Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
20 Oktober 1958 (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.
Bekannt für
8.5
Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Aragorn
2003
8.4
Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Aragorn
2001
8.4
Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Aragorn
2002
8.2
Film
Green Book
Tony Lip
2018
7.8
Film
Carlito's Way
Lalin
1993
7.2
Film
A History of Violence
Tom Stall / Joey Cusack
2005
7.2
Film
Crimson Tide
Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
1995
7.3
Film
Eastern Promises
Nikolai Luzhin
2007
6.1
Film
I Love Boosters
Documentary Narrator - Heine Schlumpf (voice)
2026
6.5
Film
G.I. Jane
Master Chief John James Urgayle
1997
6.5
Film
Young Guns II
John W. Poe
1990
7.0
Film
The Road
Father
2009
7.8
Film
Thirteen Lives
Rick Stanton
2022
7.9
Film
Captain Fantastic
Ben Cash
2016
5.6
Film
On the Road
Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
2012
5.9
Film
The Portrait of a Lady
Caspar Goodwood
1996
6.1
Film
A Walk on the Moon
Walker Jerome
1999
6.6
Film
Appaloosa
Everett Hitch
2008
6.6
Film
A Perfect Murder
David Shaw
1998
6.5
Film
The Prophecy
Lucifer
1995
5.4
Film
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Tex
1990
6.9
Film
Hidalgo
Frank Hopkins
2004
6.0
Film
Crimes of the Future
Saul Tenser
2022
7.1
Film
Witness
Moses Hochleitner
1985
0.0
Film
Embers
Konrad
6.1
Film
Daylight
Roy Nord
1996
6.4
Film
A Dangerous Method
Sigmund Freud
2011
5.9
Film
Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer
Diego Alatriste
2006
6.2
Film
28 Days
Eddie Boone
2000
5.1
Film
Psycho
Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
1998
6.5
Film
The Dead Don't Hurt
Holger Olsen
2024
6.4
Film
Falling
John (50 Yrs)
2020
6.1
Film
Eureka
Murphy
2024
10.0
Series
The Revolution Televised
Narrator (voice)
2016
Acting credits 34 titles
I Love Boosters
as Documentary Narrator - Heine Schlumpf (voice)
6.1
2026
Eureka
as Murphy
6.1
2024
The Dead Don't Hurt
as Holger Olsen
6.5
2024
Thirteen Lives
as Rick Stanton
7.8
2022
Crimes of the Future
as Saul Tenser
6.0
2022
Falling
as John (50 Yrs)
6.4
2020
Green Book
as Tony Lip
8.2
2018
Captain Fantastic
as Ben Cash
7.9
2016
The Revolution Televised
as Narrator (voice)
10.0
2016
On the Road
as Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
5.6
2012
A Dangerous Method
as Sigmund Freud
6.4
2011
The Road
as Father
7.0
2009
Appaloosa
as Everett Hitch
6.6
2008
Eastern Promises
as Nikolai Luzhin
7.3
2007
Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer
as Diego Alatriste
5.9
2006
A History of Violence
as Tom Stall / Joey Cusack
7.2
2005
Hidalgo
as Frank Hopkins
6.9
2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Aragorn
8.5
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Aragorn
8.4
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Aragorn
8.4
2001
28 Days
as Eddie Boone
6.2
2000
A Walk on the Moon
as Walker Jerome
6.1
1999
A Perfect Murder
as David Shaw
6.6
1998
Psycho
as Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
5.1
1998
G.I. Jane
as Master Chief John James Urgayle
6.5
1997
Daylight
as Roy Nord
6.1
1996
The Portrait of a Lady
as Caspar Goodwood
5.9
1996
The Prophecy
as Lucifer
6.5
1995
Crimson Tide
as Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
7.2
1995
Carlito's Way
as Lalin
7.8
1993
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
as Tex
5.4
1990
Young Guns II
as John W. Poe
6.5
1990
Witness
as Moses Hochleitner
7.1
1985
Embers
as Konrad
0.0