In the comics, the Joker is disfigured by chemicals, which bleach his skin white, his hair green ... it's also how these two characters sound. Heath Ledger ditched his Australian accent and ...

Heath Ledger stunned the world with his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight. The DC supervillain is presented much more realistically than he ever had before, but he retains as much menace ...

Christopher Nolan did not think of Heath Ledger first while looking out for an actor to play 'Joker' in The Dark Knight. Ledger ultimately played the evil character in the 2008 Batman movie.