Heath Ledger aspired to be a film producer.
 On 10 November 2008, he was nominated for two People's Choice Awards related to his work on the film, "Best Ensemble Cast" and "Best Onscreen Match-Up" (shared with Christian Bale), and Ledger won an award for "Match-Up" in the ceremony aired live on CBS in January 2009
" In October 2008, Forbes estimated Ledger's annual earnings from October 2007 through October 2008  including his posthumous share of The Dark Knight's gross income of "US$1 billion in box office revenue worldwide"  as "US$20 million"

