10 Supporting Film Characters That Completely Stole The Spotlight

1. The Joker (Heath Ledger) - The Dark Knight

Christian Bale's conflicted, brooding and dark Batman is superb; Gary Oldman's honest and likeable Cop is fantastic; Morgan Freeman is wonderful; Aaron Eckhart is fantastic... but the film belongs to The Joker from the moment he first pulls off his mask to deliver the chilling line; "Whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger".

Constantly dancing on the precipice of madness, yet calculated and convicted. He's complex, corrupting, enchanting and you cannot take your eyes off him throughout. Each scene peels another layer off one of the most devilishly brilliant characters of all time, unfolding the disturbed psyche of a cadaverous and unhinged villain, smirking and giggling his way through Gotham's collapse, laughing at his opposition, uncaring about the possibility of his own death.

The Oscar was a given, and justifiably, Ledger will live forever in this performance, bringing a wonderfully well written character to life in a way so few of us could even begin to imagine, and even fewer could have predicted when his casting was announced.

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