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Heath Ledger posthumously won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight at the Academy Awards on February 22, 2009. His father, mother, and sister accepted the award on his behalf. Josh Brolin, Robert Downey Jr., Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Michael Shannon were the other nominees.
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Fast Facts
- Winner: Heath Ledger for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight
- Presenters: Alan Arkin, Joel Grey, Cuba Gooding Jr., Christopher Walken, Kevin Kline
- Event date: February 22, 2009
- Network: ABC
- Host: Hugh Jackman
- 2008 winner: Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
- First winner in 1936: Walter Brennan in Come and Get It
- Youngest winner: Timothy Hutton (20 at the time)
- Oldest winner: George Burns (80 at the Time)
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Past Winners
- Year indicates year of ceremony.
- 2008: Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
- 2007: Alan Arkin in Little Miss Sunshine
- 2006: George Clooney in Syriana
- 2005: Morgan Freeman in Million Dollar Baby
- 2004: Tim Robbins in Mystic River
- 2002: Chris Cooper in Adaptation
- 2001: Jim Broadbent in Iris
- 2000: Benicio Del Toro in Traffic
- 1999: Michael Caine in The Cider House Rules
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