Viggo Mortensen
Born: 1958-10-20 in Watertown, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- I Love Boosters as Documentary Narrator - Heine Schlumpf (voice)
2024
- The Dead Don't Hurt as Holger Olsen
- Eureka as Murphy
2023
- Beau geste as Self
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- Sweet Death ... (Producer)
2022
- Thirteen Lives as Rick Stanton
- Crimes of the Future as Saul Tenser
2020
- Reunited Apart as Self
- Falling as John (50 Yrs)
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest
2018
- Green Book as Tony Lip
2016
- Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash
- The Revolution Televised as Narrator (voice)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Far from Men as Daru
- Angels & Atom Bombs as Self
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Cosmos as Nikolai Vavilov (voice)
- The Two Faces of January as Chester MacFarland
- Jauja as Gunnar Dinesen
2012
- On the Road as Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
- Everybody Has a Plan as Agustín / Pedro
- Starring Sigmund Freud
2011
- A Dangerous Method as Sigmund Freud
- Sidewalls ... (Thanks)
2010
2009
- The Road as Father
- The People Speak as Self
- Reclaiming the Blade as Self
- Lukong's Destiny as Self
2007
- Eastern Promises as Nikolai Luzhin
- Slacker Uprising as Self
2006
- Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer as Diego Alatriste
- Too Commercial for Cannes as Self
2005
- A History of Violence as Tom Stall / Joey Cusack
- Ringers: Lord of the Fans as Self
2004
- Hidalgo as Frank Hopkins
- The Making of 'The Return of the King' as Self
- A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Aragorn
- The Making of 'The Two Towers'
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth as Self
- The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision as Self
- The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface' as Self (archive)
2002
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Aragorn
- Sucré salé as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On.. as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast as Self
- J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earth as Self
2001
2000
- 28 Days as Eddie Boone
1999
- The Early Show as Self
- A Walk on the Moon as Walker Jerome
- Psycho Path as Self - Actor / Sam Loomis
1998
- A Perfect Murder as David Shaw
- Psycho as Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
1997
- Leute heute as Self
- G.I. Jane as Master Chief John James Urgayle
- Albino Alligator as Guy Foucard
- Vanishing Point as Jimmy Kowalski
- My Brother's Gun as Juanito
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Daylight as Roy Nord
- The Portrait of a Lady as Caspar Goodwood
1995
- Crimson Tide as Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
- The Prophecy as Lucifer
- The Making of 'Crimson Tide' as Self
- Gimlet as Gimlet
- The Passion of Darkly Noon as Clay
1994
- The Crew as Phillip
- Floundering as Homeless Man
- Gospel According to Harry as Wes
1993
- Carlito's Way as Lalin
- Boiling Point as Ronnie
- The Young Americans as Carl Frazer
- American Yakuza as Nick Davis / David Brandt
1992
- Morgenmagazin as Self
- Ruby Cairo as Johnny Faro
1991
- The Indian Runner as Frank Roberts
1990
- Young Guns II as John W. Poe
- Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III as Tex
- The Reflecting Skin as Cameron Dove
1989
- Tripwire as Hans
1988
- Fresh Horses as Green
- Let's Get Lost as Self
1987
- Prison as Burke / Forsythe Electrocution
- Salvation! as Jerome Stample
1985
- Screen Two as Cameron Dove
- Witness as Moses Hochleitner
- High School Narc as Tim
1984
- Miami Vice as Detective Eddie Trumbull
1953
- The Oscars as Self