Viggo Mortensen
Supporting Actor ● Actor ● Director
Viggo Mortensen is a Danish and an American actor who made his film debut in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller Witness, and subsequently appeared in many notable films of subsequent years.
Mortensen received international attention in the early 2000s with his role as Aragorn in the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings. In 2005, Mortensen won critical acclaim for David Cronenberg's crime thriller A History of Violence. Two years later, another Cronenberg film Eastern Promises (2007) earned him further critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. A third teaming with Cronenberg in A Dangerous Method (2011) resulted in a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture.
Aside from acting, his other artistic pursuits include fine arts, photography, poetry, and music. In 2002, he founded the Perceval Press to publish the works of little-known artists and authors.
Born on: 20 October, 1958
Born in: New York City, New York, U.S.
