ACTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heath Ledger has received more than 54,017,714 page views. His biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2019). Heath Ledger is the 431st most popular actor (down from 351st in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Australia (down from 10th 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".

Memorability Metrics

  • 54M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 96

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Heath Ledger ranks 431 out of 13,578. Before him are Donald Pleasence, Jean Harlow, Charlie Sheen, Nebahat Çehre, Jean-Pierre Léaud, and Brandon Lee. After him are Cillian Murphy, Bruno Cremer, Emmanuelle Riva, David McCallum, Mark Hamill, and Françoise Dorléac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Heath Ledger ranks 1. After him are Andrea Pirlo, Diego Forlán, Valentino Rossi, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Markus Persson, Kimi Räikkönen, Anders Behring Breivik, Nicolas Anelka, Roberta Metsola, Chris Pratt, and Diego Milito. Among people deceased in 2008, Heath Ledger ranks 29. Before him are Alain Robbe-Grillet, Yma Sumac, Michael Crichton, Jacques Piccard, Roy Scheider, and Jules Dassin. After him are Jörg Haider, George Emil Palade, John Archibald Wheeler, Leonid Hurwicz, Mel Ferrer, and Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Heath Ledger ranks 15 out of 1,143. Before him are Cate Blanchett (1969), Elton Mayo (1880), Chris Hemsworth (1983), Alexander Prokhorov (1916), Margaret Court (1942), and Margot Robbie (1990). After him are Paul Hogan (1939), Julian Assange (1971), Elizabeth Blackburn (1948), Jack Brabham (1926), Peter Weir (1944), and Errol Flynn (1909).

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Among ACTORS In Australia

Among actors born in Australia, Heath Ledger ranks 6. Before him are Geoffrey Rush (1951), George Lazenby (1939), Cate Blanchett (1969), Chris Hemsworth (1983), and Margot Robbie (1990). After him are Paul Hogan (1939), Errol Flynn (1909), Hugh Jackman (1968), Lionel Logue (1880), John Noble (1948), and Rod Taylor (1930).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Dark Knight
Joker
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Jul 16th 20088.517 / 10
10 Things I Hate About You
Patrick Verona
On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.
Mar 30th 19997.6 / 10
Brokeback Mountain
Ennis Del Mar
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
Oct 22nd 20057.795 / 10