| Profile | |
| Born | Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. October 20, 1958 (1958-10-20) (age 50) New York City, NY, USA |
| Years active | 1984 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Exene Cervenka (1987-1998) |
| Awards won | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | |
| Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | |
| Other awards | |
| NBR Award for Best Cast 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | |
More about Viggo Mortensen(From Wikipedia)
Early Life
Mortensen was born in New York City, New York. His American mother, Grace Gamble (née Atkinson), and Danish father, Viggo Peter Mortensen, Sr. (a farm manager who worked in business), met in Norway. His maternal grandfather was Canadian. His family moved to Venezuela, Argentina and Denmark, settling in Argentina, where he learned Spanish. His father managed chicken farms and ranches in Argentina. Read more...
Acting Career
After several years of experience in live theater, Mortensen made his first movie appearance playing an Amish farmer in Peter Weir's Witness. (Mortensen had actually acted in two prior films—Swing Shift and The Purple Rose of Cairo—but his scenes in both of these films were deleted from the final cuts.) Also in 1985, he was cast in the role of Bragg on Search For Tomorrow. Mortensen's Read more...
Perceval Press
With part of his earnings from The Lord of the Rings, Mortensen founded the Perceval Press publishing house — named for the knight from the legend of King Arthur — to help other artists by publishing works that might not find a home in more traditional publishing venues.
Perceval Press is also the home of Viggo's many personal artistic projects in the area of fine arts, photography, Read more...

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