Viggo Mortensen
Known for Acting · 104 credits
- Born
- 1958-10-20 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Watertown, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr.
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
TV Shows (19)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
Morgenmagazin
1992
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
Miami Vice
1984
as Detective Eddie Trumbull
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Cameron Dove
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Cosmos
2014
as Nikolai Vavilov (voice)
Beau geste
2023
as Self
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
as Self - Guest
The Early Show
1999
as Self
Reunited Apart
2020
as Self
Sucré salé
2002
as Self
The Revolution Televised
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Movies (85)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Aragorn
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Aragorn
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Aragorn
Green Book
2018
as Tony Lip
I Love Boosters
2026
as Documentary Narrator - Heine Schlumpf (voice)
Thirteen Lives
2022
as Rick Stanton
Embers
as Konrad
A History of Violence
2005
as Tom Stall / Joey Cusack
Crimes of the Future
2022
as Saul Tenser
Captain Fantastic
2016
as Ben Cash
Carlito's Way
1993
as Lalin
On the Road
2012
as Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
The Road
2009
as Father
Eastern Promises
2007
as Nikolai Luzhin
Crimson Tide
1995
as Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
Daylight
1996
as Roy Nord
A Perfect Murder
1998
as David Shaw
Witness
1985
as Moses Hochleitner
Hidalgo
2004
as Frank Hopkins
Gimlet
1995
as Gimlet
A Dangerous Method
2011
as Sigmund Freud
Appaloosa
2008
as Everett Hitch
The Two Faces of January
2014
as Chester MacFarland
G.I. Jane
1997
as Master Chief John James Urgayle
Psycho
1998
as Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
as Self
Jauja
2014
as Gunnar Dinesen
Young Guns II
1990
as John W. Poe
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
as Caspar Goodwood
The Dead Don't Hurt
2024
as Holger Olsen
28 Days
2000
as Eddie Boone
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
1990
as Tex
Far from Men
2015
as Daru
The Crew
1994
as Phillip
Salvation!
1987
as Jerome Stample
Good
2008
as Halder
The People Speak
2009
as Self
Falling
2020
as John (50 Yrs)
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005
as Self
Ruby Cairo
1992
as Johnny Faro
Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer
2006
as Diego Alatriste
A Walk on the Moon
1999
as Walker Jerome
The Prophecy
1995
as Lucifer
Everybody Has a Plan
2012
as Agustín / Pedro
Reclaiming the Blade
2009
as Self
J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earth
2002
as Self
Quest for the Ring
2001
as Self
The Indian Runner
1991
as Frank Roberts
The Reflecting Skin
1990
as Cameron Dove
Boiling Point
1993
as Ronnie
The Young Americans
1993
as Carl Frazer
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
2002
as Self
Albino Alligator
1997
as Guy Foucard
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
2002
as Self
Fresh Horses
1988
as Green
Psycho Path
1999
as Self - Actor / Sam Loomis
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
2003
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
2002
as Self
Gospel According to Harry
1994
as Wes
High School Narc
1985
as Tim
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2003
as Self
My Brother's Gun
1997
as Juanito
Too Commercial for Cannes
2006
as Self
American Yakuza
1993
as Nick Davis / David Brandt
Tripwire
1989
as Hans
Vanishing Point
1997
as Jimmy Kowalski
Prison
1987
as Burke / Forsythe Electrocution
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002
as Self
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
2002
as Self
Let's Get Lost
1988
as Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self
Floundering
1994
as Homeless Man
The Passion of Darkly Noon
1995
as Clay
Eureka
2024
as Murphy
The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'
2003
as Self (archive)
Slacker Uprising
2007
as Self
Lukong's Destiny
2009
as Self
Porto Rico
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
2010
as Self
Angels & Atom Bombs
2015
as Self
Two Wolves
About Viggo Mortensen
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. With 104 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Viggo Mortensen has appeared in 85 films and 19 TV shows.
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Most Popular Viggo Mortensen Movies
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — as Aragorn
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) — as Aragorn
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) — as Aragorn
- Green Book (2018) — as Tony Lip
- I Love Boosters (2026) — as Documentary Narrator - Heine Schlumpf (voice)
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