Monday, February 23, 2009

Best Supporting Actor Oscar tops off Heath Ledger's string of award wins

Last night, Heath Ledger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as "The Joker" in The Dark Knight. This tops off a string of wins Ledger had this past award show season. Here is a short list of some of the awards Ledger won for his portrayal of "The Joker":
2008 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor,
2008 BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
2008 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor
2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (Ledger also won in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix Film Critics Circles, to name a few)
2008 Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actor

These awards add to the collection of multiple Best Actor awards he won for his role as "Ennis Del Mar" in the film Brokeback Mountain. For Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger was nominated for and won the following awards:
2006 International Award for Best Actor
2005 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
2005 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (Ledger also won in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix Film Critics Circles).


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