Heath Ledger Heath Ledger Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 197922 January 2008) was an Australian actor and director. After performing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, Ledger left for the United States in 1998 to further develop his film career. His work comprised nineteen films, including "10 Things I Hate About You" (1999), "The Patriot" (2000), "A Knight's Tale" (2001), "Monster's Ball" (2001), "Lords of Dogtown" (2005), "Brokeback Mountain" (2005), "Casanova" (2005), "The Dark Knight" (2008), and "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (2009), the latter two being posthumous releases. He also produced and directed music videos and
Jake Gyllenhaal and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for the latter role. In 2015, he starred in Antoine Fuqua's sports drama "Southpaw", Baltasar Kormákur's "Everest", an account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, and Jean-Marc Vallée's romantic comedy-drama "Demolition". He was also on the jury for the main competition section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. In 2016, he starred in Tom Ford's thriller film "Nocturnal Animals". In 2017, Gyllenhaal starred in the science fiction thriller film "Life", as astronaut David Jordan, played a supporting role in the action-adventure film "Okja", and headlined the drama "Stronger", about Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff