The Extraordinary Life of Joaquin Phoenix

Published on January 27, 2020 By Leah Goldberg

Joaquin’s friendship with Heath Ledger

As we all know, before his death, Heath Ledger brilliantly played the Joker in 2008’s The Dark Knight. When Joaquin accepted his SAG award for Joker, he paid tribute to Heath Ledger.

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The two had actually met years before, in 2006, at the SAG awards. At the time, Heath was nominated for Brokeback Mountain and Joaquin was nominated for Walk The Line. They became friends, although their friendship didn’t really have time to grow, due to Heath’s untimely death.