For a while, Batman fans thought a Dark Knight supporting character was Christopher Nolan's way of teasing the Riddler.

Ledger ultimately received a posthumous Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in The Dark Knight. Caine also reprised his role as Alfred for Nolan’s sequel, The Dark Knight Rises.

"Far up! Far out! Far more!" The movie is being written by Matthew Orton. Maybe he was born in the dark. Gotham's police department is utterly terrible at its job. The will is everything.

While Ledger's performance was definitely chilling in theaters, it's fascinating to hear how even his fellow Dark Knight Rises co-stars were scared of him as Joker. That includes Michael Caine ...

Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight is one for the ages. He perfectly captured the sinister, unpredictable nature of Batman's arch-nemesis, defining the villain for years to ...

In his memoir, Caine opens up about filming 'The Dark Knight' with Ledger, who died in 2008 Sharareh Drury is a writer on the Movies team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2025 and has worked for ...

And his universally acclaimed performance in The Dark Knight Rises shows how tragic his passing was, and how much potential his career had. As Caine shared: Heath was only 28 when he passed away.

17 years after Heath Ledger brought the most memorable Joker to life in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, Michael Caine has praised the late actor for his performance. With so many Jokers to ...