The Great Heath Ledger and his Movies Quiz

Answer: April 4th, 1979

Heath Andrew Ledger was born 1979 in Perth, Australia. He had an older sister named Kate. They were named after characters in the Emily Bronte novel, "Wuthering Heights". He had two other sisters named Olivia and Ashleigh.

Answer: Michelle Williams

His daughter, Matilda Rose Ledger was born on October 28th, 2005. Her mother Michelle Williams was his partner. They met on the set of "Brokeback Mountain" (2005).

Heath dated both Heather Graham and Naomi Watts. Anne Hathaway was also in "Brokeback Mountain" (2005).

Answer: The Patriot

Heath and Mel starred in "The Patriot" (2000). Heath played Gabriel Martin to Mel's Benjamin Martin. This movie was about a man (Mel Gibson) who had fought in the French and Indian War and did not want to be part of the approaching war with Britain. The movie dealt with the real loss associated with war, the loss of loved ones.

Mel was not in "Brokeback Mountain" (2005). Mel was in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"(1985) and "Braveheart"(1995), but Heath was not his co-star in either movie.

Answer: January 22nd, 2008

Sadly, Heath died on January 22nd, 2008 of an accidental overdose of prescription medicine. He was found in his SoHo apartment in New York City.

Answer: Ennis Del Mar

Heath's character was named Ennis Del Mar. Jake Gyllenhaal played Jack Twist and Randy Quaid played Joe Aguirre. Larry McMurty was the man who wrote the screenplay for this movie.

"Brokeback Mountain" was a true love story. Two friends named Ennis and Jack were friends who carried on a secretive and forbidden relationship throughout their adult life.

Answer: 10 Things I Hate About You

Heath made an impression in "10 Things I Hate About You" (1999), which was an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew". Heath starred as Patrick Verona in this adaptation, set in a highschool.

"She's the Man" (2001) was an adaptation of "Twelfth Night" at a British prep school starring Amanda Bynes. "My Own Private Idaho" (1991) was a road movie loosely based on "Henry the IV" starring the late River Phoenix. "O" (2001) was a remake of "Othello" on a basketball court starring Mekhi Phifer.

Answer: True

Heath had been nominated twice for Best Kiss in the MTV Movie Awards. He was nominated in 2002 for the movie "A Knight's Tale" with Shannyn Sossamon and won in 2006 for "Brokeback Mountain". He shared the award with Jake Gyllenhaal.

Answer: The Joker

Heath completed the movie "The Dark Knight" (2008) where he played The Joker. This movie was a sequel to "Batman Begins" (2005) which starred Christian Bale. Critics have mentioned that Heath's portrayal of the The Joker made Jack Nicholson's version light weight.

Heath played Robbie Clark in "I'm Not There" (2007) which was a biographical film based on the life of Bob Dylan. Skip was the name of Heath's character in "Lords of Dogtown" (2005). This movie was about a bunch of skateboarders who influenced the sport.

Heath died while filming "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" and his part was completed by an assortment of actors.

Answer: The Four Feathers

Heath's character, Harry Faversham was in "The Four Feathers" (2002). This movie was based on the 1902 novel of the same name by A.E.W. Mason. This movie was set in 1884 in Sudan and was about a man who was labeled as a coward.

Heath's character name in "Monster's Ball" (2001) was Sonny Grotowski. In "A Knight's Tale" (2001) he was Sir William Thatcher/Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of Gelderland. Heath played Alex Bernier in "The Order" (2003).

Answer: Daniel Day Lewis

In 2008, Daniel Day Lewis dedicated his SAG (Screen Actors Guild) award to Heath. He said "I was inspired by Ledger's acting. His performances in "Monster's Ball" (2001) and "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) were unique and perfect." Heath will be sorely missed.