The Actors Nominate Heath Ledger

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The Actors Nominate Heath Ledger

Source:Screen Actors Guild

December 18, 2008

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) announced the nominations for the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards this morning and Heath Ledger received a nomination for supporting actor in The Dark Knight. He is up against Josh Brolin for Milk, Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder, Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt and Dev Patel for Slumdog Millionaire.

In the Stunt Ensemble category, four superhero movies were nominated, including The Dark Knight, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man and Wanted. The only other movie nominated was Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

The Awards ceremony will be simulcast Live on Sunday, Jan. 25, on TNT and TBS at 8 PM ET/PT. The full list of nominations is available here.

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Posted by: shawn apples on December 18, 2008 at 10:41:06

Firssssst

Posted by: The Chosen One on December 18, 2008 at 10:45:14

And so it begins...Next = Oscars

Posted by: Dr. Doc on December 18, 2008 at 10:45:32

awesome

GO TDK!!!

Posted by: beav on December 18, 2008 at 10:46:10

cool. Hopefully this sends a message to the Academy.

Posted by: Suchus on December 18, 2008 at 10:46:32

why is funny to post First??? moron!

Posted by: Suchus on December 18, 2008 at 10:48:38

GO HEATH!

Posted by: JAMES on December 18, 2008 at 10:49:00

indiana what crack are they on? that movie blew so bad. i think it gave me cancer!

Posted by: StarBlazer101 on December 18, 2008 at 10:56:01

It's all.......part of the plan.

Posted by: unreal101 on December 18, 2008 at 11:01:08

YES! He deserves this!!! I hope he wins it... he's up against some pretty good odds but he definitely had the best role this year!

Posted by: Heath may you rest in peace on December 18, 2008 at 11:15:04

CONGRATULATIONS HOPE THEY HONOR HIM WITH NOT ONLY AN OSCAR FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR BUT A MEMORABLE CEREMONY OF HIS PAST WORKS: A KNIGHT'S TALE, THE PATRIOT, BROKEBACK...

TAKE THAT MARVEL

Posted by: THE PUNISHER on December 18, 2008 at 11:22:02

It truly is a shame that Heath is no longer around he was by far the greatest Joker there ever was and ever will be and I would go as far as saying the greatest villain in a movie ever! It must piss the Academy off that they can't ignore a comic book film this time around! THE OSCARS SUCK ANYWAY! GIVE LEDGER AND NOLAN AN OSCAR IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY STOP ACTING LIKE BUNCH A SNOBS THAT THINK COMIC BOOK MOVIES AREN'T WORTHY!

Posted by: Ironfan72 on December 18, 2008 at 11:47:16

Great to see Robert Downey Jr be nominated, he's had a great year with both Iron Man and Tropic Thunder.

Posted by: Yo Ausie on December 18, 2008 at 12:02:03

LEE777 on shawn apples, you done good mate. I think this is the same guy posing as shawn apples that keeps posting useless articles on Batman rumors to fill his sadistic sorry sence of humor. Some one ought to take his but plug out already and stick a big boot up his arse!

Posted by: The Sphinkter say what...!?! on December 18, 2008 at 12:08:16

If the average age of the posters on this site is not age 12 then surely they have the intellect of a 12 year old.

Posted by: UMORON! on December 18, 2008 at 12:22:33

The Sphinkter say what...!?! O.K. would that also include you?

I know it definatelly includes P3N15 MUFF1N and is eagerly in line to get his arse filled with a humongous boot up his ass.

Posted by: NOT A TUMOR on December 18, 2008 at 12:34:49

To Critcize The Dark Knight would surely bring about a slew of hate comments toward me, especially if I were to say anything derogatory against Mr. Ledger, and although this movie was a monumental success, I just have to go with Robert Downey Jr as the better actor. He did a Fantastic job in Tropic Thunder, and just made the entire movie by being in it.

Posted by: Masta on December 18, 2008 at 13:15:52

What's all this Best Support Actor crap!!!! He should be nominated for Best Actor period!!! Anyone else agree!??

Posted by: g.piern on December 18, 2008 at 13:30:32

yes i hope he winds the oscar too. but he probably won't. who know tho?

Posted by: Brian on December 18, 2008 at 13:30:54

Supporting Actor?

Posted by: Rob on December 18, 2008 at 14:21:09

can someone please explain to me how Wanted is a "superhero" movie? I mean, i know it comes from a comic, but who in it was "superheroic"?

Posted by: Luke on December 18, 2008 at 14:21:22

Lemme see...Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman and of course Heath Ledger...and that doesn't warrant Best Ensemble?! *sigh*

Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr, Nick Nolte, Jay Baruchel, Brandon Jackson, Steve Coogan and Tom Cruise...and THAT doesn't warrant a Best Ensemble?! *sigh*

All right, all right, calm down. I'll hold off judgment until after I see the nominated films and try and contain my fanboy bias and look at them objectively, to see if they truly are more worthy of being nominated - ah, screw it! I don't care. I hate awards season. XD

Posted by: Yo! on December 18, 2008 at 14:36:15

Worst Joker EVER! This guy does NOT deserve any of the attention he's been getting for this role. If he had not died, he would surely not be getting praise for such a crap cake performance.

Posted by: JesusFreak89 on December 18, 2008 at 14:51:10

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that last comment is meant for getting people upset.

Anyway, every nomination Heath gets is well deserved. I think every knows that he'll surely get nominated for an Oscar. I really hope the Academy does the most awesome thing they will ever do and nominate the Dark Knight for Best Picture and Chris Nolan for Best Director as well. There's one site that supports such nominations that says that a movie like this only comes along once in a lifetime. It would really be a shame if the Academy missed that.

As for the idea someone gave of honoring Heath altogether, I agree. Knight's Tale and the Patriot are great movies, and Knight's Tale is one of my absolute favorites as well.

Posted by: Yo! on December 18, 2008 at 14:53:20

Not trying to "upset" anyone. It just seems that way b/c you guys are all obsessed with Nolan and Ledger and they sucked. Not everyone loved (or even liked) this movie. Deal with it!

Posted by: Rob on December 18, 2008 at 15:06:11

Yo!...it's fine to not like the movie...but you seem to be egging people on when you say "If he had not died, he would surely not be getting praise for such a crap cake performance." The consensus is that he WAS the definitive Joker. And in my opinion, he was. He figured out the role and it was his devotion to the role that ultimately killed him cuz it was the reason he couldn't sleep and overdosed on sleeping pills. So don't be disrespectful to a guy who went all out for a role by saying it's the only reason he's getting the attention. He's getting the attention because, to most people at least, he was phenomenal.

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