Heath Ledger wins Oscar | Best Supporting Actor 2009 | 2009 Oscar Academy Awards
Heath Ledger wins the 2009 Oscar Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his amazing performance as the Joker in ‘The Dark Knight’.
Heath’s family gave an emotional acceptance speech on his behalf. His father stated, “This award tonight would have humbly validated Heath’s quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here, his peers, within in industry he so loved”.
“We have been truly overwhelmed by the honor and respect bestowed on him with this award,” mother Sally Bell said.
Heath Ledger beat out Josh Brolin for “Milk”, Robert Downey Jr. for “Tropic Thunder”, Philip Seymour Hoffman for “Doubt” and Michael Shannon for “Revolutionary Road”. Besides the Oscar Awards, Heath Ledger also won British Academy Film Award, Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Award.
