Viggo Mortensen

7.8	Listal rating

Stats

Birth Name: Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr.

Age: 54, born 20 October 1958

Born and residing in: United States

Height: 5' 11"

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Relationship Status: Single

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Viggo Mortensen Videos

Viggo Mortensen kisses Billy Boyd

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10 Questions for Viggo Mortensen

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Viggo Mortensen "The Man Knows What Needs to be Done"

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About: Since his screen debut as a young Amish Farmer in Peter Weir's Único testigo (1985), Viggo Mortensen's career has been marked by a steady string of well-rounded performances. Critics have continually recognized his work in over thirty movies, including such diverse projects as Jane Campion's Retrato de una dama (1996), Sean Penn's Extraño vínculo de sangre (1991), Brian De Palma's Atrapado por su pasado (1993), Ridley Scott's La teniente O'Neil (G.I. Jane) (1997), Tony Scott's Marea roja (199 Since his screen debut as a young Amish Farmer in Peter Weir's Único testigo (1985), Viggo Mortensen's career has been marked by a steady string of well-rounded performances. Critics have continually recognized his work in over thirty movies, including such diverse projects as Jane Campion's Retrato de una dama (1996), Sean Penn's Extraño vínculo de sangre (1991), Brian De Palma's Atrapado por su pasado (1993), Ridley Scott's La teniente O'Neil (G.I. Jane) (1997), Tony Scott's Marea roja (1995), Andrew Davis's Un crimen perfecto (1998), Ray Loriga's La pistola de mi hermano (1997), and Tony Goldwyn's La tentación (1999).

Born in New York to a Danish father and an American mother, Mortensen spent the early part of his childhood in Manhattan. His family traveled a great deal and he spent several years living in Venezuela, Argentina and Denmark. He began acting in New York, studying with Warren Robertson. He appeared in several plays and movies, and eventually moved to Los Angeles, where his performance in "Bent" at the Coast Playhouse earned him a Drama-logue Critic's Award. Mortensen is also an accomplished poet, photographer and painter.

Viggo is the eldest son of Grace (Atkinson) and Viggo P. Mortensen. His father, who farmed in Denmark, met his mother, a New Yorker, in Norway. They wed and moved to New York where Viggo Jr. was born, before moving to South America where Viggo Sr. managed chicken farms and ranches in Venezuela and Argentina. Two more sons were born, Charles and Walter, before the marriage grew increasingly unhappy. When Viggo was seven, his parents sent him to a a strict boarding school, isolated in the foothills of the mountains of Argentina. Then, at age eleven, his parents divorced. His mother moved herself and the children back to her home state of New York. Viggo attended Watertown High School, and became a very good student and athlete. He graduated in 1976 and went on to St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. After graduation, he moved to Denmark - driven by the need for a defining purpose in life. He began writing poetry and short stories while working many odd jobs, from dock worker to flower seller. In 1982, he fell in love and followed his girlfriend back to New York City, hoping for a long romance and a writing career. He got neither.

In New York, Viggo found work waiting tables and bar tending and began taking acting classes. Three years later, he made his film debut with a small part in Único testigo (1985). Moving to Los Angeles in 1987, he appeared in Salvation!: Have You Said Your Prayers Today? (1987) and married his co-star, Exene Cervenka. The two had a son, Henry Mortensen. But after nearly eleven years of marriage, the couple divorced. In 1999, Viggo got a phone call about a movie he did not know anything about: The Lord of the Rings. At first, he didn't want to do it, because it would mean time away from his son. But Henry, a big fan of the books, told his father he shouldn't turn down the role. Viggo accepted the part and immediately began work on the project, which was already underway. Eventually, the success of Lord of the Rings made him a household name - a difficult consequence for the ever private and introspective Viggo. ... (more)

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Movies

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Rating:

7920 Watched

2. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Rating:

7282 Watched

3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Rating:

8.2

7136 Watched

4. A History of Violence (2005)

Rating:

7.2

1435 Watched

5. The Road (2009)

Rating:

7.1

992 Watched

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TV

1. Late Show with David Letterman (1993)

Rating:

6.5

165 Watched

2. The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)

Rating:

6.6

52 Watched

3. Le grand journal de Canal+ (2004)

Rating:

8.1

44 Watched

4. Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2007)

Rating:

7.1

18 Watched

5. Quest for the Ring (2001)

Rating:

7.2

22 Watched

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Music

1. Pandemoniumfromamerica

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3 own

Books

1. Recent Forgeries

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3 own

2. Viggo Mortensen: Sign Language

Rating:

2 own

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"Aragorn "Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Men of the West!*" "