Heath Ledger

Skymorials Editorial Ledger was an avid chess player, playing some tournaments when he was young.

Skymorials Editorial Ledger’s rise on the screen started as a teen: At 16, he left his hometown of Perth, Australia, and headed to Sydney, where he appeared on the Aussie TV show Sweat. He then took the lead in the FOX series Roar (pictured), a warrior drama that filmed in Queensland and costarred Keri Russell.

Skymorials Editorial Portraying a variety of roles, from romantic heroes to the reluctantly oppressed, Ledger created a hodgepodge of characters that are deliberately unlike one another, stating "I feel like I am wasting my time if I repeat myself".

Skymorials Editorial For his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain, Ledger won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and the Best International Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute; he was the first actor to win the latter award posthumously.

Skymorials Editorial His role as the Joker in The Dark Knight earned him widespread acclaim and popularity from both fans and critics alike. Ledger also received numerous posthumous accolades for his performance in The Dark Knight,

Skymorials Editorial "I've never felt as old as I did watching Heath explore his talents," The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan has written, expressing amazement over the actor's working process, genuine curiosity and charisma

Skymorials Editorial Heath Ledger was an Academy Award-winning, Australian actor best known for his roles in 'Brokeback Mountain' and 'The Dark Knight.'

Skymorials Editorial Ledger died on the afternoon of 22 January 2008 due to a drug overdose. A few months before his death, Ledger had finished filming his performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight.

Skymorials Editorial "I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future." - Heath Ledger