Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger
Age: 28
Film: The Joker in The Dark Knight
Synopsis: Picking up where Batman Begins left off the caped crusader, with the help of Lieutenant Gordon and new District Attorney Harvey Dent, is trying to destroy organised crime in Gotham city for good.
But they soon find themselves the target of rising criminal mastermind known only as the Joker. Killing at will the Joker thrusts Gotham into anarchy and fear as he forces Batman even closer to crossing the line between hero and vigilante.
Previous Oscar Wins: Heath has no previous Oscar wins.
Previous Oscar Nominations: But he was nominated for Best Actor in 2005 for his role as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain.
Awards/Nominations for Film: For his performance Ledger has collected the Bafta, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, Broadcast Film Critics Association, Boston Society of Film Critics, Chicago Film Critics Association and New York Film Critics Online Award.
Critics: "Let it be said that [Ledger's is] such a fearless, fierce, menacing turn that comparisons with Jack Nicholson don’t come into it. This is the definitive Joker." Total Film
"An amazing piece of filmmaking that rockets the Batman legacy to heights never imagined, fuelled by Heath Ledger's amazing re-invention of The Joker." (Hollywood.com)
"(Ledger's) manic zest gives the film its energy." (This is London)
"You have to applaud every scene that Ledger was in as he took the audiences concept of the Joker and smashed it to pieces. Gone was Nicholson’s comic interpretation of the character replaced instead by a real menace and madness." (FemaleFirst)
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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