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Viggo Mortensen: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Viggo Peter Mortensen
  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/20/1958, Libra
  • Profession: Actor
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Viggo Mortensen Fast Facts:
  • Has published works of photography, painting and poetry, and recorded several jazz albums.
  • Speaks English, Spanish and Danish; his father is Danish, his mother, American, and his family resided in South America when he was young.
  • Appeared with his son and then-wife, X singer Exene Cervenka, as a homeless family in the 1994 comedy Floundering.
  • His son convinced him to accept the role of Aragorn in the Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
  • Viggo Mortensen Relationships:
  • Charles Mortensen - Brother
  • Exene Cervenka - Ex-wife
  • Grace Mortensen - Mother
  • Henry Mortensen - Son
  • Viggo P. Mortensen - Father
  • Walter Mortensen - Brother
  • Viggo Mortensen Awards:
  • 2008 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 2007 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • College:
  • St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY (degrees in Spanish and Government, 1980)
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