Viggo Mortensen |
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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. Mortensen was born in New York City, to Grace Gamble (Atkinson) and Viggo Peter Mortensen, Sr. His father was Danish, his mother was American, and his maternal grandfather was ...
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Viggo Mortensen's most recent role in Green Book landed him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He's been nominated two other times for Captain Fantastic and Eastern Promises.
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CD: "Live at Beyond Baroque", organized chaos, music & poetry. See more »Publicity Listings:
1 Portrayal | 16 Interviews | 18 Articles | 5 Pictorials | 11 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Alternate Names:
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5' 11" (1.8 m)
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But I can also publish books by interesting painters and writers and I can afford to do so because my own books sell and there's a public that's interested in that. And the public have gone to see exhibitions I've had - more than they would have. See more »Trivia:
Is one of four "Lord of the Rings" stars to star, pre-"Rings," with Harrison Ford. He starred with Ford in Witness (1985). Ford starred with John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Sean Bean (Boromir) in Patriot Games (1992) and Miranda Otto (Eowyn) in What Lies Beneath (2000). See more »Trademark:
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