Heath Ledger is an unusually charming young man, one of the brightest young stars in Hollywood. Most likely, he could reach unprecedented heights, but his life suddenly and absurdly ended when the actor was only 28 years old.
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Heathcliff Andrew Ledger was born on April 4, 1979 in the Australian city of Perth. Interestingly, Heath and his sister Catherine got their names in honor of the protagonists of Emily Brontë's famous novel Wuthering Heights. Heath Ledger's acting career began in 1996 when he starred in the sports television series Sweat. Soon he became quite famous in Australia and received an invitation to act in the USA.
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In Hollywood, Heath quickly found himself an agent and got new roles, including in the youth comedy "10 Reasons to Hate" - a modern version of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." However, the image of a young handsome man, for which many American high school girls sighed, did little to realize his outstanding acting talent, and Ledger began to look for more serious proposals.
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In 2000, Heath Ledger played the son of the hero Mel Gibson in the acclaimed film by Roland Emmerich "Patriot". This work brought the young actor worldwide fame and the first professional awards. Despite the fact that in subsequent years he played many interesting roles, 2005 was the most successful year for Ledger.
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4 films with his participation were released on the screens at once. Moreover, the actor managed to play completely different roles in them. In the creepy film "The Brothers Grimm", which presented viewers with an alternative story of famous storytellers, Ledger played one of the brothers - Jacob. In Kings of Dogtown, a drunken surfboard dealer. In the costume film "Casanova" the actor got the title role of the world famous seducer. The most controversial and, at the same time, very successful was the role of one of the cowboys in love with each other in Ang Lee's infamous film Brokeback Mountain, which brought Heath Ledger an Oscar nomination.
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In 2007, the filming of the film "The Dark Knight" by Christopher Nolan was completed, which became a continuation of the once sensational series of films about Batman. Heath Ledger got the role of the main villain - the Joker. According to colleagues, in particular the outstanding British actor Michael Caine, in the role of a terrible psychopathic killer, the young actor managed to surpass Jack Nicholson himself, who played the Joker in one of the previous films.
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Perhaps it was this role that killed Ledger. The work completely exhausted him, the actor began to take numerous antidepressants in combination with pain relievers and sleeping pills. This ominous "cocktail" was the reason for his death. Heath Ledger was awarded the Oscar and Golden Globe awards for the performance of the role of Joker posthumously.
