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Heath Andrew Ledger (born April 4, 1979) is an Australian actor.
Ledger was born in Perth, Australia. He lived in Western Australia until he was 16, when he graduated a year early from Guildford Grammar. He then moved to Sydney with his best friend, Trevor DiCarlo, in pursuit of a career in acting. Ledger got his first break by starring in the American television series Roar.
He went on to star in the movie 10 Things I Hate About You
. Since then he has starred in such films as The Patriot
, A Knight's Tale
, The Order
and The Brothers Grimm.
Heath Ledger's most professionally successful year was 2001, with his ShoWest Award for the Male Star of Tomorrow based on his performance in
The Patriot, and worldwide release of the hit anachronistic jousting romp A Knight's Tale. In 2003 Heath was named one of Australian GQ's Men of the Year for acting.
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EuropeVideo: 2008 in film
From the Italian realism of Gomorrah and Il Divo to the lethally lucrative Mamma Mia!, the rebirth of Robert Downey Jr and the passing of Paul Newman and Heath Ledger, Peter Bradshaw, Andrew Pulver, Catherine Shoard, Xan Brooks and Kira Cochrane take a look at the highs and the lows of 2008 at the movies
Published: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:37:08 GMT - Source: Guardian.Co.Uk - Read the articleEuropeDark Knight named as best film of 2008
The Dark Knight starring the late Heath Ledger beats Mamma Mia.
Published: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:04:43 GMT - Source: Telegraph.Co.Uk - Read the articleNews'Dark Knight' Faces Rough Road to Awards
Heath Ledger's wild Joker might land an Oscar for the deceased actor,
but Christopher Nolan's gritty vision of Batman's crime war might fall
victim to its own success, and Hollywood politics, in its battle for
industry accolades.
Published: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT - Source: Blog.Wired.Com - Read the article
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