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Heath Ledger

1979 - 2008

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Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, he moved to the United States in 1998 to further develop his film career. His work consisted of 20 films in a variety of genres, including 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Monster's Ball (2001), Casanova (2005), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Candy (2006), I'm Not There (2007), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), the latter two of which were posthumously released. He also produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heath Ledger is the 491st most popular actor (down from 431st in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Australia (down from 15th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Australian Actor.

Heath ledger is most famous for playing the character of james bond in the movie "the living daylights" and "goldeneye".

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Heath Ledger ranks 491 out of 13,578. Before him are Sondra Locke, Linda Hamilton, Bradley Cooper, Melanie Griffith, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Javier Bardem. After him are Rade Šerbedžija, Mark Hamill, Anne Baxter, John Rhys-Davies, William Shatner, and Albert Finney.

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Among people born in 1979, Heath Ledger ranks 3. Before him are Chris Pratt, and Anders Behring Breivik. After him are Olga Kurylenko, Kevin Hart, Andrea Pirlo, Markus Persson, Valentino Rossi, Diego Forlán, Kimi Räikkönen, Roberta Metsola, and Alice Weidel. Among people deceased in 2008, Heath Ledger ranks 36. Before him are Jules Dassin, Yma Sumac, Mel Ferrer, Gary Gygax, Jean-Marie Balestre, and Jacques Piccard. After him are Lansana Conté, John Archibald Wheeler, George Habash, Jörg Haider, Janez Drnovšek, and Michael Crichton.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Heath Ledger ranks 26 out of 1,143. Before him are Alexander Prokhorov (1916), John Eccles (1903), Chris Hemsworth (1983), Margaret Court (1942), Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (1972), and Luís Vaz de Torres (1565). After him are Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), Robin Warren (1937), Elton Mayo (1880), Mara (null), Hugh Jackman (1968), and Colleen McCullough (1937).

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Among ACTORS In Australia

Among actors born in Australia, Heath Ledger ranks 6. Before him are Geoffrey Rush (1951), Cate Blanchett (1969), George Lazenby (1939), Errol Flynn (1909), and Chris Hemsworth (1983). After him are Hugh Jackman (1968), Margot Robbie (1990), Lionel Logue (1880), Jason Clarke (1969), Rod Taylor (1930), and Simon Baker (1969).

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