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Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen

Actor · Born October 20, 1958 · Watertown, New York, USA

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Biography

Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is an American actor, writer, director, producer, musician, and multimedia artist. Born and raised in the state of New York to a Danish father and American mother, he also lived in Argentina during his childhood. He is the recipient of various accolades including a Screen Actors Guild Award and has been nominated for three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.

Acted in 59

2010s

  1. 2018

    Green Book

    Tony Lip

    78
  2. 2016

    Captain Fantastic

    Ben Cash

    78
  3. 2015

    Far from Men

    Daru

    74
  4. 2014

    Jauja

    Gunnar Dinesen

  5. The Two Faces of January

    Chester MacFarland

  6. Cosmos

    Nikolai Vavilov (voice) · 1 episode

    90
  7. 2012

    Everybody Has a Plan

    Agustín / Pedro

  8. On the Road

    Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs

    56
  9. 2011

    A Dangerous Method

    Sigmund Freud

    69

1980s

  1. 1989

    Tripwire

    Hans

  2. 1988

    Fresh Horses

    Green

  3. 1987

    Prison

    Burke / Forsythe Electrocution

  4. Salvation!

    Jerome Stample

  5. 1985

    High School Narc

    Tim

  6. Witness

    Moses Hochleitner

    77

  7. Screen Two

    Cameron Dove · 1 episode

  8. 1984

    Miami Vice

    Detective Eddie Trumbull · 1 episode

    75

Produced 6

2020s

  1. 2024

    The Dead Don't Hurt

    Producer

    70
  2. 2023

    Sweet Death

    Producer

  3. 2020

    Falling

    Producer

    65

2010s

  1. 2015

    Far from Men

    Co-Producer

    74
  2. 2014

    Jauja

    Producer

  3. 2012

    Everybody Has a Plan

    Producer

Sound 3

2010s

  1. 2014

    Jauja

    Original Music Composer

Wrote 2

Directed 2

Appearances44

2000s

  1. 2009

    The People Speak

    Self

  2. Reclaiming the Blade

    Self

    72

  3. Lukong's Destiny

    Self

  4. 2007

    Slacker Uprising

    Self

  5. 2006

    The Making of 'The Two Towers'

    Self

  6. The Making of 'The Return of the King'

    Self

  7. Too Commercial for Cannes

    Self

  8. 2005

    Ringers: Lord of the Fans

    Self

  9. 2004

    A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

    Self

  10. 2003

    The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

    Self

  11. The Two Towers: J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth

    Self

  12. The Two Towers: From Book to Script: Finding the Story

    Self

  13. The Two Towers: Designing Middle-earth

    Self

  14. Real Time with Bill Maher

    Self · 1 episode

    69

  15. The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'

    Self (archive)

  16. 2002

    The Fellowship of the Ring: J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earth

    Self

  17. The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script

    Self

  18. The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth

    Self

  19. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast

    Self

  20. The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth

    Self

  21. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..

    Self

  22. Sucré salé

    Self · 1 episode

  23. 2001

    Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

    Self

  24. Quest for the Ring

    Self

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Early Show

    Self · 1 episode

    52

  2. Psycho Path

    Self - Actor / Sam Loomis

  3. 1997

    Leute heute

    Self · 1 episode

  4. 1996

    The Daily Show

    Self · 1 episode

    78
  5. 1995

    The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

    Self

  6. 1992

    Morgenmagazin

    Self · 1 episode

No release date

  1. Dark Biosphere

    Narrator

Thanked in the credits1

2010s

  1. 2011

    Sidewalls

    Thanks

    71