Acting · Watertown, New York, USA · Born October 20, 1958
Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is an American actor, writer, director, producer, musician, and multimedia artist. Born and raised in the state of New York to a Danish father and American mother, he also lived in Argentina during his childhood. He is the recipient of various accolades including a Screen Actors Guild Award and has been nominated for three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.
MovieI Love Boosters
2026
as Documentary Narrator - Heine Schlumpf (voice)
MovieThe Dead Don't Hurt
2024
as Holger Olsen
MovieEureka
2024
as Murphy
TVFaut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
as Self - Guest
TVBeau geste
2023
as Self
MovieThirteen Lives
2022
as Rick Stanton
MovieCrimes of the Future
2022
as Saul Tenser
MovieFalling
2020
as John (50 Yrs)
TVReunited Apart
2020
as Self
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
MovieGreen Book
2018
as Tony Lip
TVThe Revolution Televised
2016
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCaptain Fantastic
2016
as Ben Cash
MovieAngels & Atom Bombs
2015
as Self
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
MovieFar from Men
2015
as Daru
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieJauja
2014
as Gunnar Dinesen
MovieThe Two Faces of January
2014
as Chester MacFarland
TVCosmos
2014
as Nikolai Vavilov (voice)
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
MovieEverybody Has a Plan
2012
as Agustín / Pedro
MovieOn the Road
2012
as Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
MovieA Dangerous Method
2011
as Sigmund Freud
MovieChristopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
2010
as Self
MovieThe People Speak
2009
as Self
MovieThe Road
2009
as Father
MovieReclaiming the Blade
2009
as Self
MovieLukong's Destiny
2009
as Self
MovieGood
2008
as Halder
MovieAppaloosa
2008
as Everett Hitch
MovieEastern Promises
2007
as Nikolai Luzhin
MovieSlacker Uprising
2007
as Self
MovieCaptain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer
2006
as Diego Alatriste
MovieToo Commercial for Cannes
2006
as Self
MovieA History of Violence
2005
as Tom Stall / Joey Cusack
MovieRingers: Lord of the Fans
2005
as Self
MovieA Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self
MovieHidalgo
2004
as Frank Hopkins
MovieThe Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2003
as Self
MovieThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Aragorn
MovieJ.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
2003
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
MovieThe Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'
2003
as Self (archive)
MovieThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Aragorn
MovieJ.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earth
2002
as Self
MovieThe Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
2002
as Self
MovieThe Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
2002
as Self
MovieThe Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002
as Self
MovieThe Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
2002
as Self
MovieThe Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..
2002
as Self
TVSucré salé
2002
as Self
MovieThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Aragorn
MoviePassage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
as Self
MovieQuest for the Ring
2001
as Self
Movie28 Days
2000
as Eddie Boone
TVThe Early Show
1999
as Self
MoviePsycho Path
1999
as Self - Actor / Sam Loomis
MovieA Walk on the Moon
1999
as Walker Jerome
MoviePsycho
1998
as Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
MovieA Perfect Murder
1998
as David Shaw
MovieMy Brother's Gun
1997
as Juanito
MovieG.I. Jane
1997
as Master Chief John James Urgayle
TVLeute heute
1997
as Self
MovieAlbino Alligator
1997
as Guy Foucard
MovieVanishing Point
1997
as Jimmy Kowalski
MovieDaylight
1996
as Roy Nord
MovieThe Portrait of a Lady
1996
as Caspar Goodwood
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MovieThe Prophecy
1995
as Lucifer
MovieCrimson Tide
1995
as Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
MovieThe Passion of Darkly Noon
1995
as Clay
MovieGimlet
1995
as Gimlet
MovieThe Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
as Self
MovieFloundering
1994
as Homeless Man
MovieThe Crew
1994
as Phillip
MovieGospel According to Harry
1994
as Wes
MovieAmerican Yakuza
1993
as Nick Davis / David Brandt
MovieCarlito's Way
1993
as Lalin
MovieThe Young Americans
1993
as Carl Frazer
MovieBoiling Point
1993
as Ronnie
MovieRuby Cairo
1992
as Johnny Faro
TVMorgenmagazin
1992
as Self
MovieThe Indian Runner
1991
as Frank Roberts
MovieThe Reflecting Skin
1990
as Cameron Dove
MovieYoung Guns II
1990
as John W. Poe
MovieLeatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
1990
as Tex
MovieTripwire
1989
as Hans
MovieFresh Horses
1988
as Green
MovieLet's Get Lost
1988
as Self
MoviePrison
1987
as Burke / Forsythe Electrocution
MovieSalvation!
1987
as Jerome Stample
MovieHigh School Narc
1985
as Tim
MovieWitness
1985
as Moses Hochleitner
TVScreen Two
1985
as Cameron Dove
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Detective Eddie Trumbull
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
Two Wolves
Porto Rico
Embers
as Konrad
