Heath Ledger Wins Best Supporting Actor for the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' | 81st Oscars (2009)

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Heath Ledger's family accepting the Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for his performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight". Presented by former Oscar winners Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Kevin Kline, Cuba Gooding, Jr.and Joel Grey. 81st Annual Academy Awards®.

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Heath Ledger Wins Best Supporting Actor for the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' | 81st Oscars (2009)

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All Comments (21)
  • @ankurkaushal6099
    The fact that Christopher Nolan made sure to mention Heath Ledger in his Golden Globe win today made me a bit emotional. 😢
  • @j00451
    14 years later and I still get teary eyed watching this. RIP Heath.
  • @deybideybyin
    Joker is gonna be the first and only comic book character to win two Oscars
  • @aflah8890
    The performance Jared Leto : 25% Joaquin Pheonix : 100% Heath Ledger: 101%
  • @xTheFly
    I remember the reactions when Heath was announced to play the Joker. So many people were against this decision. In the end, as we all know, it was the right decision. What an amazing portrayal.
  • @juliet4521
    After 14 years, this still makes me tear up. Seeing Philip Seymour Hoffman at the beginning makes it sting even more. RIP to both those legends
  • @HamoodiClash
    After 13 years, Heath was not the supporting actor, He was the movie.
  • This video still makes me tear up. Heath Ledger gave one of the greatest performances of all time with his amazing portrayal of the Joker. It's undoubtedly the greatest iteration of the character and always will be. RIP legend.
  • Heath nailed it as the Joker and the fact that people still hold his performance as the standard shows what he accomplished with that role.
  • @stevenprado1082
    Saddest thing about Heath Ledger’s death is he didn’t get to enjoy the success of this role. This would’ve no doubt opened the door of bigger and better roles for him.
  • Anyone that says he won this award because he died wasn’t watching the same movie I was. One of the greatest performances I have ever or will ever see.
  • @redshot6779
    Anyone here after Nolan's win for Oppenheimer?
  • Heath Ledger’s Joker has got to be one of the most jaw dropping performance in cinematic history
  • @rayokasali
    The sadness on everyone's face when Heath's family was up there is so palpable.
  • @frankvisser4617
    I've never seen this clip, It amaze me how touched all these people are by the speech. It was not an award by sympathy, it was an award by appreciation of his amazing piece of art. Thank you Heath, may you have find your peace!
  • @Game_Invasion
    You can see the absolute pain in every persons eyes knowing what performances could have been. RIP Heath. Thank you for giving us quite literally the best acting performance of all time 🔥🔥❤❤