Person
Viggo Mortensen
Acting · Born 1958-10-20 · Watertown, New York, USA
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.
Known for
The Daily Show
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Aragorn
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Aragorn
Miami Vice
Detective Eddie Trumbull
Screen Two
Cameron Dove
Morgenmagazin
Self
Filmography
- 2026I Love BoostersDocumentary Narrator - Heine Schlumpf (voice)
- 2024The Dead Don't HurtHolger Olsen
- 2024EurekaMurphy
- 2023Sweet DeathProducer
- 2023Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinémaSelf - Guest
- 2023Beau gesteSelf
- 2022Thirteen LivesRick Stanton
- 2022Crimes of the FutureSaul Tenser
- 2020FallingJohn (50 Yrs)
- 2020Reunited ApartSelf
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf - Guest
- 2018Green BookTony Lip
- 2016The Revolution TelevisedNarrator (voice)
- 2016Captain FantasticBen Cash
- 2015Angels & Atom BombsSelf
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
- 2015Far from MenDaru
- 2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf
- 2014JaujaGunnar Dinesen
- 2014The Two Faces of JanuaryChester MacFarland
- 2014CosmosNikolai Vavilov (voice)
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
- 2012Starring Sigmund Freud
- 2012Everybody Has a PlanAgustín / Pedro
- 2012On the RoadOld Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
- 2011A Dangerous MethodSigmund Freud
- 2011SidewallsThanks
- 2010Christopher Lee: Gentleman of HorrorSelf
- 2009The People SpeakSelf
- 2009The RoadFather
- 2009Reclaiming the BladeSelf
- 2009Lukong's DestinySelf
- 2008GoodHalder
- 2008AppaloosaEverett Hitch
- 2007Eastern PromisesNikolai Luzhin
- 2007Slacker UprisingSelf
- 2006Captain Alatriste: The Spanish MusketeerDiego Alatriste
- 2006Too Commercial for CannesSelf
- 2005A History of ViolenceTom Stall / Joey Cusack
- 2005Ringers: Lord of the FansSelf
- 2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'Self
- 2004The Making of 'The Return of the King'Self
- 2004HidalgoFrank Hopkins
- 2003The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's VisionSelf
- 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingAragorn
- 2003J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-EarthSelf
- 2003The Making of 'The Two Towers'
- 2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
- 2003The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'Self (archive)
- 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersAragorn
- 2002J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earthSelf
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to ScriptSelf
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume DesignSelf
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the CastSelf
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earthSelf
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..Self
- 2002Sucré saléSelf
- 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingAragorn
- 2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'Self
- 2001Quest for the RingSelf
- 200028 DaysEddie Boone
- 1999The Early ShowSelf
- 1999Psycho PathSelf - Actor / Sam Loomis
- 1999A Walk on the MoonWalker Jerome
- 1998PsychoSamuel 'Sam' Loomis
- 1998A Perfect MurderDavid Shaw
- 1997My Brother's GunJuanito
- 1997G.I. JaneMaster Chief John James Urgayle
- 1997Leute heuteSelf
- 1997Albino AlligatorGuy Foucard
- 1997Vanishing PointJimmy Kowalski
- 1996DaylightRoy Nord
- 1996The Portrait of a LadyCaspar Goodwood
- 1996The Daily ShowSelf
- 1995The ProphecyLucifer
- 1995Crimson TideLt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
- 1995The Passion of Darkly NoonClay
- 1995GimletGimlet
- 1995The Making of 'Crimson Tide'Self
- 1994FlounderingHomeless Man
- 1994The CrewPhillip
- 1994Gospel According to HarryWes
- 1993American YakuzaNick Davis / David Brandt
- 1993Carlito's WayLalin
- 1993The Young AmericansCarl Frazer
- 1993Boiling PointRonnie
- 1992Ruby CairoJohnny Faro
- 1992MorgenmagazinSelf
- 1991The Indian RunnerFrank Roberts
- 1990The Reflecting SkinCameron Dove
- 1990Young Guns IIJohn W. Poe
- 1990Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre IIITex
- 1989TripwireHans
- 1988Fresh HorsesGreen
- 1988Let's Get LostSelf
- 1987PrisonBurke / Forsythe Electrocution
- 1987Salvation!Jerome Stample
- 1985High School NarcTim
- 1985WitnessMoses Hochleitner
- 1985Screen TwoCameron Dove
- 1984Miami ViceDetective Eddie Trumbull
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —Two Wolves
- —Porto Rico
- —EmbersKonrad
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