The Joker, played by a transformative Heath Ledger (who posthumously won an Oscar for his role). As The Joker ignites war among Gotham City's various crime families, Batman fights to keep his city ...

The first X-Men film is swell as well and had a suspenseful final battle atop the Statue of Liberty ... The Dark Knight being the strongest of the series. Heath Ledger is a ruthless and unstoppable ...

Michael Caine, who played Alfred J. Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, didn't have a ton of scenes with Ledger ...

"He was a lovely guy, very gentle and unassuming," Caine wrote of Ledger, via Entertainment Weekly. "I wondered how he was ...

Michael Caine reflected on working with the late Heath Ledger during ... he was initially skeptical about Ledger's casting as Batman's classic nemesis The Joker, only to be later blown away ...

Ask anyone to name their favorite acting performance in a superhero movie, and most will probably respond with Heath Ledger's Joker character in "The Dark Knight." Ledger, who died at 28 years old ...

In his memoir, Caine opens up about filming 'The Dark Knight' with Ledger, who died in 2008 Sharareh Drury is a writer on the Movies team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2025 and has worked for ...

Heath Ledger's performance in Christopher Nolan's 2008 blockbuster The Dark Knight is widely considered to be the best portrayal of the Joker. No offence to Joaquin Pheonix, Mark Hamill or Jack ...

Heath Ledger was involved in numerous high-profile relationships throughout his life. The Academy Award-winning actor spent several years and had a child with Brokeback Mountain costar Michelle ...