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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Book: "Errant Vine"(book of painting and photography, Robert Mann Gallery). See more »Publicity Listings:
1 Portrayal | 16 Interviews | 18 Articles | 5 Pictorials | 10 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Alternate Names:
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(On his research for Eastern Promises (2007)) I found some materials, some books and also a documentary a friend of mine made called "The Mark of Cain". It's a hard thing to do but she went into maximum-security prisons in Russia and spoke to people like Nikolai. And I went to Russia as well. I read and listened to and looked up anything I could that had to do with Russians even loosely connected... See more »Trivia:
He became good friends with the close-knit stunt men on the "Lord of the Rings" films, but they were wary of doing fight scenes with him because, carried away with the intensity of his character Aragorn, he would frequently "really go at them" and leave the other combatants in bruises. Massive actor Lawrence Makoare, playing Lurtz under heaps of make-up which restricted his vision, also got ... See more »Trademark:
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