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希斯·萊吉爾簡介

　　英文名：Heath Ledger

　　1979年4月4日出生於澳大利亞。

　　英俊瀟灑、氣宇軒昂，真不知道除去這些令人肉麻的形容詞，還有什麼可以為希斯·萊吉爾下個定義？

　　也許他現在唯一需要學習的，是如何令自己看起來更像個男人而非男孩，更重要的是，不止看起來像。

　　語錄：我拍電影是因為我可以從中得到樂趣，我不再覺得拍一部青春片會得到樂趣了……我不想在餘生里都拍這類影片，這個事業里有太多我想發掘的東西。

　　主要作品：

　　《斷背山》2005，並憑藉本片獲得2005紐約影評人協會最佳男主角獎。

　　《卡薩諾瓦》2005

　　《格林兄弟》2005

　　《狗鎮議員》2004

　　《四根羽毛》2002

　　《對面的惡女看過來》1999

　　生於西澳的希斯·萊吉爾在1997年出演了環球和福克斯電視公司的電視連續劇《咆哮》，這是他首次在美國電視劇中飾演主要角色，此後他移居美國並一直活躍於好萊塢娛樂圈。

　　希斯在1999年回到澳大利亞拍攝了《雙手》，這是他首度出任電影主角。這部電影加深了他與導演格里格·喬丹在工作上的密切合作。在與茱麗葉·斯黛爾絲共同主演了莎翁名劇《馴悍記》的現代版電影《我痛恨你的十件事》後，他又與澳大利亞同鄉梅爾•吉布森主演了大獲票房成功的影片《愛國者》。

　　2001年他主演了哥倫比亞公司的電影《騎士傳奇》。在這部中世紀的傳奇故事中，希斯演繹了一名農民侍從，當他的主人在騎士比賽中突然死亡後他冒充主人的身份參加比賽。

　　在2002年主演《四根羽毛》之前，希斯與比利-鮑勃-桑頓和哈莉-貝瑞主演了獲奧斯卡獎並博得評論家高度讚賞的電影《死囚之妻》。

　　2003年，希斯主演了根據Robert Drewe所著的講述澳大利亞“臭名昭著”的法外狂徒的半自傳體劇本改編的電影《內德-凱利》。

　　2004年對於希斯來說將是忙碌的一年，他將接拍包括與馬特-達蒙聯合主演的《The Brothers Grimm》在內的至少四部電影。

Heath Ledger found dead in NYC apartment

Oscar-nominated actor reportedly discovered in Mary-Kate Olsen\'s home

NEW YORK - Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday in a Manhattan apartment in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28.

According to the New York Times, Ledger was found naked and unconscious with pills strewn all around him in an apartment owned by actress Mary-Kate Olsen.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the apartment. The housekeeper, who went to let Ledger know the masseuse was there, found him unconscious at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET, according to the New York Times. After receiving no response from the actor after shaking him, they called authorities.

“We are investigating the possibility of an overdose,” Browne said. “There were pills within the vicinity of the bed.”

The Australian-born actor was nominated for an Oscar for “Brokeback Mountain,” where he met actress Michelle Williams, in 2005. Ledger and Williams had lived in Brooklyn with their 2-year-old daughter, Matilda, until they split up last year.

Ledger was to appear as the Joker this year in “The Dark Knight,” a sequel to 2005’s “Batman Begins.” He’s had starring roles in “A Knight’s Tale” and “The Patriot,” and played the suicidal son of Billy Bob Thornton in “Monster’s Ball.”

Ledger grew up in Perth, and began doing amateur theater at age 10. At 16, he moved to Sydney to pursue an acting career, quickly landing TV movie roles and guest spots on Australian television.

After several independent films and a starring role in the short-lived Fox TV series “Roar,” Ledger moved to Los Angeles and costarred in “10 Things I Hate About You,” a teen comedy reworking of “The Taming of the Shrew.”

Offers for other teen flicks came his way, but Ledger turned them down, preferring to remain idle than sign on for projects he didn’t like.

“It wasn’t a hard decision for me,” Ledger told the Associated Press in 2001. “It was hard for everyone else around me to understand. Agents were like, ‘You’re crazy,’ my parents were like, ‘Come on, you have to eat.”’

His latest role was in “I’m Not There,” in which he played one of the many incarnations of Bob Dylan — as did Cate Blanchett, whose performance in that film earned an Oscar nomination Tuesday for best supporting actress.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22788914/?GT1=10755

(By Lunamia ZT)