Oct 20, 1958 - Watertown, New York, USA
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.
Media | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | 2005 | A History of Violence | Tom Stall / Joey Cusack | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Aragorn | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Aragorn | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Aragorn | |
| Movie | 2007 | Eastern Promises | Nikolai Luzhin | |
| Movie | 1998 | A Perfect Murder | David Shaw | |
| Movie | 2004 | Hidalgo | Frank Hopkins | |
| Movie | 2000 | 28 Days | Eddie Boone | |
| Movie | 1997 | G.I. Jane | Master Chief John James Urgayle | |
| Movie | 1990 | The Reflecting Skin | Cameron Dove | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Road | Father | |
| Movie | 1996 | Daylight | Roy Nord | |
| Movie | 1998 | Psycho | Samuel 'Sam' Loomis | |
| Movie | 1993 | Boiling Point | Ronnie | |
| Movie | 1993 | Carlito's Way | Lalin | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Young Americans | Carl Frazer | |
| Movie | 1990 | Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | Eddie 'Tex' Sawyer | |
| Movie | 1997 | Albino Alligator | Guy Foucard | |
| Movie | 1995 | Crimson Tide | Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince | |
| Movie | 1991 | The Indian Runner | Frank Roberts | |
| Movie | 1990 | Young Guns II | John W. Poe | |
| Movie | 2008 | Good | Halder | |
| Movie | 1985 | Witness | Moses Hochleitner | |
| Movie | 2008 | Appaloosa | Everett Hitch | |
| Movie | 2009 | The People Speak | Self | |
| Movie | 1997 | Vanishing Point | Jimmy Kowalski | |
| Movie | 2006 | Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer | Diego Alatriste | |
| Movie | 1999 | A Walk on the Moon | Walker Jerome | |
| Movie | 2007 | Slacker Uprising | Self | |
| Movie | 1993 | American Yakuza | Nick Davis / David Brandt | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Passion of Darkly Noon | Clay | |
| Movie | 1988 | Fresh Horses | Green | |
| Movie | 2011 | A Dangerous Method | Sigmund Freud | |
| Movie | 1987 | Prison | Burke / Forsythe Electrocution | |
| Movie | 1992 | Ruby Cairo | Johnny Faro | |
| Movie | 1988 | Let's Get Lost | Self | |
| Movie | 2005 | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Self | |
| Movie | 2012 | On the Road | Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs | |
| Movie | 1989 | Tripwire | Hans | |
| Movie | 2009 | Reclaiming the Blade | Self | |
| Movie | 1997 | My Brother's Gun | Juanito | |
| Movie | 1994 | Gospel According to Harry | Wes | |
| Movie | 1987 | Salvation! | Jerome Stample | |
| Movie | 2012 | Everybody Has a Plan | Agustín / Pedro | |
| Movie | 2014 | The Two Faces of January | Chester MacFarland | |
| Movie | 2003 | Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories | Self | |
| Movie | 2010 | Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | Jauja | Gunnar Dinesen | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Prophecy | Lucifer | |
| Movie | 2015 | Far from Men | Daru | |
| Movie | 1994 | Floundering | Homeless Man | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady | Caspar Goodwood | |
| Movie | N/A | Two Wolves | ||
| Movie | 2024 | The Dead Don't Hurt | Holger Olsen | |
| Movie | 2009 | El destino del Lukong | Self | |
| Movie | 2016 | Captain Fantastic | Ben Cash | |
| Movie | 1985 | High School Narc | Tim | |
| Movie | 2004 | A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' | Self | |
| Movie | 2012 | Starring Sigmund Freud | ||
| Movie | 2000 | Psycho Path | Self - Actor / Sam Loomis | |
| Movie | 2001 | Quest for the Ring | Self | |
| Movie | 2001 | A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Self | |
| Movie | 1995 | Gimlet | Gimlet | |
| Movie | 1994 | The Crew | Phillip | |
| Movie | 2018 | Green Book | Tony Lip | |
| Movie | 2006 | Too Commercial for Cannes | Self | |
| Movie | 2020 | Falling | John (50 Yrs) | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision | Self | |
| Movie | 2024 | Eureka | Murphy | |
| Movie | 2015 | Angels & Atom Bombs | Self | |
| Movie | 2022 | Thirteen Lives | Rick Stanton | |
| Movie | 2022 | Crimes of the Future | Saul Tenser | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Making of The Two Towers | ||
| Movie | 2004 | The Making of the Return of the King | Self | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Making of 'Crimson Tide' | Self | |
| Movie | 2005 | A History of Violence | Tom Stall | |
| TV Show | 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Miami Vice | Detective Eddie Trumbull | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | The Early Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Cosmos | Nikolai Vavilov (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Leute heute | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Sucré salé | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2023 | Beau geste | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Reunited Apart | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2016 | The Revolution Televised | Narrator (voice) | 5 |
| TV Show | 2023 | Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Morgenmagazin | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 1 |
Media | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | 2015 | Far from Men | Co-Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2024 | The Dead Don't Hurt | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2024 | The Dead Don't Hurt | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2024 | The Dead Don't Hurt | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2020 | Falling | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2020 | Falling | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2012 | Everybody Has a Plan | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2024 | The Dead Don't Hurt | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2014 | Jauja | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2014 | Jauja | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2020 | Falling | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2020 | Falling | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2023 | Sweet Death | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2011 | Sidewalls | Thanks | Crew |
