The biography of Australian actor Heath Ledger is short in time, but not at all poor in events. He played more than 20 multifaceted roles, more than once found responses in the hearts of film critics. And he left young, at the peak of popularity. The most vivid and memorable role of the actor in the movie - "Brokeback Mountain" and "The Dark Knight".
Life and career of actor Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger was born on April 4, 1979 in the city of Petra, in the west of Australia. Even in the parents' house, he tried himself in many spheres of activity - dancing, hockey, acting. On the latter, he decided to graduate from school, and at 17 he moved to Sydney, the Australian city of opportunity, and soon received his first role in the series "Pot" (1996). A year later he starred in the film "Black Rock" and was seen by American filmmakers. After shooting a couple of films in the role of macho ("Fingers fan" and "Ten reasons for my hatred"), Heath Ledger felt the ability to play more serious roles and its implementation did not keep you waiting - Hitu was offered a role in the movie "Patriot" with Mel Gibson.
Further Heath Ledger played in several other films, including "The Brothers Grimm", but the real popularity of the actor gave a role in the sensational movie "Brokeback Mountain", where he played a homosexual. On the set of this movie, in 2004 in Canada, he met one of his girls actress Michelle Williams (in the movie they played the couple). In 2005, Michelle gave Hit Ledger daughter Matilda, but two years later the couple broke up.
Why did Heath Ledger die?
On January 22, 2008, Heath Ledger left our world, but the cause of death was not immediately established - a serious toxicological study was needed. The press wrote a lot about how Heath Ledger died - suicide, drug overdose ... The British edition of The Daily Mail wrote that the Heath was recently depressed (probably due to a divorce from Michelle Williams). In addition, Heath himself said that the role of the Joker is given to him hard, he has started a strong insomnia, and we must periodically increase the dose of sleeping pills.
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The official conclusion of doctors about the cause of death of Heath Ledger - an overdose of sleeping pills and antidepressants (the version of suicide is not considered). The penultimate work of the actor took place in the film "The Dark Knight". For the role of the Joker Heath Ledger in 2009 was awarded the Oscar and the Golden Globe Award posthumously. Heath did not have time to play in the tape "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ..."
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