Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen

Known for
Acting
Born
October 20, 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
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

Photos

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Filmography

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Two Wolves

Two Wolves

Movie

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Porto Rico

Porto Rico

Movie

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Embers

Embers

Movie · as Konrad

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Dark Biosphere poster

Dark Biosphere

Movie · as Narrator

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Ciao Ciao Bang Bang poster

Ciao Ciao Bang Bang

Movie

2026
I Love Boosters poster

I Love Boosters

Movie · as Documentary Narrator - Heine Schlumpf (voice)

2024
The Dead Don't Hurt poster

The Dead Don't Hurt

Movie · as Holger Olsen

2024
Eureka poster

Eureka

Movie · as Murphy

2023
Beau geste poster

Beau geste

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma poster

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
Thirteen Lives poster

Thirteen Lives

Movie · as Rick Stanton

2022
Crimes of the Future poster

Crimes of the Future

Movie · as Saul Tenser

2020
Falling poster

Falling

Movie · as John (50 Yrs)

2020
Reunited Apart poster

Reunited Apart

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
Green Book poster

Green Book

Movie · as Tony Lip

2016
Captain Fantastic poster

Captain Fantastic

Movie · as Ben Cash

2016
The Revolution Televised poster

The Revolution Televised

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 5 eps

2015
Far from Men poster

Far from Men

Movie · as Daru

2015
Angels & Atom Bombs poster

Angels & Atom Bombs

Movie · as Self

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
The Two Faces of January poster

The Two Faces of January

Movie · as Chester MacFarland

2014
Jauja poster

Jauja

Movie · as Gunnar Dinesen

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Cosmos poster

Cosmos

TV · as Nikolai Vavilov (voice) · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
On the Road poster

On the Road

Movie · as Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs

2012
Everybody Has a Plan poster

Everybody Has a Plan

Movie · as Agustín / Pedro

2012
Starring Sigmund Freud

Starring Sigmund Freud

Movie

2011
A Dangerous Method poster

A Dangerous Method

Movie · as Sigmund Freud

2010
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror poster

Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror

Movie · as Self

2009
The Road poster

The Road

Movie · as Father

2009
The People Speak poster

The People Speak

Movie · as Self

2009
Reclaiming the Blade poster

Reclaiming the Blade

Movie · as Self

2009
Lukong's Destiny poster

Lukong's Destiny

Movie · as Self

2008
Good poster

Good

Movie · as Halder

2008
Appaloosa poster

Appaloosa

Movie · as Everett Hitch

2007
Eastern Promises poster

Eastern Promises

Movie · as Nikolai Luzhin

2007
Slacker Uprising poster

Slacker Uprising

Movie · as Self

2006
Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer poster

Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer

Movie · as Diego Alatriste

2006
Too Commercial for Cannes poster

Too Commercial for Cannes

Movie · as Self

2006
The Making of The Two Towers poster

The Making of The Two Towers

Movie · as Self

2006
The Making of The Return of the King poster

The Making of The Return of the King

Movie · as Self

2005
A History of Violence poster

A History of Violence

Movie · as Tom Stall / Joey Cusack

2005
Ringers: Lord of the Fans poster

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

Movie · as Self

2004
Hidalgo poster

Hidalgo

Movie · as Frank Hopkins

2004
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' poster

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

Movie · as Self

2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Movie · as Aragorn

2003
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision poster

The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

Movie · as Self

2003
The Two Towers: J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth poster

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

Movie · as Self

2003
The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface' poster

The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'

Movie · as Self (archive)

2003
The Two Towers: From Book to Script: Finding the Story poster

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

Movie · as Self

2003
The Two Towers: Designing Middle-earth poster

The Two Towers: Designing Middle-earth

Movie · as Self

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Movie · as Aragorn

2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earth poster

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

Movie · as Self

2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script poster

The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script

Movie · as Self

2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth poster

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

Movie · as Self

2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast poster

The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast

Movie · as Self

2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth poster

The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth

Movie · as Self

2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On.. poster

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

Movie · as Self

2002
Sucré salé poster

Sucré salé

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Movie · as Aragorn

2001
Quest for the Ring poster

Quest for the Ring

Movie · as Self

2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' poster

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

Movie · as Self

2000
28 Days poster

28 Days

Movie · as Eddie Boone

1999
A Walk on the Moon poster

A Walk on the Moon

Movie · as Walker Jerome

1999
Psycho Path poster

Psycho Path

Movie · as Self - Actor / Sam Loomis

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
A Perfect Murder poster

A Perfect Murder

Movie · as David Shaw

1998
Psycho poster

Psycho

Movie · as Samuel 'Sam' Loomis

1997
G.I. Jane poster

G.I. Jane

Movie · as Master Chief John James Urgayle

1997
Albino Alligator poster

Albino Alligator

Movie · as Guy Foucard

1997
Vanishing Point poster

Vanishing Point

Movie · as Jimmy Kowalski

1997
My Brother's Gun poster

My Brother's Gun

Movie · as Juanito

1997
Leute heute poster

Leute heute

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Daylight poster

Daylight

Movie · as Roy Nord

1996
The Portrait of a Lady poster

The Portrait of a Lady

Movie · as Caspar Goodwood

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Crimson Tide poster

Crimson Tide

Movie · as Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince

1995
The Passion of Darkly Noon poster

The Passion of Darkly Noon

Movie · as Clay

1995
The Prophecy poster

The Prophecy

Movie · as Lucifer

1995
Gimlet poster

Gimlet

Movie · as Gimlet

1995
The Making of 'Crimson Tide' poster

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

Movie · as Self

1994
Gospel According to Harry poster

Gospel According to Harry

Movie · as Wes

1994
Floundering poster

Floundering

Movie · as Homeless Man

1994
The Crew poster

The Crew

Movie · as Phillip

1993
Boiling Point poster

Boiling Point

Movie · as Ronnie

1993
Carlito's Way poster

Carlito's Way

Movie · as Lalin

1993
The Young Americans poster

The Young Americans

Movie · as Carl Frazer

1993
American Yakuza poster

American Yakuza

Movie · as Nick Davis / David Brandt

1992
Ruby Cairo poster

Ruby Cairo

Movie · as Johnny Faro

1992
Morgenmagazin poster

Morgenmagazin

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
The Indian Runner poster

The Indian Runner

Movie · as Frank Roberts

1990
The Reflecting Skin poster

The Reflecting Skin

Movie · as Cameron Dove

1990
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III poster

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

Movie · as Tex

1990
Young Guns II poster

Young Guns II

Movie · as John W. Poe

1989
Tripwire poster

Tripwire

Movie · as Hans

1988
Fresh Horses poster

Fresh Horses

Movie · as Green

1988
Let's Get Lost poster

Let's Get Lost

Movie · as Self

1987
Prison poster

Prison

Movie · as Burke / Forsythe Electrocution

1987
Salvation! poster

Salvation!

Movie · as Jerome Stample

1985
Witness poster

Witness

Movie · as Moses Hochleitner

1985
High School Narc poster

High School Narc

Movie · as Tim

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Cameron Dove · 1 ep

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as Detective Eddie Trumbull · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep