Heath Ledger

Quick Facts

Full Name	Heath Ledger
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Apr 4, 1979(1979-04-04)
Age	45
Date Of Death	2008-01-22
Birthplace	Perth
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Aries

Heath Ledger Biography

Heath Ledger is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on April 4, 1979 in Perth, Australia. His role as The Joker in The Dark Knight was his most well-known role. His death was also voted the best entertainment story 2008. His rise to stardom was also due to his roles in 10 Things You Hate About You and Brokeback Mountain.

He was opposite He starred opposite Christian Bale in The Dark Knight. and starred in The Dark Knight.

Ledger was born in Perth, Western Australia, the son of Sally Ramshaw, a French teacher, and Kim Ledger, a racing car driver and mining engineer whose family established and owned the Ledger Engineering Foundry. The Sir Frank Ledger Charitable Trust is named after his great-grandfather. He had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Ledger attended Mary’s Mount Primary School in Gooseberry Hill, and later Guildford Grammar School, where he had his first acting experiences, starring in a school production as Peter Pan at the age of

10. His parents separated when he was 10 and divorced when he was 11. Ledger’s older sister Kate, an actress and later a publicist, to 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. Ledger’s two half- sisters are Ashleigh Bell (b. 1990), his mother’s daughter with her second husband and his stepfather Roger Bell, and Olivia Ledger (b. 1996), his father’s daughter with his second wife Emma Brown.

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

From 2004 to 2007, he was romantically involved in a relationship with actress He was romantically involved with actress Michelle Williams from 2004 to 2007. The couple had a daughter named Matilda Rose Ledger in 2005.. In 2005, the couple had a daughter called Matilda Rose Ledger.

Heath Ledger Net Worth

Heath Ledger is one of the richest Movie Actor from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Heath Ledger 's net worth $16 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At age 10, he was passionate about chess and won the Western Australia junior chess championship. Three episodes of Ship to Shore featured him as a bicycle rider.

After filming The Dark Knight, he suffered from insomnia and succumbed to an overdose of prescription medication, which included oxycodone and doxylamine, hydrocodone and diazepam.

Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor, photographer, and music video director. After performing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, Ledger left for the United States in 1998 to further develop his film career. His work consisted of nineteen films, including 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Knight’s Tale (2001), Monster’s Ball (2001), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Candy (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), the latter two being posthumous releases. He also produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Heath Ledger height 6 ft 1 in Heath weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Heath Ledger Dating?

According to our records, Heath Ledger is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Heath Ledger’s is not dating anyone.

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Ledger was “widely reported to have struggled with substance abuse”. Following Ledger’s death, Entertainment Tonight aired video footage from 2006 in which Ledger stated that he “‘used to smoke five joints a day for 20 years'” and news outlets reported that his drug abuse had prompted Williams to request that he move out of their apartment in Brooklyn. Ledger’s publicist asserted that some reportage regarding Ledger and drugs had been inaccurate.

Facts & Trivia

Heath Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Heath Ledger celebrates birthday on April 4 of every year.

Ledger’s relationship with the press in Australia was sometimes turbulent, and it led to his abandonment of plans for his family to reside part-time in Sydney. In 2004, he strongly denied press reports alleging that “he spat at journalists on the Sydney set of the film Candy”, or that one of his relatives had done so later, outside Ledger’s Sydney home. 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”.

What Heath Ledger died from?

January 22, 2008

Was Heath Ledger filming when he died?

On the night of January 22, 2008, the news of his death took the world by surprise. Today, the actor would have turned 43-years-old. Heath was filming his then-last ever film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus after he had finished filming for The Dark Kight.

Did Joker break Heath Ledger?

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Who was with Heath Ledger when he died?

7. Mary-Kate Olsen (2007-2008) Ledger and Olsen were tied together romantically during the time of his tragic passing. While Olsen has never confirmed their romantic relationship, she did express her sympathy following her friend’s passing.

Who is the best Joker?

Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) Not only has he become the definitive Joker – compared endlessly to new and old actors alike – but Ledger has more iconic scenes in The Dark Knight (opens in new tab) than most actors do in a career.