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Knights Tale comes to an end
Beloved hearthrob, Heath Ledger, dies at 28
heroin addict in the 2006 Australian film “Candy.”
Before settling down-with Williams, Ledger had
relationships with actresses Heather Graham and
By Tom Hays
Naomi Watts. He met Watts while working on “The
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) _ Heath Ledger was found Lords o‘f Dogtown,” a fictionalized version of a cult
dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan apartment, classic skateboarding documentary, in 2004.
Ledger was bom in 1979 in Perth, in western
naked in bed with sleeping pills nearby, police said.
Australia, to a mining engineer and a French teach­
The Australian-born actor was 28.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Ledger had com­ er, and got his first acting role playing Peter Pan at
mitted suicide. He had an appointment for a mas­ age 10 at a local theater company He began acting
sage at a residence in the tony neighborhood of in independent films as a 16-year-old in Sydney and
SoHo, NYPD spokesman Paid Browne said. A played a cyclist hoping to land a spot on an Olympic
housekeeper who went to let him know the massage team in a 1996 television show, “Seat.”
After several independent films, Ledger moved
therapist had arrived found him dead at 3:26 p.m.
A large crowd of paparazzi and gawkers gathered to Los Angeles at age 19 and co-starred opposite
outside the building on an upscale block. Ledger’s Julia Stiles in “1.0 Things I Hate About You,” a teen
body was still inside, and several police officers comedy reworking of “The Taming of the Shrew.”
Offers for other teen flicks soon came his way,
guarded the door.
The medical examiner’s office planned an autop­ but Ledger turned them-down, preferring to remain
idle than sign on for projects he didn’t like.
sy Wednesday, spokeswoman EUen Borakove said.
“It wasn’t a hard decision for me,” Ledger told
While not a marquee movie star, Ledger was
a respected, award-winning actor who chose his the Associated Press in 2001. “It was hard for every­
roles carefully rather than cashing in on his heart- one else around me to understand. Agents were like,
throb looks. He was nominated for an Oscar for ‘You’re crazy,’ my parents were like, ‘Come on, you
his performance as a gay cowboy in “Brokeback have to eat.’”
His movie career caught on anyway, culminating
Mountain,” where he met Michelle Williams, who
played his wife in the film. The two had a daughter, with his Academy Award nomination opposite Jake
Matilda, and lived together in Brooklyn until they Gyllenhaal in “Brokeback.”
split up last year.
“Dark Knight” director Christopher Nolan said
Ledger most recently appeared in “I’lh Not earlier this month that Ledger’s performance as
There,” in which he played one of the many incar­ the Joker would be wildly different than Jack
nations of Bob Dylan — as did Cate Blanchett, Nicholson’s memorable turn in 1989’s “Batman.”
“It was a very great challenge for Heath,” Nolan
whose performance in that film earned an Oscar
said. “He’s extremely original, extremely frighten­
nomination Tuesday for best supporting actress.
Ledger had finished filming his role as the Joker ing, tremendously edgy. A very young character, a
this year in “The Dark Knight,” a sequel to 2005’s- very anarchic presence that taps into a lot of our
basic fears and panic.”
“Batman Begins.”
He’s had starring roles in “A'Knight’s Tale” and
Associated Press Sara Kugler contributed to this
“The Patriot,” and played tile suicidal son of Billy
Bob Thornton in “Monster’s BaH.” He also played a report.
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Ledger’s Filmography
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The Dark Knight (2008) (post-produt
I’m Not There (2007)
Candy (2006)
Casanova (2005)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
The Order (2003)
Ned Kelly (2003)
The Four Feathers (2002)
Monster’s Ball (2001)
A Knight’s Tale (2001)
The Patriot (2000)
Two Hands (1999)
10 Things I Hate About'You (1999)
Paws (1997)
Blackrock (1997)
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