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Viggo Mortensen Biography (1958-)
Full name, Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr.; born October 20, 1958, in New York, NY; son of Viggo Peter (a farm manager and in business) and Grace Mortensen; married Exene Cervenka (a singer, musician, composer, and actress), July 8, 1987 (divorced, March 13, 1998 [some sources cite 1997]); children: Henry Blake(an actor and musician). Addresses: Agent: Jenny Rawlings, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor
- Birth Details
- October 20, 1958
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- (Scenes deleted) Swing Shift, Warner Bros., 1984
- Moses Hochleitner, Witness, Paramount, 1985
- (Scenes deleted) The Purple Rose of Cairo, Orion, 1985
- Jerome Stample, Salvation! Have You Said Your Prayers Today? (alsoknown as Salvation!), Circle Releasing, 1987
- Connie Burke, Prison, Eden/Empire Pictures, 1988
- Green, Fresh Horses, Weintraub Entertainment Group, 1988
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Let's Get Lost (documentary), Zeitgeist Films, 1988
- Cameron Dove, The Reflecting Skin (also known as L'enfant miroir), Fugitive Features, 1990
- Hans, Tripwire, New Line Cinema, 1990
- John W. Poe, Young Guns II (also known as Hell Bent for Leather and Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
- Tex, Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (also known as TCM 3 and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III), New Line Cinema, 1990
- Frank Roberts, The Indian Runner, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
- Carl Fraser, The Young Americans, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1993
- John E. "Johnny" Faro, Deception (also known as The Missing Link: Ruby Cairo and Ruby Cairo), Majestic Pictures, 1993
- Lalin, Carlito's Way, Universal, 1993
- Ronnie, Boiling Point (also known as L'extreme limite), Warner Bros., 1993
- Wes, Ewangelia wedlug Harry'ego (also known as Desert Lunchand The Gospel according to Harry), Propaganda Films, 1993
- Homeless man, Floundering, A-pix Entertainment, 1994
- Phillip, The Crew, Cineville International/LIVE Entertainment, 1994
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Oh, What a Day! 1914 (short film), 1994
- Clay, The Passion of Darkly Noon (also known as Darkly Noonand Die Passion des Darkly Noon), Turner Home Entertainment, 1995
- Hombre, Gimlet, Buena Vista International, 1995
- Lucifer, The Prophecy (also known as God's Army and God's Secret Army), Dimension Films/Miramax, 1995
- Nick Davis/David Brandt, American Yakuza, First Look Pictures Releasing, 1995
- Weapons officer Lieutenant Peter "Weps" Ince, Crimson Tide, BuenaVista, 1995
- Worthless drug user, Black Velvet Pantsuit, Hodge Podge Productions, 1995
- Caspar Goodwood, The Portrait of a Lady, Gramercy Pictures, 1996
- Guy Foucard, Albino Alligator, Miramax, 1996
- Roy Nord, Daylight, Universal, 1996
- Juanito, La pistola de mi hermano (also known as My Brother's Gun), Intra Films, 1997
- Master chief John James "Jack" Urgayle, G.I. Jane, Buena Vista, 1997
- David Shaw, A Perfect Murder (also known as Dial M for Murder), Warner Bros., 1998
- Samuel "Sam" Loomis, Psycho, Universal, 1998
- Walker Jerome, A Walk on the Moon (also known as Blouse Man,
Kiss the Sky,
Over the Moon, and La tentacion), Miramax, 1999
- Eddie Boone, 28 Days, Columbia, 2000
- Aragorn, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (also known as The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Motion Picture), New Line Cinema, 2001
- Aragorn, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (also known as The Two Towers and Der Herr der Ringe: Die zwei Tuerme), New Line Cinema, 2002
- Aragorn, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (also knownas The Return of the King and Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rueckkehr des Koenigs), New Line Cinema, 2003
- Frank T. Hopkins, Hidalgo (also known as Dash), Buena Vista, 2004
- (In archive footage) Himself, Cheshmane John Malkovich 1: Viggo Mortensen, P&P Productions, 2004
- Himself, Ringens disipler (short documentary), SF Norge, 2004
- Narrator, Wild Horse Preservation (short documentary), 2005
- Tom Stall, A History of Violence, New Line Cinema, 2005
- Himself, As Smart as They Are: The Author Project (documentary), pbnoj productions, 2005
- Himself, Ringers: Lord of the Fans (documentary), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005
- Capitan Diego Alatriste (title role), Alatriste, Estudios Piccaso/Origen Producciones Cinematograficas, 2006
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Bragg, Search for Tomorrow, NBC, 1985
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Miniseries
- Lieutenant at LeBoeuf, George Washington, CBS, 1984
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Movies
- Delroy, Once in a Blue Moon, 1990
- James "Jimmy" Kowalski, Vanishing Point, Fox, 1997
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Specials
- Tim, "High School Narc," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1985
- Himself, Aragon, and Strider, Quest for the Ring, Fox, 2001
- Himself, A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of "Lord of the Rings,"Sci-Fi Channel, 2001
- (In archive footage) Aragorn, Lord of the Piercing, MTV, 2002
- Himself, Making the Movie (also known as Making the Movie: "TheLord of the Rings"), MTV, 2002
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Return to Middle Earth, TheWB, 2002
- Himself, The Lord of the Rings: The Quest Fulfilled, 2003
- (In archive footage) Himself and Aragorn, DNZ: The Real Middle Earth, TVN2 (New Zealand), 2004
- Himself, America's First Horse: Hidalgo and the Spanish Mustang, 2004
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Journey to Middle Earth: The Lord of the Rings, the Return of the King, Arts and Entertainment, 2004
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Awards Presentations
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First Annual Spaceys, Space Channel, 2003
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2003 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2003
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Episodic
- Eddie Trumbull, "Red Tape," Miami Vice, NBC, 1987
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El informal, 2001
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Charlie Rose (also known as The Charlie Rose Show), PBS, 2002, 2005
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Caiga quien caiga--CQC, 2003
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Frids film, TV3 (Denmark), 2003
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God kveld Norge, 2003
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Otro rollo con: Adal Ramones (also known as Otro rollo), 2003
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Tinseltown TV, International Channel, 2003
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Filmland, 2003, 2004
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4Pop, 2003, 2004
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Comme au cinema (also known as Comme au cinema: le magazineand Comme au cinema: l'emission), 2003, 2005
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Eigo de shabera-night, 2004
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Last Call with Carson Daly, NBC, 2004
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Lo + plus, 2004
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Richard & Judy, Channel 4 (England), 2004
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Sen kvaell med Luuk, 2004
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The Late Show with David Letterman (also known as The Late Show and Late Show Backstage), CBS, 2004, 2005
- "A History of Violence," HBO First Look, HBO, 2005
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Caiga quien caiga, 2005
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Corazon de ... , Television Espanola (Spain), 2005
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Dagens Danmark, 2005
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The Daily Show (also known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition), Comedy Central, 2005
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Go' aften Denmark, 2005
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Go' morden Danmark, 2005
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Le grand journal de canal+, 2005
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Magacine, 2005
- (In archive footage) Silenci?, 2005
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Tout le monde en parle, 2005
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Stage Appearances
- Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis,IN, 1985-86
- Nazi captain, Bent, Coast Playhouse, West Hollywood, CA, c. 1987
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Live at Beyond Baroque, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA, 1999
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Beyond Baroque Live 2, Beyond Baroque, 2004
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Radio Appearances
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Episodic
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Man in the Moon, KCRW (Santa Monica, CA), 1993
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
- Himself, "Psycho" Path, Universal Studios Home Video, 1999
- Himself and Aragorn, The Making of "The Lord of the Rings," 2002
- (In archive footage) Himself, The Saw Is Family: Making "Leatherface," Automat Pictures, 2003
- Himself, Between Two Worlds: The Making of "Witness," Paramount Home Video, 2005
- Himself, The Ring Comes Full Circle (short), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005
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Video Games
- Voice of Aragorn, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Electronic Arts, 2002
- Voice of Aragorn, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, EA Games, 2003
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Albums
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1991 (poetry), 1991
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Don't Tell Me What to Do (music and poetry), c. 1994
- (With others) One Less Thing to Worry About (music and poetry), TDRSmusic, 1997
- (With others) Live at Beyond Baroque, 1999
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One Man's Meat, TDRSmusic, 1999
- (With others; and producer) The Other Parade (music and poetry), 1999
- (With Buckethead) Pandemoniumfromamerica, Perceval Press, 2003
- (With others) Beyond Baroque Live 2, Perceval Press, 2004
- (With Buckethead) Please Tomorrow, Perceval Press, 2004
- (With Buckethead) This That and the Other, Perceval Press, 2004
- (With Buckethead) Intelligence Failure, Perceval Press, 2005
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Audiobooks
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Myth: Dreams of the World, 1996
- Various authors, The New Yorker Out Loud, Mouth Almighty/Mercury,1998
- (Reader and author of introduction) Dave Eggers, editor, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004, Houghton Mifflin Audio, 2004
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WRITINGS
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Poetry
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Ten Last Night, Illuminati, 1993
- (And illustrator) Recent Forgeries (with accompanying CD), Smart Art Press, 1998
- (And illustrator) Coincidence of Memory, Perceval Press, 2002
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Art Work
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Errant Vine, Robert Mann Gallery, 2000
- (And photographer) SignLanguage, Smart Art Press, 2002
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Un hueco en el sol, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba, 2003
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Photography
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Hole in the Sun, Perceval Press, 2002
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45301, Perceval Press, 2003
- (With Mike Davis, James Mooney, and Sonny Richards) Miyelo, Perceval Press, 2004
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Mo Te Upoko-o-te-ika/For Wellington, Perceval Press, 2004
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Linger, Perceval Press, 2005
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Nonfiction
- (Author of introduction) Dave Eggers, editor, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004, Houghton Mifflin, 2004
- (And photographer) The Horse Is Good, Perceval Press, 2004
- (With others) Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation, Perceval Press, 2004
- (With others) Strange Familiar: The Work of Georg Gudni, PercevalPress, 2005
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Film Music
- "Aragorn's Coronation," The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (also known as The Return of the King and Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rueckkehr des Koenigs), New Line Cinema, 2003
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Albums
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1991 (poetry), 1991
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Don't Tell Me What to Do (music and poetry), c. 1994
- (With others) One Less Thing to Worry About (music and poetry), TDRSmusic, 1997
- (With others) Live at Beyond Baroque, 1999
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One Man's Meat, TDRSmusic, 1999
- (With others) The Other Parade (music and poetry), 1999
- (With Buckethead) Pandemoniumfromamerica, Perceval Press, 2003
- (With others) Beyond Baroque Live 2, Perceval Press, 2004
- (With Buckethead) Please Tomorrow, Perceval Press, 2004
- (With Buckethead) This That and the Other, Perceval Press, 2004
- (With Buckethead) Intelligence Failure, Perceval Press, 2005
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Music Contributor
- (Contributor to the accompanying audio CD) Georganne Deen, Western Witch, Season of the (also known as Season of the Western Witch), Perceval Press, 2003
- (And contributor to the accompanying audio CD) Mark Eleveld, editor, Spoken Word Revolution: Slam, Hip Hop & the Poetry of a New Generation, introduction by Billy Collins, Sourcebooks, c. 2003
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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Newsmakers, Issue 3, Gale, 2003
Periodicals
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Detour, September, 1997, pp. 66-70
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Entertainment Weekly, November 3, 1995, p. 79; June 19, 1998, p. 46; December 21, 2001, pp. 36-37; August 19, 2005, pp. 48-52
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GQ, April, 2004
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Interview, June, 1995, p. 70
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Los Angeles Magazine, December, 1998, p. 56
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Movieline, August, 1998, pp. 72-73
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Now, January 23, 2002, pp. 48-49
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Parade, February 29, 2004, pp. 4-5
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People Weekly, June 22, 1998, p. 31; November 28, 2005
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Premiere, February, 1997, pp. 68-69; January, 2003, pp. 48-54, 88;February, 2006, pp. 92-93
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Progressive, November, 2005, pp. 39-43
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Red, January, 2002
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Sun-Times (Chicago), May 31, 1998
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Time, September 1, 1997, p. 77
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Tropopkin, October, 1995
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TV Guide, February 28, 2004, p. 33
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USA Today, April 21, 1999
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Vanity Fair, January, 2004
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Variety, April 7, 2003, p. S48
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Washington Post, March 4, 2004, pp. C1, C8
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