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Viggo Mortensen was born on
October 20th, 1958 in Manhattan (NYC-USA). His family travelled
a great deal all over the World and he spent years
living in Venezuela, Argentina and Denmark. He spent
most of his childhood growing up in South America (from age 2
to 11).
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Nicknames : was called "No-ego
Viggo"
by the cast on LOTR for his dedication and selflessness.
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Height : 5'11" |
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Eyes color : blue/green |
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Hair : brown |
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Family : a danish father and
american mother. He's got a son, Henry Blake, who is born on
January 28, 1988. Viggo was married to Christene Edge (whose
working name as a singer was Exene
Cervenka) (1987-1997), now divorced. Viggo has two younger
brothers.
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Particularity : He's an actor, a
photographer, a painter, a musician (he has released 4 albums
so far, jazz music) and a poet. Got tattooed the Elvish script
symbolizing the number "nine" on one of his
shoulders.
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Casting on LOTR : called by Peter Jackson while the
shooting was started already. A last-minute change with the
actor who had originally been casted to play Aragorn, and
Viggo arrives in New Zealand.
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Mortensen and LOTR : see quotes
from the actor on the movies |
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Career performances : complete
filmography on IMDB |
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Killshot (2006) |
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Teresa (2006) |
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Alatriste (2005) as Captain
Alatriste |
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A History Of Violence (2005) as
Tom McKenna |
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Hidalgo (2004) as Frank T.
Hopkins |
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Live Freaky Die Freaky (2003) as
Hoyteck (voice) |
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The Lord Of The Rings
: The Return Of The King
(2003) as Aragorn |
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The Lord Of The Rings
: The Two Towers
(2002) as Aragorn |
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The Lord Of The Rings :
The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001) as Aragorn/Strider |
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28 Days (2000) as
Eddie Boone
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A Walk On The Moon (1999) as
Walker Jerome |
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Psycho (1998) as
Samuel Sam Loomis |
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A Perfect Murder (1998) as
David Shaw |
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G.I Jane (1997) as
Master Chief John James 'Jack' Urgayle
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Vanishing Point (1997-TV) as
Jimmy Kowalski
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Daylight (1996) as
Roy Nord |
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The Portrait Of A Lady (1996) as
Caspar Goodwood
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Albino Alligator (1996) as
Guy Foucard |
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The Prophety (1995) as
Lucifer |
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Crimson Tide (1995) as
Lieutenant Peter 'Weps' Ince
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American Yakuza (1994) as
Nick Davis |
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The Indian Runner (1991) as
Frank Roberts
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Young Guns II, Blaze Of Glory
(1990) as John W. Poe
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Witness (1985) as
Moses Hochleitner |
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Miggo Mortensen on the WWW : check
out AHT
links |
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Write to Viggo Mortensen : |
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Viggo Mortensen, c/o The
Rawlins Company, 3933 Patrick Henry Place, Agoura Hills, CA
91301, USA
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