Hanggang ngayon di pa rin ako makapaniwala na wala na si Heath Ledger, na natagpuang patay sa kanyang apartment sa New York, 28 years old pa lang sya....nakakapanghinayang sa murang edad at sa kasikatan pa niya iniwan ang maniningning niyang kinang sa showbiz....naalala ko sya sa pelikulang Brokeback Mountain, kung saan nakuha niya ang kaunaunahan niyang nominasyon sa Oscars, bilang pinakamahusay na aktor....kahit di kami close ay mami miss ko si Heath, aabangan ko na lang ang Batman- The Dark Knight sa July 17,2008 gaganap sya bilang Joker....may mga nakalap akong Trivia tungkol sa kanya:
He and his sister are named after the two main romantic characters of the Emily Brontë novel, "Wuthering Heights".
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.
Auditioned for the part of Max on the TV show "Roswell" (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.
Had three sisters: Kate Ledger, and half sisters Olivia Ledger and Ashleigh Bell.
Mother was Sally and father was Kim.
Named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2001.
Dated Heather Graham. [October 2000 - June 2001]
Was a part of the 1990 Kalamunda Field Hockey team, whose president his father Kim was from 1990 to 1992.
Was a men's-fashion judge at the Melbourne Cup Carnival in November 2001.
Was originally set to star in Oliver Stone's Alexander (2004) before Colin Farrell took over the role.
Was considered for the role of Kar in Bulletproof Monk (2003) but eventually turned it down. The role later went to Seann William Scott.
Dated Naomi Watts from August 2002 to May 2004.
He and Naomi Watts broke up for the 2nd time in April 2004.
Worked with Orlando Bloom in Ned Kelly (2003). Ledger worked with Scottish actor James Cosmo in The Four Feathers (2002). Both Bloom and Cosmo worked together in the movie Troy (2004).
Was named "the new Matt Damon" in Josie and the Pussycats (2001). They now act side by side in The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Most of his wardrobe was designed by his friend Shem.
Was of Irish and Scottish ancestry.
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).
Former fiancée Michelle Williams gave birth to daughter Matilda Rose Ledger on 28 October 2005, who weighed in at 6 lb, 5 oz.
Met Michelle Williams on the set of Brokeback Mountain (2005).
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.
Jake Gyllenhaal is the godfather of his daughter Matilda.
Was mentored by, lived with, and was very good friends with Martin Henderson.
Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.
Was the first non-American actor to portray the Joker.
Set to star in Baz Luhrmann's pre-WWII drama, but backed out to play The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008).
Michelle Williams' "Dawson's Creek" (1998) Busy Philipps and his Brokeback Mountain (2005) co-star Jake Gyllenhaal are his daughter's godparents.
When he was cast as The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008), rumors circulated that his Brokeback Mountain (2005) cast mate Jake Gyllenhaal would be playing district attorney Harvey Dent. Instead, Jake's sister Maggie Gyllenhaal was cast as assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes.
Dropped out of Australia (2008) to do The Dark Knight (2008).
Was one of seven godparents of Elizabeth Hurley's son Damien.
Called off his engagement to Michelle Williams in September 2007.
Chosen by Empire Magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in the world (#79) 2007.
Resided in Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Sydney.
Was found dead at in his apartment at 421 Broome Street in the SoHo neighborhood in New York City at 3:26 p.m. EST by his housekeeper and a massage therapist, finding him face down and unconscious at the foot of his bed with sleeping pills on a nearby table (22 January 2008).
Directed three music videos for Australian artist N'fa and Ben Harper.
I start to get bored, not with the choices I was making, because I didn't really have a choice. The choices were being made for me -- I was being thrown into projects. So I kind of put the brakes on that. In a sense, I destroyed my career to rebuild it again.
I like to do something I fear. I like to set up obstacles and defeat them. I like to be afraid of the project. I always am. When I get cast in something, I always believe I shouldn't have been cast. I fooled them again. I can't do it. I don't know how to do it. There's a huge amount of anxiety that drowns out any excitement I have toward the project.
Was painfully shy.
First acting role was as "Peter Pan", at age 10, at a local theater company.
