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      Viggo Mortensen

      Viggo Mortensen

      Highest Rated: 95% The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

      Lowest Rated: 13% Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)

      Birthday: Oct 20, 1958

      Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

      Getting his start in grade-B movies and so-called "other man" roles, actor Viggo Mortensen made a slow, steady climb up the ranks to become one of Hollywood's most reliable and in-demand talents. Though he had little trouble finding work, Mortensen spent a good deal of time looking for that one breakthrough that would catapult his career. That springboard came with a leading role in the epic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001-03), in which he played a heroic but displaced king in a fictional land beset by evil. Because of his being a central character in one of the biggest, most beloved trilogies in cinema history, Mortensen had a wealth of opportunities open up to him, including the critically acclaimed "A History of Violence" (2005), the Russian Mob drama "Eastern Promises" (2007), post-apocalyptic philosophical drama "The Road" (2009) and indie family comedy-drama "Captain Fantastic" (2016). Exceedingly humble about success and uncharacteristically un-Hollywood, Mortensen managed to stay somewhat reclusive and focused on other interests outside of acting, namely painting and writing poetry, despite becoming one of the most recognizable stars in the world.

      Highest rated movies

      95% The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 94% The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 93% Witness 92% The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 89% Eastern Promises
      89% Crimson Tide
      88% Jauja
      88% A History of Violence

      Photos

      Viggo Mortensen at arrivals for AARP The Magazine 18th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards, The Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA February 4, 2019. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Viggo Mortensen at arrivals for National Board of Review (NBR) Awards Gala, Cipriani 42nd Street, New York, NY January 8, 2019. Photo By: RCF/Everett Collection Viggo Mortensen at arrivals for 30th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards Gala, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA January 3, 2019. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Viggo Mortensen at arrivals for GREEN BOOK Premiere at AFI FEST 2018 Presented by Audi, TCL Chinese Theatre (formerly Grauman''s), Los Angeles, CA November 9, 2018. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Viggo Mortensen at arrivals for The 89th Academy Awards Oscars 2017 - Arrivals 3, The Dolby Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, Los Angeles, CA February 26, 2017. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Viggo Mortensen at arrivals for The 89th Academy Awards Oscars 2017 - Arrivals 3, The Dolby Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, Los Angeles, CA February 26, 2017. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Viggo Mortensen at arrivals for 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Arrivals 1, Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, CA February 25, 2017. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Viggo Mortensen at arrivals for VARIETY''s 20th Creative Impact Awards & ''10 Directors To Watch'' Presented By Mercedes-Benz at 28th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, Parker Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA January 3, 2017. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection EASTERN PROMISES, Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, 2007. ©Focus Features HIDALGO, Viggo Mortensen, Louise Lombard, Malcolm McDowell, 2004, (c) Buena Vista THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn, 2001 HIDALGO, Viggo Mortensen, 2004, (c) Buena Vista THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, Viggo Mortensen, 2003, (c) New Line EASTERN PROMISES, Donald Sumpter, Viggo Mortensen, 2007. ©Focus Features EASTERN PROMISES, Viggo Mortensen, 2007. ©Focus Features EASTERN PROMISES, foreground: Viggo Mortensen, Armin Mueller-Stahl, on set, 2007. ©Focus Features EASTERN PROMISES, Vincent Cassel, Viggo Mortensen, 2007. ©Focus Features JAUJA, Viggo Mortensen, 2014. ©NDM HIDALGO, Viggo Mortensen, 2004, (c) Buena Vista HIDALGO, Viggo Mortensen, 2004, (c) Buena Vista

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      82% 66% The Dead Don't Hurt Holger Olsen (Character),
      Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer,
      Original Music
      - 2023
      73% No Score Yet Eureka Murphy (Character) - 2023
      85% 94% Thirteen Lives Richard Stanton (Character) - 2022
      80% 50% Crimes of the Future Saul Tenser (Character) $2.0M 2022
      66% 63% Falling John Peterson (Character),
      Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer,
      Original Music
      - 2020
      77% 91% Green Book Tony Lip (Character) $85.1M 2018
      83% 85% Captain Fantastic Ben (Character) $5.9M 2016
      88% 50% Jauja Gunnar Dinesen (Character),
      Producer,
      Original Music
      - 2014
      84% 74% Far From Men Daru (Character) - 2014
      80% 48% The Two Faces of January Chester McFarland (Character) $506.1K 2014
      34% 24% Everybody Has a Plan Agustín/Pedro (Character),
      Producer
      - 2012
      46% 34% On the Road Old Bull Lee/William S. Burroughs (Character) $717.8K 2012
      79% 50% A Dangerous Method Sigmund Freud (Character) $5.7M 2011
      74% 68% The Road The Man (Character) $8.1M 2009
      34% 32% Good John Halder (Character) $23.1K 2008
      76% 55% Appaloosa Everett Hitch (Character) $20.2M 2008
      89% 83% Eastern Promises Nikolai (Character) $17.1M 2007
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pikme-Up Unknown (Character) - 2006
      17% 47% Alatriste Diego Alatriste y Tenorio (Character) - 2006
      88% 76% A History of Violence Tom Stall (Character) $31.5M 2005
      46% 64% Hidalgo Frank T. Hopkins (Character) $67.3M 2004
      94% 86% The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Aragorn (Strider) (Character) $377.8M 2003
      95% 95% The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Aragorn/Strider (Character) $342.6M 2002
      92% 95% The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Aragorn (Character) $315.5M 2001
      33% 50% 28 Days Eddie Boone (Character) $37.0M 2000
      73% 71% A Walk on the Moon Walker Jerome (Character) $4.7M 1999
      55% 51% A Perfect Murder David Shaw (Character) $67.5M 1998
      41% 28% Psycho Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (Character) $21.5M 1998
      No Score Yet 62% Vanishing Point Jimmy Kowalski (Character) - 1997
      53% 53% G.I. Jane Master Chief John James Urgayle (Character) $48.2M 1997
      No Score Yet No Score Yet La pistola de mi hermano Juanito (Character) - 1996
      26% 37% Daylight Roy Nord (Character) $32.9M 1996
      50% 42% Albino Alligator Guy Foucard (Character) $326.3K 1996
      44% 55% The Passion of Darkly Noon Clay (Character) - 1995
      89% 83% Crimson Tide Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince (Character) $91.4M 1995
      46% 64% The Prophecy Lucifer (Character) $15.7M 1995
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gimlet Hombre (Character) - 1995
      No Score Yet 25% The Crew Phillip (Character) - 1994
      67% 56% Floundering Homeless Man (Character) - 1994
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gospel According to Harry Wes (Character) - 1993
      No Score Yet 27% Ruby Cairo John E. "Johnny" Faro (Character) $299.8K 1993
      No Score Yet 42% American Yakuza Nick Davis / David Brandt (Character) - 1993
      33% 42% The Young Americans Carl Frazer (Character) - 1993
      84% 91% Carlito's Way Lalin (Character) $36.5M 1993
      17% 22% Boiling Point Ronnie (Character) $9.0M 1993
      74% 80% The Indian Runner Frank Roberts (Character) $152.9K 1991
      82% 77% The Reflecting Skin Cameron Dove (Character) $6.0K 1990
      13% 30% Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III Tex (Character) $5.8M 1990
      No Score Yet 14% Tripwire Hans (Character) - 1990
      40% 34% Prison Burke/Forsythe Electrocution (Character) - 1987
      93% 80% Witness Moses Hochleitner (Character) $65.3M 1985

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet 9% The View Guest 2018 2024
      No Score Yet 47% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2016 2021 2024
      No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2018 2021-2022
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2021
      No Score Yet 36% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2016-2017 2019
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter Guest 2019
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Guest 2019
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2017
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2016
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Real Time With Bill Maher Guest 2016
      No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2014
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Colbert Report Guest 2007 2014
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2005
      71% 85% Miami Vice Detective Eddie Trumbull (Guest Star) 1987