and other [[mass media|media]] reported that "police estimate Ledger's time of death between 1 p.m. and 2:45 p.m." (on 22 January 2008),<ref name=ChrisHarris>{{cite news|author=Chris Harris|title=Heath Ledger's Last Hours: New Details Emerge|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1580240/20080124/story.jhtml|work=[[MTV]] Movie News|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''mtv.com'' ([[MTV|MTV Networks]])|date=2008-01-24|accessdate=2008-08-08}}</ref> the Medical Examiner's Office announced that it would not be publicly disclosing the official estimated time of death.<ref name=PN2>{{cite news|author=[[Australian Associated Press|AAP]]|title=Heath Ledger's Family Returns to Perth|url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23163266-948,00.html|work=[[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|The Sunday Times]] (PerthNow)|publisher=''news.com.au''|date=2008-02-06|accessdate=2008-02-06}}</ref><ref name=Mitchell>{{cite news|author=Peter Mitchell|title=Heath Ledger Death Results Delayed|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23168241-1702,00.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''news.com.au''|date=2008-02-07|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref> The official announcement of the cause and manner of Ledger's death heightened concerns about the growing problems of prescription drug abuse or misuse and [[Combined Drug Intoxication]] (CDI).<ref name=CNNLedger/><ref name=LKLLedger/><ref name=CNNHome>{{cite news|title=Home deaths from Drug Errors Soar|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/07/28/fatal.drug.errors.ap/|work=[[CNN]]|publisher=''cnn.com'' ([[Associated Press]])|date=2008-07-28|accessdate=2008-08-04|quote=Deaths from medication mistakes at home, such as actor Heath Ledger's accidental overdose, rose dramatically during the past two decades, an analysis of U.S. death certificates finds. ... The findings, based on nearly 50 million U.S. death certificates, are published in Monday [4 August 2008]'s [[Archives of Internal Medicine]]. Of those, more than 224,000 involved fatal medication errors, including overdoses and mixing prescription drugs with alcohol or street drugs. ... Deaths from medication mistakes at home increased from 1,132 deaths in 1983 to 12,426 in 2004. Adjusted for population growth, that amounts to an increase of more than 700 percent during that time.}}</ref>

===Federal investigation===

Late in February 2008, a [[Drug Enforcement Agency|DEA]] investigation of medical professionals relating to Ledger's death exonerated two American [[medic]]s, who practice in [[Los Angeles]] and [[Houston]], of any wrongdoing, determining that "the doctors in question had prescribed Ledger other medications &ndash; not the pills that killed him."<ref name=WENN2>{{cite news|author=WENN (World Entertainment News Network)|title=Heath Ledger Doctors Cleared |url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Heath_Ledger_Doctors_Cleared/5091865|work=Hollywood.com|publisher=Hollywood Media Corp.|date=2008-02-29|accessdate=2008-03-05}}</ref><ref name=Egan>{{cite news |author=Nicole Weisensee Egan|title=Report: Doctors Cleared in Ledger Investigation|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20181179,00.html|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=''people.com''|date=2008-02-28|accessdate=2008-03-05}}</ref>

On 4 August 2008, citing unnamed sources, Murray Weiss, of the ''[[New York Post]]'', first reported that [[Mary-Kate Olsen]] had "refused [through her attorney, Michael C. Miller] to be interviewed by federal investigators probing the accidental drug death of her close friend Heath Ledger ... [without] ... [[Immunity (legal)|immunity]] from prosecution," and that, when asked about the matter, Miller at first declined further comment.<ref name-Weiss>{{cite news|author=Murray Weiss|title=Olsen to Heath Feds: Let's Deal: Demands Immunity from Probers|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/08042008/news/regionalnews/olsen_to_heath_feds__lets_deal_122918.htm|work=[[New York Post]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''nypost.com'' ([[News Corporation]])|date=2008-08-04|accessdate=2008-08-04}}</ref><ref name=Hays>{{cite news|author=Tom Hays (New York, [[Associated Press|AP]])|title=Official: Mary Kate Olsen Silent on Ledger OD|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iSl45_q6-twV5lSubWKEWaUziT_AD92BMDFO1|format=[[Web]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=2008-08-04|accessdate=2008-08-04}}</ref> Later that day, after the police confirmed the gist of Weiss's account to the [[Associated Press]], Miller issued a statement denying that Olsen supplied Ledger with the drugs causing his death and asserting that she did not know their source."<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|author=Staff and Agencies|title=Mary-Kate Olsen Denies Supplying Heath Ledger with Drugs|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/aug/05/heath.ledger|work=[[The Guardian]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''[[guardian.co.uk]]'' ([[Guardian Media Group]])|date=2008-08-05|accessdate=2008-08-05}}</ref><ref name=BBCOlsen>{{cite news|title=Olsen Seeks Immunity over Ledger|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7542260.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=2008-08-05|accessdate=2008-08-05}}</ref> In his statement, Miller said specifically: "Despite tabloid speculation, [[Mary-Kate Olsen]] had nothing whatsoever to do with the drugs found in Heath Ledger's home or his body, and she does not know where he obtained them," emphasizing that [[mass media|media]] "descriptions [attributed to an unidentified source] are incomplete and inaccurate."<ref name=PeopleMiller>{{cite news|title=Lawyer: Mary-Kate Olsen Had 'Nothing to Do' with Heath Ledger's Drugs|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20216830,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''people.com'' ([[Time Inc.]])|date=2008-08-04|accessdate=2008-08-05|}}</ref>

After a flurry of further [[mass media|media]] speculation, on 6 August 2008, the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|U.S. Attorney's Office]] in [[New York City|Manhattan]] closed its investigation into Ledger's death without filing any charges and rendering [[Mootness|moot]] its [[subpoena]] of Olsen.<ref name=Egan2>{{cite news|author=Nicole Weisensee Egan|title=Source: Feds Officially Close Heath Ledger Investigation|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20217421,00.html|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''people.com'' ([[Time Inc.]])|date=2008-08-06|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref><ref name=AdlerLedger>{{cite news|author=Shawn Adler|title=Heath Ledger Investigation Reportedly Closed; Mary-Kate Olsen Won't Have to Testify: U.S. Attorney's Office Filed No Charges Before Closing Probe into Actor's Overdose Death|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1592309/story.jhtml|work=[[MTV|MTV.com]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=[[MTV]]|date=2008-08-06|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> With the clearing of the two doctors and Olsen, and the closing of the investigation because the prosecutors in the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office "don't believe there's a viable target," it is still not known how Ledger obtained the [[oxycodone]] and [[hydrocodone]] in the [[Combined Drug Intoxication|lethal drug combination]] that killed him.<ref name=AdlerLedger/><ref name=FoxAP>{{cite news|author=[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] and the [[Associated Press]]|title=Investigation into Heath Ledger's Death Closed|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,399081,00.html|work=[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''[[foxnews.com]]'' ([[News Corporation]])|date=2008-08-06|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref>

=== Controversy over will ===

After Heath Ledger's death, in response to some press reports about his [[will (law)|will]], filed in [[New York City]] on 28 February 2008,<ref name=will>{{Cite web|author=Heath Ledger|title=Last Will & Testament|url=http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/0327_heath_will_wm.pdf|work=[[TMZ.com]] (Documents)|publisher=''aolcdn.com'' (reposted on 12 April 2008)|format=[[Web]]|date=2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref><ref name=TMZ>{{Cite news|author=TMZ staff|title=Celebrity Justice: Heath's Will -- No Joke|url=http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/27/heaths-will-no-joke/|work=[[TMZ.com]] ([[blog]])|publisher=''tmz.com''|date=2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref> and his daughter's access to his financial legacy, his father, Kim Ledger, said that he considered the financial well-being of his granddaughter Matilda Rose the Ledger family's "absolute priority" and her mother, [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]], "an integral part of our family," adding "They will be taken care of and that's how Heath would want it to be."<ref name=FoxNewsUncles>{{cite news|title=Ledger's Uncles: Michelle Williams May Have to Fight for Matilda’s Inheritance|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,336280,00.html|work=[[Fox News]]|publisher=''foxnews.com''|format=[[Web]]|date=2008-03-10|accessdate=2008-04-23|quote=Kim Ledger moved quickly to deny his granddaughter and Michelle Williams would be left without an inheritance and said Matilda was his family's absolute priority. 'Matilda is our absolute priority and Michelle is an integral part of our family ... They will be taken care of and that's how Heath would want it to be,' Kim Ledger says in the statement. ... The uncles estimated their nephew's estate would be worth [[Australian dollar|$]]20 million after his earnings from the latest 'Batman' movie were calculated.}}</ref> Some relatives of Heath Ledger may be challenging the legal status of his will signed in 2003, prior to his involvement with Michelle Williams and the birth of their daughter and not updated to include them, which was filed in New York and divides half of his [[estate (law)|estate]] between his parents and half among his siblings; they claim that there is a second, unsigned will, which leaves most of that estate to Matilda Rose.<ref name=Cowan>{{cite news |author=Sean Cowan |title=Ledger Feud Grows Over 'second' Will |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/03/15/1205472100775.html|work=[[The Age]]|publisher=''theage.com.au''|date=2008-03-15|accessdate=2008-03-15|quote=Some of Heath Ledger's relatives may be planning a legal challenge against his will after it emerged the actor may have written a second will after his daughter was born, leaving most of his multimillion-dollar fortune to her. ... Ledger's second will, which is understood to be unsigned, was reportedly drawn up after Matilda's birth. ... The looming battle over which of Ledger's wills should be used to divide his estate ... has caused waves on this side of the Pacific, with his uncles Mike and Haydn Ledger accusing their brother — and Heath's father — Kim of mismanaging their late grandfather's [[Australian dollar|$]]2 million estate. ... Kim Ledger hit back this week, issuing a statement claiming his estranged brothers did not know what they were talking about. ... Under the terms of the first will, the division of the estate will be managed by Kim Ledger's former business colleague Robert John Collins and [[Geraldton, Western Australia|Geraldton]] [[accountant]] William Mark Dyson.}}</ref><ref name=Mitchell2>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24287252-5015787,00.html|author=Peter Mitchell|title=Ledger's Estate Sells His Hollywood Hills Home|work=news.com.au|publisher=[[News Limited]]|date=2008-09-03|accessdate=2008-09-02|quote=[According to Los Angeles County public records], Heath Ledger's estate has sold ... [his] [[Hollywood Hills]] home ... for [[United States dollar|$US]]2.5 million ([[Australian dollar|$A]]2.99 million) [in May 2008].}}</ref> Williams' father, [[Larry Williams (trader)|Larry Williams]], has also joined the controversy about Ledger's will as it was filed in [[New York City]] soon after his death.<ref name=Castellanos>{{Cite news|author=Melissa Castellanos|title=Williams' Dad Questions Ledger's Will: Larry Williams Wants Kim Ledger To Explain Why Estate Is Valued At Only [[United States dollar|$]]145,000|url = http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/24/people_hot_water/main3964602.shtml|work=Showbuzz|publisher=''[[CBS|cbsnews.com]]''|date=2008-03-24|accessdate=2008-03-30}}</ref>

On 31 March 2008, stimulating another controversy pertaining to Ledger's estate, Gemma Jones and Janet Fife-Yeomans published an "Exclusive" report, in ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]'', citing Ledger's uncle Haydn Ledger and other family members, who "believe the late actor may have fathered a secret love child" when he was 17, and stating that "If it is confirmed that Ledger is the girl's biological father, it could split his multi-million dollar estate between ... Matilda Rose ... and his secret love child."<ref name=JonesFifeYeomans>{{Cite news|author=Gemma Jones and Janet Fife-Yeomans |title=Did Heath Ledger Father a Secret Love Child?|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23455968-5001021,00.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|publisher=''news.com.au''|date=2008-03-31 |accessdate=2008-07-25|quote=The April will lists only [[United States dollar|$]]145,000 in assets and names the late actor's father, Kim, mother Sally Bell, sister Kate Ledger and half sisters Olivia Ledger and Ashleigh Bell as the only beneficiaries. The New York documents also acknowledge Matilda Rose, as Ledger's only known child, as an interested party.}}</ref><ref name=Maddox>{{Cite news|author=Garry Maddox|title=Good Will Hunting|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/03/28/1206207397015.html|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=2009-03-29|accessdate=2008-03-30|quote=Beyond the tangled web of Heath Ledger's estate, two final films and his celebrated Brokeback performance ensure the money will keep flowing.}}</ref><ref name=Squires>{{cite news|author=Nick Squires|title=Heath Ledger 'fathered a secret love child'&nbsp;|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1583417/Heath-Ledger-'fathered-a-secret-love-child'.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] (UK)|date=2008-04-01|accessdate=2008-08-06|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''Telegraph.co.uk''|quote=If the claims are proved to be true, Ledger's multi-million pound estate would have to be divided between the child he fathered in his teens and his two-year-old daughter, Matilda Rose, whose mother is Hollywood actress [[Michelle Williams]]. ... The actor's parents, Kim and Sally Ledger, have declined to comment on the reports [based on comments by other family members, including his uncle Haydn Ledger].}}</ref> A few days later, reports citing telephone interviews with Ledger's uncles Haydn and Mike Ledger and the family of the other little girl, published in ''[[OK!]]'' and ''[[Us Weekly]]'', "denied" those "claims", with Ledger's uncles and the little girl's mother and stepfather describing them as unfounded "rumors" distorted and exaggerated by the [[mass media|media]].<ref name=OKLedger>{{cite news|title=Denied: No Love Child for Heath Ledger|url=http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/5697|work=[[OK!]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''okmagazine.com'' ([[OK!]] Magazine, Northern & Shell North America Ltd.)|date=2008-04-03|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref><ref name=UsLedger>{{cite news|title=Heath Ledger's Uncle: Love Child Reports Are 'absolutely beserk'&nbsp;|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/heath_ledgers_uncle_love_child_reports_are_absolutely_berserk|work=[[Us Weekly]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''usmagazine.com'' ([[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media LLC]])|date=2008-04-03|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref>

On 15 July 2008, Fife-Yeomans reported further, via Australian ''[[News Limited]]'', that "While Ledger left everything to his parents and three sisters, it is understood they have legal advice that under [[West Australia|WA]] law, Matilda Rose is entitled to the lion's share" of his estate; its [[executor]]s, Kim Ledger's former business colleague Robert John Collins and [[Geraldton, Western Australia|Geraldton]] [[accountant]] William Mark Dyson, "have applied for [[probate]] in the [[Supreme Court of Western Australia|West Australian Supreme Court]] in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], advertising "for '[[creditor]]s and other persons' having claims on the estate to lodge them by 11 August 2008 ... to ensure all debts are paid before the estate is distributed...."<ref name=FifeYeomans2>{{cite news|author=Janet Fife-Yeomans|title=Entertainment: Heath Ledger's Daughter Matilda's Estate Claim Decision|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24022070-5015788,00.html|format=[[Web]]|work=news.com.au|publisher=[[News Limited]]|date=2008-07-15|accessdate=2008-08-10|quote=[Matilda Rose's] mother, actor [[Michelle Williams]], will have to officially lodge a claim with the court supported by an [[affadavit]] which could end up in the [[public domain]], legal experts said.}}</ref> According to this report by Fife-Yeomans and earlier reports citing Ledger's uncles,<ref name=FoxNewsUncles/> which do not include his actual posthumous earnings, "his entire fortune, mostly held in Australian trusts, is likely to be worth up to [[Australian dollar|$]]20 million."<ref name=FifeYeomans2/>

On 27 September 2008 Heath Ledger's father Kim stated that Matilda Rose would inherit the entire estate valued at 20 million U.S. Dollars. He is quoted as saying "There is no claim. Our family has gifted everything to Matilda."<ref>{{cite news|title=Heath Ledger's Daughter to Inherit Estate |url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Heath-Ledgers-Estate/800047540|work=[[TV Guide]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''www.tvguide.com''|date=2008-09-29|accessdate=2008-09-30}}</ref>

== Posthumous films ==
{{main|The Dark Knight (film)|The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus|l1=The Dark Knight}}

Ledger's death affected the marketing campaign for [[Christopher Nolan]]'s ''The Dark Knight'' (2008)<ref name=Halbfinger2/><ref name=Halbfinger/> and also both the production and marketing of [[Terry Gilliam]]'s forthcoming film ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'', with both directors intending to celebrate and pay tribute to his work in these films.<ref name=CNNBind>{{cite news|author=[[CNN]]|title=Ledger's Death Puts Last Films in a Bind|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/24/ledger.films/index.html|work=[[CNN|CNN: SHOWBIZ/Movies]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''[[CNN|cnn.com]]'' ([[Time Warner]])|date=2008-01-24|accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref><ref name=Kilpatrick/><ref name=Halbfinger/><ref name=Carroll>{{cite news|author=Larry Carroll|title='Dark Knight' Stars, Director Want Film To 'Celebrate' Heath Ledger's Work|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1583563/story.jhtml|work=[[MTV]] (Movies)|publisher=''mtv.com''|date=[[2008-03-18]]|accessdate=2008-04-27}}</ref> Although Gilliam temporarily suspended production on the latter film,<ref name=Kilpatrick/> he expressed determination to "salvage" it, perhaps using [[computer-generated imagery]] (CGI), and plans to dedicate it to Ledger.<ref name=Stoynoff>{{cite news |author=Natasha Stoynoff |title=Show Will Go On for Heath's Last Movie, Says CoStar|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20174404,00.html|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=''people.com''|date=2008-01-28 |accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref><ref name=WENN3>{{cite news|author=WENN (World Entertainment News Network)|title=Gilliam Trying to Save Last Ledger Film|url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Gilliam_Trying_to_Save_Last_Ledger_Film/5055155 |work=Hollywood.com|publisher=Hollywood Media Corp.|date=2008-01-28|accessdate=2008-02-02}}</ref><ref name=Brady>{{cite news|author=Matt Brady|title=Heath Ledger Dies |url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=144093|work=[[Newsarama]] (Forum)|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''forum.newsarama.com''|date=2008-01-23 |accessdate=2008-01-22}}</ref> In February 2008, as a "memorial tribute to the man many have called one of the best actors of his generation," [[Johnny Depp]], [[Jude Law]], and [[Colin Farrell]] signed on to take over Ledger's role, becoming multiple incarnations of his character, Tony, transformed in this "magical re-telling of the [[Faust]] story,"<ref name=AICN>{{cite news |author=[[Drew McWeeny|"Moriarty"]]|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35623 |title=AICN exclusive! We Know Who’s Paying Tribute To Heath Ledger In Dr. Parnassus Now!|work=aintitcool.com|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''[[Ain't It Cool News]]'' ([[Harry Knowles]])|date=2008-02-15|accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref><ref name=Adler2>{{cite news |author=Shawn Adler |title=Heath Ledger's Final Film To Go Forward - With Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell in His Role |publisher=[[MTV]]|url=http://www.mtv.ca/news/article.jhtml?id=7086|date=2008-02-15 |accessdate=2008-02-15|quote=Report: The three actors have signed on to complete film. ... Heath Ledger died last month at the age of 28, but his final performance will live on - thanks to a little creativity and some famous friends. ... [[Johnny Depp]], [[Jude Law]] and [[Colin Farrell]] have all signed on to film scenes as Ledger's character in Terry Gilliam's '[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]],' a magical re-telling of the [[Faust]] story, according to [[Ain't It Cool News|Aintitcoolnews.com]]. The announcement serves as a memorial tribute to the man many have called one of the best actors of his generation.}}</ref><ref name=NYTAB>{{cite news|title=Arts Briefly: Three Actors Replace Heath Ledger|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/arts/19arts-THREEACTORSR_BRF.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=''nytimes.com''|format=[[Web]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|date=2008-02-19|accessdate=2008-02-19|quote=[[Jude Law]], [[Colin Farrell]], and [[Johnny Depp]] ... will replace Heath Ledger ... in the film he was starring in when he died last month, [[Ain't It Cool News]] reported. ... Mr. Ledger was playing a character who is transported into three separate dimensions. These will now be inhabited, instead, by Mr. Depp, Mr. Law and Mr. Farrell.}}</ref> and the three actors have donated their fees for the film to Ledger's and Williams' daughter.<ref name=BBCParnassus>{{cite news|title=Trio Give Fees to Ledger's Child|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7570056.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''bbc.co.uk'' ([[BBC]])|date=2008-08-19|accessdate=2008-08-20|quote=The trio of actors who replaced Heath Ledger in his final film have donated their fees for the movie to the late star's young daughter. ... [[Terry Gilliam|Gilliam]] said: 'They didn't take money – it goes to Heath's daughter. ... The great thing about it was that when Heath died those three actors came along and saved the day. It's now four actors creating one character.'&nbsp;}}</ref>

Speaking of editing ''The Dark Knight'', on which Ledger had completed his work in October 2007, Nolan recalled, "It was tremendously emotional, right when he passed, having to go back in and look at him every day. ... But the truth is, I feel very lucky to have something productive to do, to have a performance that he was very, very proud of, and that he had entrusted to me to finish."<ref name=Carroll/> All of Ledger's scenes appear as he completed them in the filming; in editing the film, Nolan added no "digital effects" to alter Ledger's actual performance posthumously.<ref name=Brown>{{cite journal|author=Scott Brown|title=Dark Knight Director Shuns Digital Effects for the Real Thing|url=http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/16-07/ff_darknight?currentPage=all|journal=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''wired.com'' ([[Condé Nast Publications]])|issue=24 June 2008|accessdate=2008-06-24}}</ref> Nolan dedicated the film in part to Ledger's memory, as well as to the memory of technician Conway Wickliffe, who was killed during a car accident while preparing one of the film's stunts.<ref name=Hough>{{cite news||title=Dark Knight Dedicated to Ledger|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7477095.stm|work=[[BBC News Online]]|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''[[bbc.co.uk]]''|date=2008-06-27|accessdate=2008-06-27|quote=The special tribute reads: 'In memory of our friends Heath Ledger and Conway Wickliffe'.}}</ref>

Released in July 2008, ''The Dark Knight'' broke several [[box office]] records and received both popular and critical accolades, especially with regard to Ledger's performance as the Joker.<ref name=DKBOM>{{Cite web|author=Brandon Gray|title=News: 'Dark Knight' Begins Smashingly |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2504&p=s.htm||format=[[Web]]|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=''boxofficemojo.com''|date=2008-07-23|accessdate=2008-08-02|quote=
'I give credit to [Dark Knight writer-director] [sic] [[Christopher Nolan]],' said Dan Fellman, [[Warner Bros.]]' president of distribution. 'With [[Batman Begins]], he picked up on the last Batman [Batman and Robin] [sic], which was down to [[United States dollar|$]]107 million, and started a new franchise. We did [[United States dollar|$]]205 million, almost double. With strong [[DVD]] sales and terrific showings on television, we built a bigger audience base.' Fellman also credited The Dark Knight's [[Film trailer|trailer]], the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]] villain, Heath Ledger's performance and positive early reviews among other factors. 'All of this led to the groundswell,' Fellman added.}}</ref> Even film critic [[David Denby (film critic)|David Denby]], who does not praise the film overall in his pre-release review in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', evaluates Ledger's work highly, describing his performance as both "sinister and frightening" and Ledger as "mesmerising in every scene", concluding: "His performance is a heroic, unsettling final act: this young actor looked into the abyss."<ref name=Denby>{{cite journal|url= http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2008/07/21/080721crci_cinema_denby|title=The Current Cinema: Past Shock: '' 'The Dark Knight' and 'WALL-E' ''&nbsp;|author=David Denby|journal=[[The New Yorker]]|issue=21 July 2008|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''newyorker.com'' ([[Condé Nast Publications]])|accessdate=2008-07-17|pages=92–93|quote=When Ledger wields a knife, he is thoroughly terrifying (do not, despite the [[Television content rating systems#United States|PG-13]] rating, bring the children), and, as you're watching him, you can't help wondering—in a response that admittedly lies outside film criticism—how badly he messed himself up in order to play the role this way.}} (Postdated) </ref> Attempting to dispel widespread speculations that Ledger's performance as the Joker had in any way led to his death (as Denby and others suggest), Ledger's costar and friend [[Christian Bale]], who played opposite him as [[Batman]], has stressed that, as an actor, Ledger greatly enjoyed meeting the challenges of creating that role, an experience that Ledger himself described as "the most fun I’ve ever had, or probably ever will have, playing a character."<ref name=Halbfinger2/><ref name=Bale>{{Cite journal|title=Christian Bale: Blaming Heath Ledger's Death on Joker Role Is 'Rude'&nbsp;|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/christian-bale-blaming-heath-ledgers-death-on-joker-role-is-rude|journal=[[US Weekly]]|issue=14 July 2008|format=[[Web]]|publisher=''usmagazine.com'' ([[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media]] [[Limited liability company|LLC]])|accessdate=2008-08-03|quote=Christian Bale, who plays Batman in The Dark Knight, says it is inaccurate to blame co-star Heath Ledger's death on his role as the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]]. ... 'Personally, I find it to be a complete lack of understanding of acting,' the actor, 34, told [[Matt Lauer]] on [[Today (NBC program)|Today]] Monday [14 July 2008] (Watch above <!--[[Video clip]]-->). ...'I also found it very rude to try to create some kind of a [[sound bite]] for such a [[tragedy]],' Bale said. 'The man was a complex man, he [was] a good man. I saw him as having nothing but the best time playing the Joker.'&nbsp;}} [Includes [[video clip]] and related hyperlinks.]</ref> Along with other film critics, audience members, and many of Ledger's colleagues in the film community, his other costars [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]] and [[Michael Caine]] have joined Bale in calling for and predicting a posthumous [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] nomination (or even a win) in recognition of Ledger's achievement in his penultimate film.<ref name=NHSmith>{{cite web|author=Nina Hämmerling Smith|title=Movie News: Ledger's Knight Costars Call for Posthumous Oscar|url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Movie-News/Heath-Ledger-News/800044048|format=[[Web]]|work=[[TV Guide]], TV Guide Editors' [[Blog]]s|publisher=''TVGuide.com'' ([[TV Guide|TV Guide Online, Inc.]])|date=2008-07-28 |accessdate=2008-07-29}}</ref>

==Posthumous awards==
Ledger shared the [[Independent Spirit Awards 2007#Robert Altman Award|2007 Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award]] with the rest of the ensemble cast, the director, and the casting director of the film ''[[I'm Not There]]''; it was presented at the ceremony for the [[Independent Spirit Awards 2007]], on 23 February 2008, at which director [[Todd Haynes]], in accepting the award, the other cast members, and other actors dedicated their awards to him, and presenters also honored him with tributes.<ref name=Haynes/><ref name=ETOnline/>

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===

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| ''[[Clowning Around]]''
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| ''[[Paws (film)|Paws]]''
| [[Oberon]]
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| AUS
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| 4
|rowspan="2"| <center>[[1999 in film|1999]]</center>
| ''[[Two Hands (1999 film)|Two Hands]]''
| Jimmy
| [[Australian Film Institute Awards|AFI Award nominee]] (Best Actor in a Leading Role)
| AUS
|-
| 5
| ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]''
| [[10 Things I Hate About You#Characters|Patrick Verona]]
| [[MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards Nominee]] (Best Musical Sequence)
| U.S.
|-
| 6
| <center>[[2000 in film|2000]]</center>
| ''[[The Patriot (2000 film)|The Patriot]]''
| Gabriel Martin
|
| U.S.
|-
| 7
| rowspan="2" | <center>[[2001 in film|2001]]</center>
| ''[[Monster's Ball]]''
| Sonny Grotowski
|
| U.S.
|-
| 8
| ''[[A Knight's Tale (film)|A Knight's Tale]]''
| Sir William Thatcher / Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of Gelderland
| [[MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards nominee]] (Best Kiss, Best Musical Sequence; both shared with [[Shannyn Sossamon]])
| U.S.
|-
| 9
| <center>[[2002 in film|2002]]</center>
| ''[[The Four Feathers (2002 film)|The Four Feathers]]''
| Harry Faversham
|
| U.S.
|-
| 10
| rowspan="2" | <center>[[2003 in film|2003]]</center>
| ''[[The Order (2003 film)|The Order]]''
| Alex Bernier
|
| U.S.
|-
| 11
| ''[[Ned Kelly (2003 film)|Ned Kelly]]''
| [[Ned Kelly]]
| [[Australian Film Institute Awards|AFI Award nominee]] (Best Actor in a Leading Role)
| AUS
|-
| 12
| rowspan="4" | <center>[[2005 in film|2005]]</center>
| ''[[Casanova (film)|Casanova]]''
| [[Giacomo Casanova]]
|
| U.S.
|-
| 13
| ''[[The Brothers Grimm (film)|The Brothers Grimm]]''
| [[Jacob Grimm]]
|
| U.S.
|-
|14
|''[[Lords of Dogtown]]''
| [[Skip Engblom]]
|
| U.S.
|-
| 15
| ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]''
| [[Ennis del Mar]]
| [[78th Academy Awards nominees|Academy Award nominee]] (Best Lead Actor)<br>[[63rd Golden Globe Awards nominees|Golden Globe nominee]] (Best Lead Actor - Drama)<br>[[BAFTA Award|BAFTA Award nominee]] (Best Lead Actor)<br>[[12th Screen Actors Guild Awards|SAG nominee]] (Best Lead Actor, Best Ensemble Cast)<br>[[Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actor|AFI Award]] (International Award for Best Actor)<br>[[Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor]]<br>[[MTV Movie Awards]] (Best Kiss, shared with [[Jake Gyllenhaal]])<br>[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor]]
| U.S.
|-
| 16
| <center>[[2006 in film|2006]]</center>
| ''[[Candy (2006 film)|Candy]]''
| Dan
| [[Australian Film Institute Awards|AFI Award nominee]] (Best Actor in a Leading Role)<br>[[Inside Film Awards|IF Award nominee]] (Best Actor)<br>[[Film Critics Circle of Australia|FCCA Award nominee]] (Best Actor)
| AUS
|-
| 17
| rowspan="1" | <center>[[2007 in film|2007]]</center>
| ''[[I'm Not There]]''
| [[Bob Dylan|Robbie Clark]]
| Ledger posthumously shared [[Independent Spirit Awards 2007#Robert Altman Award|2007 Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award]] with cast and crew presented on 23 February 2008.
| U.S.
|-
| 18
| <center>[[2008 in film|2008]]</center>
| ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]''
| [[Joker (comics)|The Joker]]
| Released in July 2008, six months after Ledger's death.
| U.S.
|-
| 19
| <center>[[2009 in film|2009]]</center>
| ''[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]''
| Tony<ref name=Campbell>{{cite web|author=Christopher Campbell|title=Details about Terry Gilliam's 'The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus'|url=http://www.cinematical.com/2007/10/09/details-about-terry-gilliams-the-imaginarium-of-dr-parnassus/|work=Cinematical.com|format=[[Web]]|publisher=[[Moviefone]] ([[AOL]])|date=2007-10-09|accessdate=2008-08-02|quote=[via [[Rotten Tomatoes]]].}}</ref>
| post-production
| U.S.
|-
|}

===Music videos and shorts===

*(2006) "Cause an Effect" and "Seduction is Evil (She's Hot)" songs by [[1200 Techniques|N'fa]], music videos directed by Ledger.
*(2006) "Morning Yearning," song by [[Ben Harper]], video directed by Ledger.
*(2007) "Black Eyed Dog," directed by and featuring Ledger. Short film set to 1974 song about depression written by [[Nick Drake]]
*(2007) "[[King Rat (song)|King Rat]]" by [[Modest Mouse]], directed by [[Terry Gilliam]] and featuring Ledger (incomplete)

=== Television ===

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! width=3%; align=center | Year
! width=20% | Title
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| align="center"|1993
| ''[[Ship to Shore]]''
| Cyclist
|
|-
| align=center|1996
| ''[[Sweat (TV series)|Sweat]]''
| Snowy Bowles
| Series regular
|-
| rowspan="2"| <center>1997</center>
| ''[[Home and Away]]''
| Scott Irwin
| Guest
|-
| ''[[Roar (TV series)|Roar]]''
| Conor
| Series regular
|}

== Awards and nominations ==

* '''[[Academy Award]]s'''
** 2005 – [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]], ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' (Nominated)
* '''[[Australian Film Institute Awards]]'''
** 1999 – [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Lead Actor]], ''[[Two Hands (1999 film)|Two Hands]]'' (Nominated)
** 2003 – [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Lead Actor]], ''[[Ned Kelly (2003 film)|Ned Kelly]]'' (Nominated)
** 2006 – [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Lead Actor]], ''[[Candy (2006 film)|Candy]]'' (Nominated)
* '''[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]]'''
** 2006 – [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]], ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' (Nominated)
* '''[[Film Critics Circle of Australia|Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards]]'''
** 2006 – [[Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2006|Best Actor – Leading Role]], ''[[Candy (2006 film)|Candy]]'' (Nominated)
* '''[[Golden Globe Award]]s'''
** 2006 – [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama|Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama]], ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' (Nominated)
* '''[[Independent Spirit Award]]s'''
** 2007 – [[Independent Spirit Awards 2007#Robert Altman Award|Robert Altman Award]], ''[[I'm Not There.]]'' '''(Won)''' – shared posthumously with rest of ensemble cast, director, and casting director at ceremony, telecast on 23 February 2008.
** 2006 – [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor|Best Male Lead]], ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' (Nominated)
* '''[[Inside Film Awards]]'''
** 2006 – Queensland Events Corporation IF Award for Best Actor, ''[[Candy (2006 film)|Candy]]'' (Nominated)
* '''[[Las Vegas Film Critics Society|Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards]]'''
** 2005 – [[Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor]], ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' ('''Won''')
* '''[[MTV Movie Awards]]'''
** 2006 – Best Kiss, ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' ('''Won''') – shared with [[Jake Gyllenhaal]]
** 2002 – Best Kiss, ''[[A Knight's Tale (film)|A Knight's Tale]]'' (Nominated) – shared with [[Shannyn Sossamon]]
** 2002 – Best Musical Sequence ''[[A Knight's Tale (film)|A Knight's Tale]]'' (Nominated) – shared with [[Shannyn Sossamon]]
** 2000 – Best Musical Sequence ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]'' (Nominated)
*'''[[New York Film Critics Circle Award|New York Film Critics Awards]]'''
** 2005 – [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor]], ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' ('''Won''')
* '''[[Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor|Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards]]'''
** 2005 – [[Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor]], ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' ('''Won''')
* '''[[San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards]]'''
** 2005 – [[San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor]], ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' ('''Won''')
* '''[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]'''
** 2005 – [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]], ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' (Nominated)
** 2005 – [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role#Winners and Nominees|Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture]], ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' (Nominated)

== See also ==

*[[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest nominees_2|List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees - Youngest Nominees for Best Actor]]
*[[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees]]

== Notes ==

{{Reflist|2}}

== Additional resources ==

*Adler, Shawn.[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1580086/20080122/story.jhtml "Heath Ledger Said He Hoped to Evolve as an Actor and Person in 2005 Interview:] Late Actor Was Intelligent, Self-Aware during 'Brokeback Mountain' Chat." ''[[MTV|MTV.com]]'', 22 January 2008. Accessed 18 March 2008. (Excerpts from transcript of interview with Heath Ledger conducted by [[John Norris (MTV News reporter)|John Norris]] in 2005.)
*Arango, Tim. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/books/06esqu.html "Esquire Publishes a Diary That Isn't"]. ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''nytimes.com'', 6 March 2008, Books. Accessed 25 July 2008. (Rev. of Taddeo.)
*[http://www.newsweek.com/id/105569?tid=relatedcl "Death of a Star: Unsolved Mysteries"]. ''[[Newsweek]]'', 4 February 2008: 62, Newsmakers. Both [[web]] and [[Print|print]] versions. Accessed 5 August 2008.
*''[http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/07/63600/index.html The Joker vs. The Real Heath:] [[Entertainment Tonight]] Looks Back at the Career of Heath Ledger'', ''etonline.com'' ([[CBS Corporation|CBS Studios Inc.]]), July 2008. Accessed 8 August 2008. ("ET takes a look back at Heath Ledger's career amid the hugely successful launch of '[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]],' which features the late actor portraying [[Joker (comics)#Live-action|The Joker]]"; includes photo album.)
*McShane John. ''[[Heath Ledger: His Beautiful Life and Mysterious Death]]''. London: John Blake, 2008. ISBN 1844546330 (10). ISBN 978-1844546336 (13). (Excerpt listed below.)
*–––. [http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23564492-5007191,00.html "Loves of Heath Ledger's Life"]. ''[[The Courier-Mail]]'', ''news.com.au'', 20 April 2008. Accessed 21 April 2008. (Book excerpt.)
*[[Christopher Nolan|Nolan, Christopher]]. [http://www.newsweek.com/id/105580 "Transition: Charisma as Natural as Gravity]: Heath Ledger, 28, Actor". ''[[Newsweek]]'', 4 February 2008: 9, Periscope. Both [[web]] (updated 26 January 2008) and [[Printing|print]] versions. Accessed 5 August 2008. (Eulogy.)
*Norris, Chris. [http://nymag.com/news/features/44217/ "(Untitled Heath Ledger Project)]: In Which the Protagonist Dies Mysteriously, and the Audience Analyzes His Final Days for Clues to His Real Character". ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'', ''nymag.com'', 18 February 2008. Accessed 21 April 2008.
*Park, Michael Y. [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208769,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn "Christian Bale on 'Kindred Spirit' Heath Ledger"]. [[Web]]. ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', 25 June 2008. Accessed 5 August 2008. (See Wolf below.)
*Robb, Brian J. ''[[Heath Ledger: Hollywood's Dark Star]]''. London: [[Plexus Publishing Ltd]], 2008. ISBN 0859654273 (10). ISBN 978-0859654272 (13).
*[[A. O. Scott|Scott, A. O.]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/movies/24appr.html?hp "An Appraisal: Prince of Intensity with a Lightness of Touch"]. ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''nytimes.com'', 24 January 2008, Movies. Accessed 27 April 2008.
*[[Kevin Sessums|Sessums, Kevin]], with photographs by [[Bruce Weber (photographer)|Bruce Weber]]. [http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2000/08/heath200008 "We're Having a Heath Wave"]. ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', August 2000, ''vanityfair.com'', August 2008. [[Web]]. (4 pages.) Accessed 21 April 2008. (Interview with Heath Ledger; illustrations in "Perth Album", by Bruce Weber.)
*Taddeo, Lisa. [http://www.esquire.com/features/heath-ledger-last-days "The Last Days of Heath Ledger"]. ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' (April 2008), ''esquire.com'', 5 March 2008. (Updated 21 July 2008.) Accessed 25 July 2008. (Fictional account; [[cf.]] rev. by Arango.)
*[[Peter Travers|Travers, Peter]].[http://www.rollingstone.com/blogs/traverstake/2008/01/sundance-shock.php "Sundance: Shock"]. ''The Travers Take: News and Reviews from Rolling Stone's Movie Critic'', ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ([[Blog]]), ''rollingstone.com'', 22 January 2008. Includes hyperlinked feature: ''[http://www.rollingstone.com/blogs/traverstake/2008/02/video-review-pass-on-hannah-mo.php Video Review: A Look at Heath Ledger's Best Performances]'' (video by Jennifer Hsu, with audio commentary provided by Travers), 1 February 2008. Accessed 21 April 2008.
*Wolf, Jeanne. [http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2008/edition_06-29-2008/1BATMAN "Christian Bale: 'Life Should Never Be Boring'&nbsp;"]. ''[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]'', 29 June 2008: 8–9. Both [[web]] and [[Printing|print]] formats. Accessed 3 August 2008. (See Park above.)

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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7203860.stm Heath Ledger] at [[BBC|BBC In Pictures]]
* [http://topics.cnn.com/topics/heath_ledger Heath Ledger] at [[CNN|CNN Topics]]
* [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/confidential/indepth/feature/0,22045,5015791,00.html Heath Ledger] at ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]'' (Australia)
* {{Find A Grave|id=24102296}}
* {{imdb name|id=0005132|name=Heath Ledger}}
* [http://www.music.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/heath-ledger/ Heath Ledger] at [[MSN|MSN Movies]]
* [http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/233661/personmain.jhtml Heath Ledger] at [[MTV|MTV Movies]]
* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/heath_ledger/index.html Heath Ledger] at ''[[The New York Times|New York Times Topics]]''
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