
Viggo Mortensen
Known for Acting · 97 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 Daily Show
1996
as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self

Morgenmagazin
1992
as Self

Miami Vice
1984
as Detective Eddie Trumbull

Leute heute
1997
as Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self

Screen Two
1985
as Cameron Dove

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Cosmos
2014
as Nikolai Vavilov (voice)

Reunited Apart
2020
as Self

Beau geste
2023
as Self

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
as Self - Guest

The Early Show
1999
as Self

Sucré salé
2002
as Self

The Revolution Televised
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Movies (78)

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

I Love Boosters
2026
as Documentary Narrator - Heine Schlumpf (voice)

Green Book
2018
as Tony Lip

A History of Violence
2005
as Tom Stall / Joey Cusack

Crimson Tide
1995
as Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince

Carlito's Way
1993
as Lalin

Daylight
1996
as Roy Nord

The Road
2009
as Father

Eastern Promises
2007
as Nikolai Luzhin

G.I. Jane
1997
as Master Chief John James Urgayle

Captain Fantastic
2016
as Ben Cash

Young Guns II
1990
as John W. Poe

A Perfect Murder
1998
as David Shaw

Psycho
1998
as Samuel 'Sam' Loomis

Witness
1985
as Moses Hochleitner

The Prophecy
1995
as Lucifer

Hidalgo
2004
as Frank Hopkins

Appaloosa
2008
as Everett Hitch

Thirteen Lives
2022
as Rick Stanton

A Dangerous Method
2011
as Sigmund Freud

Crimes of the Future
2022
as Saul Tenser

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
1990
as Tex

28 Days
2000
as Eddie Boone

Falling
2020
as John (50 Yrs)

On the Road
2012
as Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs

The Portrait of a Lady
1996
as Caspar Goodwood

Boiling Point
1993
as Ronnie

Albino Alligator
1997
as Guy Foucard

Floundering
1994
as Homeless Man

The Crew
1994
as Phillip

Good
2008
as Halder

Prison
1987
as Burke / Forsythe Electrocution

Ruby Cairo
1992
as Johnny Faro

Vanishing Point
1997
as Jimmy Kowalski

Fresh Horses
1988
as Green

The Dead Don't Hurt
2024
as Holger Olsen

The Indian Runner
1991
as Frank Roberts

The People Speak
2009
as Self

Tripwire
1989
as Hans

Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer
2006
as Diego Alatriste

The Two Faces of January
2014
as Chester MacFarland

The Young Americans
1993
as Carl Frazer

Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005
as Self

A Walk on the Moon
1999
as Walker Jerome

Far from Men
2015
as Daru

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self

American Yakuza
1993
as Nick Davis / David Brandt

The Reflecting Skin
1990
as Cameron Dove

The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
as Self

The Passion of Darkly Noon
1995
as Clay

Eureka
2024
as Murphy

Slacker Uprising
2007
as Self

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
as Self

The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003

Quest for the Ring
2001
as Self

Let's Get Lost
1988
as Self

Psycho Path
2000
as Self - Actor / Sam Loomis

Everybody Has a Plan
2012
as Agustín / Pedro

Salvation!
1987
as Jerome Stample

Jauja
2014
as Gunnar Dinesen
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012

The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2003
as Self

Gospel According to Harry
1994
as Wes

Reclaiming the Blade
2009
as Self

Lukong's Destiny
2009
as Self

Too Commercial for Cannes
2006
as Self
Two Wolves

High School Narc
1985
as Tim
Embers
as Konrad

J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
2003
as Self

Gimlet
1995
as Gimlet

My Brother's Gun
1997
as Juanito

Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
2010
as Self
Porto Rico

Angels & Atom Bombs
2015
as Self
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 97 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Viggo Mortensen has appeared in 78 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
- I Love Boosters (2026) — as Documentary Narrator - Heine Schlumpf (voice)
- Green Book (2018) — as Tony Lip
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