NEW YORK (CNN)-- Actor Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose in a Lower Manhattan apartment, the New York Police Department said. The Academy Award-nominated actor was 28.

The truth is, we'd all hoped he would win an Academy Award and thought he should, even while we were still filming the movie." Heath Ledger was found dead in his Manhattan apartment at the age of 28 ...

Heath died in January 2008, just six months before “The Dark Knight” was set to release in theaters that summer.

"The Dark Knight" star Heath Ledger died a few weeks before his 29th birthday on January 22, 2008 and it was ruled an ...

Michael Caine is getting candid on the late Heath Ledger. The English actor, 92, released his newest memoir, “Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over: My Guide to Life,” in the US on Tuesday and ...

But the discovery of Australian actor Heath Ledger dead in his New York apartment, Tuesday, has come as a major shock to people across the world. His career was reaching new heights in the years ...

even while we were still filming the movie." Heath Ledger was found dead in his Manhattan apartment at the age of 28 on Jan. 22, 2008.

Heath Ledger as the Joker from The Dark Knight. Picture: Warner Bros Entertainment Caine portrayed Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne’s (Batman) confidant in the film. Bale, 51, reflected on working ...

Keep scrolling for stories from the actor about his famous friends: Ledger worked with Caine on 2008’s The Dark Knight, the second movie in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. Caine recalled t ...

In his memoir, Caine opens up about filming 'The Dark Knight' with Ledger, who died in 2008Michael Caine is opening up about his time filming The Dark Knight with Heath Ledger in his memoir Don't Look ...