Heath Ledger - Famous Actor

Heath Ledger Net Worth

$16,000,000

Famous actor Heath Ledger had a net worth of $16 million at the time of his death in 2008, which includes his earnings from appearing in 19 films and his role as the Joker in the critically acclaimed film ‘The Dark Knight’. Additionally, posthumous real estate sales and royalties resulted in several million worth of additional assets that went to his daughter Matilda.

Key facts:

  • Heath Ledger was an Australian actor who appeared in 19 films during his career.
  • His notable early roles include "10 Things I Hate About You," "A Knight's Tale," and "Monster's Ball."
  • He became internationally famous for his critically acclaimed performances in "Brokeback Mountain" and posthumously in "The Dark Knight," for which he won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor.
  • At the time of his death in 2008, Heath Ledger's estate was worth roughly $16 million, with potential earnings from "The Dark Knight" expected to bring that total to as much as $20 million.
  • The bulk of his estate was left to his daughter Matilda, and his family eventually concluded that she was the primary heir.

Basic Information About Heath Ledger

Full NameHeath Ledger
CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor, Music Video Director
Net worth$16,000,000
Date of birth1979-04-04
Place of birthPerth
Date of death2008-01-22 (aged 28)
NationalityAustralia
Curiosities and TrademarksDeep husky voice
His warm smile
FatherKim Ledger
MotherSally Ramshaw
Siblings(2) Ashleigh Bell, Olivia Ledger
Kids(1) Matilda Ledger
GenderMale
Height6 ft (1.85 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ Imdb

What Movie Awards did Heath Ledger win?


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Heath Ledger awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
Oscar - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting RoleWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
BAFTA Film Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
EDA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
AFI International Award - Best ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
ACCA - Best Supporting Actor of the DecadeWinnerThe Dark Knight2012
BSFC Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
Critics Choice Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
COFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
CFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
DFWFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
DFCS Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
FFCC Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
Gold Derby Award - Supporting Actor of the DecadeWinnerThe Dark Knight2010
Gold Derby Award - Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
HFCS Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
ICP Award - Best Supporting PerformanceWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
INOCA - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
IFC Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
Silver Ribbon - Best Dubbing (Migliore Doppiaggio)WinnerThe Dark Knight2009
IOMA - Best Supporting Actor (Miglior attore non protagonista)WinnerThe Dark Knight2009
KCFCC Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
Sierra Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
ALFS Award - Actor of the YearNomineeThe Dark Knight2009
LAFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
MTV Movie Award - Best VillainWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
NSFC Award - Best Supporting ActorNomineeThe Dark Knight2009
NYFCC Award - Best Supporting ActorNomineeThe Dark Knight2008
NYFCO Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
NTFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
OFCC Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
OFTA Film Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
OFCS Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
PFCS Award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting RoleWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
Rembrandt Award - Best International Actor (Beste Buitenlandse Acteur)WinnerThe Dark Knight2009
SDFCS Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
SFFCC Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
Audience Award - Best Foreign Actor (Melhor Ator Estrangeiro)WinnerThe Dark Knight2009
SEFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
SLFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
Teen Choice Award - Choice Movie RumbleWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
TFCA Award - Best Supporting Performance, MaleWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
VFCC Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2009
VVFP Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
WAFCA Award - Best Supporting ActorWinnerThe Dark Knight2008
COFCA Award - Actor of the YearWinnerLords of Dogtown2006
Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleNomineeBrokeback Mountain2006
AFI International Award - Best ActorWinnerBrokeback Mountain2006
ACCA - Best Actor of the DecadeNomineeBrokeback Mountain2012

Heath Ledger roles

Movie / Series Role
The Dark KnightJoker
A Knight's TaleWilliam Thatcher
The PatriotGabriel Martin
Lords of DogtownSkip
Brokeback MountainEnnis Del Mar
10 Things I Hate About YouPatrick Verona
Monster's BallSonny Grotowski
The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusTony
The Brothers GrimmJacob Grimm
CasanovaCasanova
CandyDan
I'm Not ThereRobbie
The Four FeathersHarry Feversham
Two HandsJimmy
Ned KellyNed Kelly
The OrderAlex Bernier
Home and AwayScott Irwin 10 episodes, 1997-2006
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf - Guest 3 episodes, 2004-2008
RoarConor 13 episodes, 1997
The Daily ShowSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2001
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf - Guest 5 episodes, 2000-2006
The Oprah Winfrey ShowSelf - Guest 2 episodes, 2006
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2005

Heath Ledger's Movie/Shows Salary

Movie / Series Salary
10 Things I Hate About YouΒ (1999)$100,000
A Knight's TaleΒ (2001)$3,000,000
The Four FeathersΒ (2002)$2,000,000
Ned KellyΒ (2003)$50,000

Heath Ledger's Quotes

  • I only do this because Im having fun. The day I stop having fun, I'll just walk away. I wasn't going to have fun doing a teen movie again.... I don't want to do this for the rest of my life....I don't want to spend the rest of my youth doing this in this industry. There's so much I want to discover. (Vanity Fair, August 2000)
  • I prefer to date older women because they don't try to act older like younger girls but because they try to act younger.
  • It's a little uncomfortable doing love scenes in armor, but, you know, when the heat's on, the heat's on. (Access Hollywood (1996), August 2000)
  • [about the paparazzi] Most of the time you don't even know they're there. Now, that's the scary thing. It's really strange and invading, but I'm still working it all out. I try to not let it bother me. I really try and find the humour in all of it. And if I want to swim naked in my pool, I'm still going to do it. I certainly don't want to feel that I have to change everything in my life that I do to cater to them. I just won't let it happen. (National Post, May 2001)
  • I don't have a technique. I've never been a believer in having one set technique on how to act. There are no rules and there is no rulebook. At the end of the day, it all comes down to my instincts. That's the one thing that guides me through every decision professionally. Socially, also. That's my technique. Yeah, you read through the script 100 times. I guess I have little characteristics about myself. Sometimes, most often than not, once we start shooting I won't look at the script at all until we finished shooting. It's kind of like it's been imprinted in my head during rehearsals. You just let it go. (Reel.com, May 2001)

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Interesting Facts about Heath Ledger

  1. He and his older sister, Kate Ledger, are named after the two main romantic characters of the Emily BrontΓ« novel, "Wuthering Heights".
  2. Concentrated on drama and sports in school. When asked to choose between the two, he picked drama. Attended a private all-boys school called Guildford Grammar.
  3. Auditioned for the part of Max on the TV show Roswell High (1999). However, the show was originally developed for Fox and since he had already starred in Roar (1997), which was unsuccessful for Fox, they did not want to hire him.
  4. Had three sisters: Catherine (Kate) Ledger, married to Nathan Buckey, and half sisters Olivia Ledger (b. 1997) and Ashleigh Bell (b. 1989).
  5. Mother was Sally Bell nΓ©e Ramshaw (daughter of John and Jackie Ramshaw) and father was Kim Ledger (son of Colin and Es Ledger). Stepfather was Roger Bell and stepmother was Emma Brown. His great-grandfather was Sir Frank Ledger, son of Edson Ledger.
  6. Named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2001.
  7. Was a part of the 1990 Kalamunda Field Hockey team. His father was president of the team from 1990-1992.
  8. Was a men's-fashion judge at the Melbourne Cup Carnival in November 2001.
  9. Was originally set to star in Oliver Stone's Alexander (2004) before Colin Farrell took over the role.
  10. Was considered for the role of Kar in Bulletproof Monk (2003) but eventually turned it down. The role later went to Seann William Scott.
  11. Was named "the new Matt Damon" in Josie and the Pussycats (2001). They now act side by side in The Brothers Grimm (2005)
  12. Most of his wardrobe was designed by his friend Shem.
  13. His ancestry was English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and, from his matrilineal great-great-grandmother, Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewish. Through his Jewish great-great-grandmother, Lillian May Solomon, Heath was also a sixth cousin, three times removed, of actor and comedian Peter Sellers, through their shared Sephardi Jewish forebears, Daniel de David de Mendoza and Esther Lopez. Through the same line, Heath was also a relative of Daniel Mendoza, who was boxing champion of England in 1792-1795.
  14. Starred in 3 films which screened at the 2005 Venice Film Festival. They included Brokeback Mountain (2005), The Brothers Grimm (2005) and the out-of-competition Casanova (2005).
  15. Became a father for the 1st time, at age 26, when his fiancΓ©e Michelle Williams gave birth to their daughter, Matilda Ledger (Matilda Rose Ledger), on October 28, 2005.
  16. Was selected in the State U17 squad in field hockey and was touted as one of the up and coming young stars, but chose to pack it in and try to make a career out of acting.
  17. Was mentored by, lived with, and was very good friends with Martin Henderson.
  18. Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.
  19. Was the first non-American actor to portray the Joker.
  20. Jake Gyllenhaal and Busy Philipps are his daughter's godparents.

Additional information of Heath Ledger

ZodiacAries
Lucky Number7
Lucky StoneDiamond
Lucky ColorRed
Best Match for MarriageLeo
Eye ColorHazel
Hair ColorBrown

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