Viggo Mortensen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

91

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-10-20 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Watertown, New York, USA

Viggo Mortensen

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

    The Daily Show

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

  • Morgenmagazin

    Morgenmagazin

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Leute heute

    Leute heute

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Psycho

    Psycho

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Green Book

    Green Book

  • Cosmos

    Cosmos

  • The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

    The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

  • Carlito's Way

    Carlito's Way

  • Beau geste

    Beau geste

  • Hidalgo

    Hidalgo

  • Captain Fantastic

    Captain Fantastic

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

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

  • Witness

    Witness

  • Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

    Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

  • Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

    Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

  • Vanishing Point

    Vanishing Point

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

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

  • Slacker Uprising

    Slacker Uprising

  • Salvation!

    Salvation!

  • Falling

    Falling

  • A History of Violence

    A History of Violence

  • 28 Days

    28 Days

  • The Prophecy

    The Prophecy

  • G.I. Jane

    G.I. Jane

  • Thirteen Lives

    Thirteen Lives

  • A Perfect Murder

    A Perfect Murder

  • Eureka

    Eureka

  • Reunited Apart

    Reunited Apart

  • Crimes of the Future

    Crimes of the Future

  • Daylight

    Daylight

  • Everybody Has a Plan

    Everybody Has a Plan

  • The Road

    The Road

  • Young Guns II

    Young Guns II

  • Ruby Cairo

    Ruby Cairo

  • Tripwire

    Tripwire

  • Good

    Good

  • Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer

    Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer

  • Boiling Point

    Boiling Point

  • Jauja

    Jauja

  • Eastern Promises

    Eastern Promises

  • A Dangerous Method

    A Dangerous Method

  • Crimson Tide

    Crimson Tide

  • The Portrait of a Lady

    The Portrait of a Lady

  • Fresh Horses

    Fresh Horses

  • Two Wolves

    Two Wolves

  • Appaloosa

    Appaloosa

  • A Walk on the Moon

    A Walk on the Moon

  • The Indian Runner

    The Indian Runner

  • Floundering

    Floundering

  • The Making of 'The Return of the King'

    The Making of 'The Return of the King'

  • Let's Get Lost

    Let's Get Lost

  • On the Road

    On the Road

  • The Dead Don't Hurt

    The Dead Don't Hurt

  • The Young Americans

    The Young Americans

  • The Reflecting Skin

    The Reflecting Skin

  • Sucré salé

    Sucré salé

  • The Crew

    The Crew

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • Far from Men

    Far from Men

  • Ringers: Lord of the Fans

    Ringers: Lord of the Fans

  • The Two Faces of January

    The Two Faces of January

  • El destino del Lukong

    El destino del Lukong

  • The Passion of Darkly Noon

    The Passion of Darkly Noon

  • The People Speak

    The People Speak

  • The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

    The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

  • Reclaiming the Blade

    Reclaiming the Blade

  • Prison

    Prison

  • Gospel According to Harry

    Gospel According to Harry

  • Too Commercial for Cannes

    Too Commercial for Cannes

  • American Yakuza

    American Yakuza

  • My Brother's Gun

    My Brother's Gun

  • Quest for the Ring

    Quest for the Ring

  • The Making of 'The Two Towers'

    The Making of 'The Two Towers'

  • High School Narc

    High School Narc

  • Albino Alligator

    Albino Alligator

  • Gimlet

    Gimlet

  • Starring Sigmund Freud

    Starring Sigmund Freud

  • The Revolution Televised

    The Revolution Televised

  • Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror

    Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror

  • Psycho Path

    Psycho Path

  • Angels & Atom Bombs

    Angels & Atom Bombs