The Dark Knight famed Heath Ledger played Joker with perfection; however, it was not easy for him at all. The 28-year-old ...

The Joker actor Heath Ledger played one of the main characters, but his death happened 1/3rd of the way into the movie's production.

Although the Joker in The Dark Knight was not Heath Ledger's final film role before his death in 2008, it is certainly one that has become iconic in the years since. As it turns out, he kept a ...

Heath Ledger was never a comics fan, yet he gave an Oscar winning performance as Joker in The Dark Knight.The late 28-year-old actor played the titular role in Christopher Nolan’s ...

Ledger died in January 2008 at 28 years old, which was a few months before the July theatrical release of “The Dark Knight.” “Heath was only 28 when he passed away,” Caine writes.

Heath Ledger would have been 46 today! "The Dark Knight" star died a few weeks before his 29th birthday on January 22, 2008. The actor's friend and colleague, Stephen Gaghan, took a deep dive into ...

Heath Ledger had just wrapped playing The Joker in 2008's "The Dark Knight" when he moved on to work with Andrew Garfield in "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" — and he knew it would be a ...

You think of what he might have gone on to achieve, it’s just heart-breaking." Ledger's death occurred while "The Dark Knight" was in post-production, months ahead of its July 2008 release.