Heath Ledger
Ennis Del Mar, Brokeback Mountain
Age: 26
Birthplace: Perth, Australia
Essential filmography: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), Monster’s Ball (2001), A Knight’s Tale (2001), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Casanova (2005)

“The challenge was to capture the stillness of him. I have kind of semi-frantic nervous energy. Harnessing that was something I thought I’d have to work on. [But] shooting in the wilderness, the stillness just became like this innate quality.”