The joker heath ledger the dark knight. The joker was portrayed by the late heath ledger as the main antagonist of the dark knight a role that won him a posthumous academy award for best supporting actor. How heath ledgers joker fueled our archvillain obsession. When the menace known as the joker emerges from his mysterious past he wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of gotham. Heath ledgers performance as the joker in the dark knight 2008 reinvented a classic batman villain and won him rave reviews from critics.
The film was the second of christopher nolans dark knight trilogy falling between batman begins 2005 and the dark knight rises 2012. With christian bale heath ledger aaron eckhart michael caine. The dark knight turns 10. How the joker took a toll on heath ledger before his death at 28 this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.
In addition largely due to that incarnations popularity that regarded his very dark nature several later incarnations of the joker were depicted in a similarly dark manner. There are so many great moments in this movie that i just had to make a top 10. He went on to receive a posthumous oscar for the role but had he not died the actor couldve returned as the joker. Here are his 10 best.
I do not own any of the footage or music. Ledgers death on january 22 2008 was unexpected and dominated the publicity of the to be released film. The dark knight turns 10. Directed by christopher nolan.
The joker is everywhere on the big screen. The joker utters many memorable quotes in the film. It also earned him a posthumous oscar nomination one of 15 nominations the batman films have received over the years. The dark knight must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.
He tricks four of them into killing each other then kills the last one himself and escapes with the money after unmasking in full view of the bank manager. Heath ledgers performance as joker in the dark knight is a masterpiece from all points of view. We can thank heath ledger for his performance as batmans nemesis. Heath ledgers turn as the joker in the 2008 blockbuster film the dark knight is one of the most captivating portrayals of a supervillain in film history.
Of course sadly heath ledger passed away before the dark knight was released.