Heath Ledger Wins Best Supporting Actor Oscar

Heath Andrew Ledger

4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008

Heath Ledger posthumously won the Academy Award for actor in a supporting role for his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight. Well deserved!! His work includes nineteen films, most notably 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), Monster's Ball (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Brokeback Mountain (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008).

Heath had already won the Golden Globe earlier this year (link here)

And Hot Toys Newsletter salutes Heath Ledger's Oscar win with a third Joker - Police Officer Joker - coming soon to a retail store near you