Viggo Mortensen

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Viggo Mortensen

Acting 67 October 20, 1958

Watertown, New York, USA

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…

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

8.4 2001 Movie
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

8.5 2003 Movie
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

8.4 2002 Movie
Green Book

Green Book

8.2 2018 Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.1 2015 TV Show
Captain Fantastic

Captain Fantastic

7.9 2016 Movie
The Road

The Road

7.0 2009 Movie
A History of Violence

A History of Violence

7.2 2005 Movie
Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

7.3 2007 Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.1 2014 TV Show
Carlito's Way

Carlito's Way

7.8 1993 Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.3 2019 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    I Love Boosters

    Movie Documentary Narrator - Heine Schlumpf (voice)

  2. 2024
    The Dead Don't Hurt

    Movie Holger Olsen

  3. 2024
    Eureka

    Movie Murphy

  4. 2023
    Sweet Death

    Movie Producer

  5. 2023
    Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

    TV show Self - Guest

  6. 2023
    Beau geste

    TV show Self

  7. 2022
    Thirteen Lives

    Movie Rick Stanton

  8. 2022
    Crimes of the Future

    Movie Saul Tenser

  9. 2020
    Falling

    Movie John (50 Yrs)

  10. 2020
    Reunited Apart

    TV show Self

  11. 2019
    The Kelly Clarkson Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  12. 2018
    Green Book

    Movie Tony Lip

  13. 2016
    The Revolution Televised

    TV show Narrator (voice)

  14. 2016
    Captain Fantastic

    Movie Ben Cash

  15. 2015
    Angels & Atom Bombs

    Movie Self

  16. 2015
    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    TV show Self - Guest

More credits
  1. 2015
    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    TV show Self

  2. 2015
    Far from Men

    Movie Daru

  3. 2014
    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    TV show Self

  4. 2014
    Jauja

    Movie Gunnar Dinesen

  5. 2014
    The Two Faces of January

    Movie Chester MacFarland

  6. 2014
    Cosmos

    TV show Nikolai Vavilov (voice)

  7. 2014
    Late Night with Seth Meyers

    TV show Self

  8. 2012
    Starring Sigmund Freud

    Movie

  9. 2012
    Everybody Has a Plan

    Movie Agustín / Pedro

  10. 2012
    On the Road

    Movie Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs

  11. 2011
    A Dangerous Method

    Movie Sigmund Freud

  12. 2011
    Sidewalls

    Movie Thanks

  13. 2010
    Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror

    Movie Self

  14. 2009
    The People Speak

    Movie Self

  15. 2009
    The Road

    Movie Father

  16. 2009
    Reclaiming the Blade

    Movie Self

  17. 2009
    Lukong's Destiny

    Movie Self

  18. 2008
    Good

    Movie Halder

  19. 2008
    Appaloosa

    Movie Everett Hitch

  20. 2007
    Eastern Promises

    Movie Nikolai Luzhin

  21. 2007
    Slacker Uprising

    Movie Self

  22. 2006
    Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer

    Movie Diego Alatriste

  23. 2006
    The Making of 'The Two Towers'

    Movie Self

  24. 2006
    The Making of 'The Return of the King'

    Movie Self