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.
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Acting History
2024
The Dead Don't Hurt as Holger Olsen
2024Eureka as Murphy
2023Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
2023Beau geste as Self
2022Thirteen Lives as Rick Stanton
2022Crimes of the Future as Saul Tenser
2020Falling as John (50 Yrs)
2020Reunited Apart as Self
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2018Green Book as Tony Lip
2016The Revolution Televised as Narrator (voice)
2016Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash
2015Angels & Atom Bombs as Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015Far from Men as Daru
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Jauja as Gunnar Dinesen
2014The Two Faces of January as Chester MacFarland
2014Cosmos as Nikolai Vavilov (voice)
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2012Starring Sigmund Freud
2012Everybody Has a Plan as Agustín / Pedro
2012On the Road as Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
2011A Dangerous Method as Sigmund Freud
2010Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror as Self
2009The People Speak as Self
2009The Road as Father
2009Reclaiming the Blade as Self
2009El destino del Lukong as Self
2008Good as Halder
2008Appaloosa as Everett Hitch
2007Eastern Promises as Nikolai Luzhin
2007Slacker Uprising as Self
2006Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer as Diego Alatriste
2006Too Commercial for Cannes as Self
2005A History of Violence as Tom Stall / Joey Cusack
2005Ringers: Lord of the Fans as Self
2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
2004The Making of 'The Return of the King' as Self
2004Hidalgo as Frank Hopkins
2003The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision as Self
2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Aragorn
2003The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Aragorn
2002Sucré salé as Self
2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Aragorn
2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as Self
2001Quest for the Ring as Self
200028 Days as Eddie Boone
2000Psycho Path as Self - Actor / Sam Loomis
1999The Early Show as Self
1999A Walk on the Moon as Walker Jerome
1998Psycho as Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
1998A Perfect Murder as David Shaw
1997My Brother's Gun as Juanito
1997G.I. Jane as Master Chief John James Urgayle
1997Leute heute as Self
1997Albino Alligator as Guy Foucard
1997Vanishing Point as Jimmy Kowalski
1996Daylight as Roy Nord
1996The Portrait of a Lady as Caspar Goodwood
1996The Daily Show as Self
1995The Prophecy as Lucifer
1995Crimson Tide as Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
1995The Passion of Darkly Noon as Clay
1995The Making of 'Crimson Tide' as Self
1995Gimlet as Gimlet
1994Floundering as Homeless Man
1994The Crew as Phillip
1994Gospel According to Harry as Wes
1993American Yakuza as Nick Davis / David Brandt
1993Carlito's Way as Lalin
1993The Young Americans as Carl Frazer
1993Boiling Point as Ronnie
1992Ruby Cairo as Johnny Faro
1992Morgenmagazin as Self
1991The Indian Runner as Frank Roberts
1990The Reflecting Skin as Cameron Dove
1990Young Guns II as John W. Poe
1990Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III as Eddie 'Tex' Sawyer
1989Tripwire as Hans
1988Fresh Horses as Green
1988Let's Get Lost as Self
1987Prison as Burke / Forsythe Electrocution
1987Salvation! as Jerome Stample
1985High School Narc as Tim
1985Witness as Moses Hochleitner
1984Miami Vice as Detective Eddie Trumbull
—Two Wolves