Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
Age: 53
Height: 5' 11"
Birth place: New York City, New York, U.S.
Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is a Danish-American[1] actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter. He is best known for his roles as Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Tom Stall in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence, and his Academy Award-nominated role as Nikolai Luzhin in Cronenberg's Eastern Promises. He also starred in the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road, as "The Man". Contents - en.wikipedia.org
Since his screen debut as a young Amish Farmer in Peter Weir's Witness (1985), Viggo Mortensen's career has been marked by a steady string of well-rounded performances. Critics have continually recognized his work in over thirty movies, including such diverse projects as Jane Campion's The Portrait of a Lady (1996), Sean Penn's The Indian Runner (1991), Brian De Palma's Carlito's Way (1993), Ridley Scott's G.I. Jane (1997), Tony Scott's Crimson Tide (1995), Andrew Davis's A Perfect Murder (1998), Ray L - www.imdb.com
An actor, poet, painter and photographer, Viggo Mortensen got into the movies in the mid-1980s, starting with small roles in big movies and big roles in small movies. His big-budget breakthrough was with Gwyneth Paltrow and Michael Douglas in The Perfect Murder (1998). The same year he co-starred in the Gus Van Sant re-make of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (starring Vince Vaughn). Mortensen became a major star after being cast as the rugged, royal-blooded Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings movies, director Peter - www.answers.com
Fellowship comrades Gandalf (Ian McKellen), Aragon (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom) et al meet Pippin (Billy Boyd) and Merry (Dominic Monaghan), early in Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King, 2003. watch - www.tvguide.com