• Heath Ledger plays the villainous role of The Joker in the latest Batman film, The Dark Knight. Heath fully completed his work on the film before he died in January of 2008.

• 1. The Joker appears as a disfigured clown
  2. The character of the Joker debuted in 1940 in Batman
  3. Jack Nicholson played The Joker in the 1989 Tim Burton Batman film
  4. Christian Bale described Ledger's Joker as a Clockwork Orange edginess to the classic characterLos Angeles Times: Christian Bale on Heath Ledger's Punk Joker (July 1, 2008)
  5. The Dark Knight opens July 18, 2008
  6. Directed by: Christopher Nolan

• Ledger's Joker Lines

  • "I don't want to kill you. You complete me." — Joker to BatmanRolling Stone: Dark Knight

  • "I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you stranger." — Joker to an accompliceFOXNews: Heath Ledger's Joker Makes Dramatic Entrance in 'Dark Knight' (March 14, 2008)

• Quotes

  "The most extreme form of anarchist, a force of chaos, a purposeless criminal who can't be understood." — Christopher Nolan on describing the Joke

• Reviews

  "I can only speak superlatives of Ledger, who is mad-crazy-blazing brilliant as the Joker. Miles from Jack Nicholson's broadly funny take on the role in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman, Ledger takes the role to the shadows, where even what's comic is hardly a relief. No plastic mask for Ledger; his face is caked with moldy makeup that highlights the red scar of a grin, the grungy hair and the yellowing teeth of a hound fresh out of hell." — Rolling Stonehttp://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/16155928/review/21477208/the_dark_knight Dark Knight]

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