It comes as no surprise that the sadly missed, Heath Ledger, in his role as The Joker in the this year’s Batman movie, A Dark Knight, has earned himself a posthumous Golden Globe nomination.

After completing the movie, Heath accidentally took a cocktail of prescription drugs and died in January 2008, in his apartment in Manhattan. Heath left behind his ex- girlfriend and mother of his baby daughter Matilda, Michelle Williams.

His death stunned not only movie goers but Hollywood stars and his Australian family.

Today, Kim Ledger, heath’s father released a statement thanking the press for honoring his son saying, “We thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for honoring Heath’s performance in The Dark Knight. This nomination is deeply appreciated and is not lost on those of us who continue to love and miss him. We are so proud our boy’s work is being recognized in this way.”

Ledger is in good company in the supporting actor category with Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr. for “Tropic Thunder,” Ralph Fiennes for “The Duchess” and “Philip Seymour Hoffman” for his role “Doubt.”