At only 21 years old Ledger became a Hollywood leading man when he played English peasant cum jousting knight William Thatcher in the playfully anachronistic medieval romp A Knight’s Tale
Heath Ledger's family accept the Best Supporting Actor Oscar at the 81st Annual Academy Awards for Ledger's performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, USA, 2008).
Heath Ledger had a guest starring role as bad boy Scott Irwin on long-running soap opera Home and Away (1988-present) in 1997. In this clip Irwin argues with Principal Fisher (played by No