Had he lived, Heath Ledger would have celebrated his 45th birthday earlier this month. But, tragically, the world lost the gifted Australian actor at only 28 years old due to an accidental overdose back in 2008, the same year he gave one of the greatest villain performances of all time as the Joker in The Dark Knight, for which he posthumously won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. And in the feature-length documentary I Am Heath Ledger—airing on TV tonight, April 13—friends and family of the late actor come together to remember his life, career and legacy.
Directed by Adrian Buitenhuis and Derik Murray, the 94-minute film chronicles Ledger's rise to fame from his native Perth, Australia to Hollywood, where he became a leading man in the late 1990s and early 2000s in films like 10 Things I Hate About You—which is airing on Sunday on The CW at 7pm Eastern, in case you want a whole Heath Ledger-themed weekend—The Patriot, A Knight's Tale, Lords of Dogtown and Brokeback Mountain.
