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Heath Ledger in a black suit and tie, standing in front of a gold Oscar statue at the Oscar Nominee Luncheon. Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, dressed as cowboys, ride horses side by side against a backdrop of trees and sky in a scene from Brokeback Mountain. Heath Ledger as the Joker sits at an interrogation table with Christian Bale as Batman standing behind him in a scene from the film The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger as the Joker leaps over Christian Bale as Batman, who lies on the street at night, in a scene from the 2008 film The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight, with smeared white face paint, red lips, dark eye makeup, and green-tinted hair, wearing a purple coat and looking intensely forward.
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Heath Ledger: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Mar 31, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 19, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Australian Screen - Heath Ledger. Dec 10, 2025
Add new Web site: CBS News - Timeline: Ledger's Life and Death. Sep 26, 2025
Add new Web site: Australian Screen - Heath Ledger. Sep 14, 2024
Cross-references added. Aug 07, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 01, 2024
Added cross-references. Oct 22, 2023
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Heath Ledger. Sep 06, 2018
Add new Web site: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia - Heath Ledger: A Portrait. Jul 06, 2018
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Heath Ledger. Apr 10, 2017
Add new Web site: Kidzworld - Biography of Heath Ledger. Apr 10, 2017
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Heath Ledger. Jun 18, 2014
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Heath Ledger. Jul 15, 2011
Added the movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). Dec 24, 2009
Updated to mention Academy Award win for The Dark Knight. Feb 23, 2009
Added Academy Award nomination. Jan 28, 2009
New article added. Jan 19, 2009
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