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Which Actor Won an Oscar for the Joker in The Dark Knight?
Which actor posthumously won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008)?
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What is the answer to this Joker Oscar quiz?
Heath Ledger. He won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008).
Why did he win the Oscar posthumously?
Heath Ledger died in January 2008, six months before the film's release, so the Oscar was awarded after his death and accepted by his family.
What makes this Oscar win historic?
Peter Finch won posthumously before him for Network (1976), but Heath Ledger was the first actor ever to win an acting Oscar for a comic-book or superhero movie role.