Heath Andrew Ledger 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.