Heath Ledger

(1979-2008)

Australian actor

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Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, he moved to the United States in 1998 to further develop his film career. His work consisted of 20 films in a variety of genres, including 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Knight's Tale, Monster's Ball (both 2001), Casanova, Lords of Dogtown, Brokeback Mountain (all 2005), Candy (2006), I'm Not There (2007), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), the latter two of which were posthumously released. He also produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director.

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Born	Heath Andrew Ledger 4 April 1979 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	22 January 2008 (aged 28) Soho, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Zodiac	Aries
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Michelle Williams 1980- · American actress info edit

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Matilda Rose Ledger info 1st child with Michelle Williams Female b. 28 Oct 2005 · Age: 19 · 2005- · American relative

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Yvette Rachelle · 1989- · American, Actress info edit view couple »

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Lisa Zane · 1961- · American actress and singer who has starred on stage, television and in film info edit view couple »

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Christina Cauchi · 1979- · Australian model info edit view couple »

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Heather Graham · 1970- · American actress info edit view couple »

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Naomi Watts · 1968- · English actress info edit view couple »

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Helena Christensen · 1968- · Danish model and photographer info edit view couple »

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Gemma Ward · 1987- · Australian model and actress info edit view couple »

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Mary-Kate Olsen · 1986- · American businesswoman and actress info edit view couple »

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Kate Hudson · 1979- · American actress and singer info edit view couple »

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Lindsay Lohan · 1986- · American actress and singer info edit view couple »

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Russell Crowe · Friend · 1964- · New Zealand actor edit info

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Mark Ruffalo · Friend · 1967- · American actor edit info

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Ben Harper · Friend · 1969- · American singer-songwriter and musician edit info

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Christian Bale · Friend · 1974- · American-English actor edit info

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Martin Henderson · Friend · 1974- · New Zealand actor edit info

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Joaquin Phoenix · Friend · 1974- · American actor edit info

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Busy Philipps · Friend · 1979- · American actress edit info

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Gin Cooley · Friend · 1985- · American singer edit info

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Daniel Radcliffe · Friend · 1989- · British actor and film producer edit info

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