List of awards and nominations received by Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger was an Australian film actor whose career lasted more than 16 years. Ledger received acclaim for his acting in the Australian crime film Two Hands (1999), receiving nominations at the Australian Film Institute (AFI) and Film Critics Circle of Australia in the categories for Best Actor. After starring in the 2001 films A Knight's Tale and Monster's Ball, Ledger was cast as the title character in the 2003 biographical film Ned Kelly for which he received his second AFI and Film Critics Circle award nominations.

Heath Ledger awards and nominations

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 2 Australian Film Institute Awards 3 3 Boston Society of Film Critics 1 1 Brisbane International Film Festival 1 1 British Academy Film Awards 1 2 Broadcast Film Critics 1 3 Chicago Film Critics Association 1 2 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award 1 1 Film Critics Circle of Australia 0 3 Florida Film Critics Circle Award 1 1 Golden Globe Awards 1 2 Independent Spirit Awards 1 2 Inside Film Awards 0 1 Kansas City Film Critics Circle 1 1 Las Vegas Film Critics Society 2 2 Las Vegas Film Critics Society 1 1 London Film Critics' Circle 0 2 Los Angeles Film Critics Association 1 1 New York Film Critics 1 1 Online Film Critics Society 1 1 People's Choice Awards 3 3 Phoenix Film Critics Society 2 2 San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2 2 Santa Barbara International Film Festival 1 1 Satellite Awards 0 2 Saturn Awards 1 1 Scream Awards 2 2 Screen Actors Guild Award 1 3 Toronto Film Critics Association 1 1 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 1 2
Totals[infobox 1]
Wins	36
Nominations	58
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Ledger's breakthrough performance as Ennis Del Mar in the 2005 film adaptation of Brokeback Mountain earned him nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, all for Best Actor in a Leading Role. At age 26, he became the ninth-youngest Academy Award Best Actor nominee at the time. In addition, Ledger received recognition from several North American critics' associations, winning the 2005 Las Vegas Film Critics Society, New York Film Critics Circle, Phoenix Film Critics Society, and San Francisco Film Critics Circle awards, as Best Actor. In 2006, he starred in the Australian romantic drama Candy, and was nominated in the category of Best Actor at the AFI, Film Critics Circle, and Inside Film awards ceremony.

Following his death on 22 January 2008,^[1][2] Ledger received numerous posthumous awards and honours. He shared the 2007 Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award with the rest of the ensemble cast for the 2007 biographical film I'm Not There. In his penultimate film performance, Ledger was nominated and awarded for his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008). His wins include an Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor. Ledger also won the Best Actor International Award at the 2008 AFI Awards ceremony, for which he became the first actor to win an award posthumously. In August 2008, Ledger was posthumously honoured at the Brisbane International Film Festival with the Chauvel Award in recognition of his contribution to the Australian film industry.

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, or "Oscars" are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The awards, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), were first held in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.^[3] Ledger received one award from two nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Nominated	[4]
2009	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)	[5]

Australian Film Institute Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1999	Two Hands	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
2003	Ned Kelly		Nominated
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best International Actor	Won	[6]
		Reader's Choice Award for Best Actor	Won	[6]
2006	Candy	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated	[7]
2008	The Dark Knight	Best International Actor	Won (posthumously)	[8]

Brisbane International Film Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	—	Chauvel Award	Won (posthumously)	[9][10]

British Academy Film Awards

The British Academy Film Award is an annual award show presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The awards were founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell and others.^[11] Ledger received one award from two nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated	[12]
2009	The Dark Knight	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Won (posthumously)	[13]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated	[14]
2009	The Dark Knight	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Won (posthumously)	[14]

Independent Spirit Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Male Lead	Nominated	[15]
2008	I'm Not There	Robert Altman Award	Won II (posthumously)	[16]

Inside Film Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Nominated	[17]

People's Choice Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2009	The Dark Knight	Best Ensemble Cast	Won IV (posthumously)	[18]
		Best Onscreen Match-up	Won V (posthumously)	[18]

Satellite Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated (posthumously)	[19]

Saturn Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2009	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)	[20]

Scream Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Fantasy Actor	Won (posthumously)	[21]
		Best Villain	Won (posthumously)	[21]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Nominated III	[22]
		Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture	Nominated	[22]
2009	The Dark Knight	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture	Won (posthumously)	[23]

Film critic awards

African-American Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)

Austin Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)	[24]

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Nominated	[25]
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won V (posthumously)	[26]
		Best Cast	Nominated IV (posthumously)	[26]

Chicago Film Critics Association

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Nominated
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)	[27]

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Nominated
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)	[28]

Film Critics Circle of Australia

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1999	Two Hands	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
2003	Ned Kelly		Nominated
2006	Candy		Nominated	[29]

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)	[30]

Iowa Film Critics Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)	[31]

Kansas City Film Critics Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)

London Film Critics' Circle

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Nominated	[32]
2008	The Dark Knight	Actor of the Year	Nominated (posthumously)	[33]

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Nominated
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)	[34]

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Won	[35]
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated (posthumously)

Online Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Nominated
2009	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)	[36]

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)

San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Won	[37]
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)	[38]

Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2006	Brokeback Mountain	Outstanding Performance of the Year Award	Won	[39]

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Nominated
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Won
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)	[40]

Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Nominated
2008	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2005[41]	Brokeback Mountain	Best Actor	Nominated
2008[42]	The Dark Knight	Best Supporting Actor	Won (posthumously)

See also

• List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees – Youngest nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role
• List of Australian Academy Award winners and nominees
• List of actors with Academy Award nominations
• List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories
• List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees

Notes

^I Shared with rest of the ensemble cast, director, and casting director of I'm Not There
^II Shared with rest of the ensemble cast of Brokeback Mountain
^III Shared with rest of the ensemble cast of The Dark Knight
^IV Shared with Christian Bale

References

General

• "Heath Ledger > Awards". Allmovie. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
• "Heath Ledger Awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2008. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2009.

Specific

1. Barron, James (23 January 2008). "Heath Ledger, Actor, Is Found Dead at 28". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
2. Williams, Mary Elizabeth (23 January 2008). "Remembering Heath Ledger". Salon. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
3. "About the Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 April 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
4. Coultan, Mark (11 January 2006). "Heath's on the Oscars ledger". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
5. Neumaier, Joe (22 February 2009). "'Slumdog Millionaire' wins Oscar for Best Movie; the late Heath Ledger is Best Supporting Actor". Daily News. New York. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
6. Sutherland, Claire (8 December 2006). "Jindabyne sunk by Ten Canoes". Herald Sun. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
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10. Christian, Nicholas (20 July 2008). "Australians give Ledger posthumous film award". Scotland on Sunday. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
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14. "HFPA — Awards Search". Golden Globes Official Website. Archived from the original (Web) on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
15. "'Brokeback' wins more hardware at Independent Spirit Awards". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 March 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
16. Briggs, Caroline (24 February 2008). "Juno triumphs at Spirit awards". BBC News. Retrieved 22 January 2009. I'm Not There also took the first ever Robert Altman Award ... for a filmmaker, casting director and acting ensemble.
17. Willoughby, Shannon; Sam Cleveland (18 November 2006). "Controversy adds showbiz touch to Gold Coast glitz Abbie uses those five little words". The Gold Coast Bulletin: 009. Voted best actor was Ten Canoes' Crusoe Kurddal, who beat Heath Ledger and Gabriel Byrne
18. Child, Ben (8 January 2009). "People's Choice awards make Dark Knight's day". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
19. Feinberg, Scott (January 2009). "Posthumous Oscar nominations a reality since the first Academy Awards; Is Heath Ledger next?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 January 2009. With Heath Ledger having already snagged nominations ... for a Golden Globe, Satellite Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award
20. Kilday, Gregg (24 June 2009). "Dark Knight tops Saturn Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Reuters. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
21. "The Dark Knight Screams". IGN Movies. 20 October 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
22. "'Brokeback' leads SAG Award nominations". CNN: Showbiz/Movies. 5 January 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
23. Brown, Lane (26 January 2009). "PGA and SAG Bow to Peer Pressure, Name Slumdog Millionaire Best Picture". New York. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
24. Morris, Wesley (15 December 2008). "Pair tops Boston critics' list". Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
25. "The 11th Critics' Choice Awards Winners and Nominees". Broadcast Film Critics Association Official Website. 9 January 2006. Archived from the original (Web) on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
26. Hayes, Dade (9 December 2008). "Critics Choice favors 'Milk,' 'Button'". Variety. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
27. Ebert, Roger (19 December 2008). "Chicago critics honor 'WALL-E' in four leading categories". Chicago Sun-Times: 30.
28. Jorgenson, Todd (17 December 2008). "Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics name "Slumdog Millionaire" Best Picture of 2008" (PDF). Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
29. "Nominations announced in the 2006 Film Critics Circle Awards for Australian Film". Film Critics Circle of Australia Official Website. Archived from the original (Press release) on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
30. Rodriguez, Rene (18 December 2008). "Florida Film Critics go for "Slumdog"". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
31. "Iowa Film Critics Awards 2009" (Web). Iowa Film Critics. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
32. "London film critics back Gardener". BBC News. 21 December 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
33. Child, Ben (19 December 2008). "Slumdog Millionaire leads London critics' nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
34. "LA critics name Wall-E best film". BBC News. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
35. "New York Film Critics Circle: 2005 Awards". New York Film Critics Circle Official Website. Archived from the original (Web) on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
36. "Online film critics back Wall-E". BBC News. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
37. "The San Francisco Film Critics Circle – 2005". San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award. 12 December 2005. Archived from the original (Web) on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
38. "The San Francisco Film Critics Circle – 2008". San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award Official Website. 15 December 2008. Archived from the original (Web) on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
39. "Blog watch: Oscars 2006". BBC News. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2009. Heath Ledger submitted to a friendly dog-and-pony show at the Santa Barbara Film Festival last night ... accepted the festival's Breakthrough Award.
40. "Toronto critics name indie drama Wendy and Lucy best of 2008". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
41. "Heath Ledger — Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
42. Hellard, Peta (9 December 2008). "Heath Ledger best supporting actor, says Washington DC Film Critics". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 22 January 2009.

External links

• Awards for Heath Ledger at IMDb