Wednesday, January 23, 2008

R.I.P Heath Ledger

Heathcliff Andrew Ledger was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday, possibly of a drug overdose, police said. Heath is a well known actor and below are his milestones.



1996 Appeared in the Australian TV series "Sweat" as Snowey Bowles, a gay bicyclist hoping to land a spot on an Olympic team
1997 Feature acting debut, "Blackrock"
1997 Starred as a Celtic warrior prince in the Fox summer series "Roar"
1998 Had a starring role opposite Bryan Brown in the gangster comedy "Two Hands"
1999 Co-starred with Julia Stiles in "10 Things I Hate About You," an updated take on "The Taming of the Shrew"
2000 Played Mel Gibson's son in the Revolutionary War drama "The Patriot"
2001 Cast in the lead in "A Knight's Tale," directed by Brian Helgeland
2001 Played Billy Bob Thornton's son in "Monster's Ball"
2002 Starred in the remake of "Four Feathers"
2003 Reunited with Helgeland and co-stars Mark Addy and Shannyn Sossamon in "The Order"
2004 Cast as legendary Australian outlaw Ned Kelly in the film "Ned Kelly"
2005 Cast as a ranch hand who falls in love with Jake Gyllenhaal in Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain"; earned Oscar, Independent Spirit Award, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actor
2005 Cast as the legendary lover in Lasse Hallstrom's "Casanova"
2005 Co-star opposite Matt Damon in Terry Gilliam's "The Brothers Grimm"
2005 Portrayed Skip Engblom, co-owner of the Zepher surf shop in Catherine Hardwicke's "Lords of Dogtown" a fictionalized take on a group of skateboarders that originated in Venice, California during the 1970's
2006 Played a drug addict in "Candy" opposite Abbie Cornish
2007 Portrayed Bob Dylan at one distinct stage of his life, in Todd Haynes' film, "I'm Not There"
Cast as the Joker in the upcoming Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" with Christopher Nolan returning to direct (filming to begin in early 2007)
Had been cast to play the Devil in "End of Days," but was replaced when another director assumed the reins
Raised in Perth, Australia



Heathcliff Andrew Ledger

04/04/1979-23/01/2008

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