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.
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Popularity80
Credits6.7
Rating49.2M
Budget341M
RevenueActing
Primarily2025 Deception as Johnny Faro
2025 Two Wolves
2024 The Dead Don't Hurt as Holger Olsen Writer, Director, Producer, Original Music Composer
2024 Eureka as Murphy
2023 Sweet Death Producer
2022 Thirteen Lives as Rick Stanton
2022 Crimes of the Future as Saul Tenser
2020 Falling as John (50 Yrs) Director, Producer, Writer, Original Music Composer
2018 Green Book as Tony Lip
2016 Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash
2015 Angels & Atom Bombs as Self
2015 Far from Men as Daru Co-Producer
2014 Jauja as Gunnar Dinesen Original Music Composer, Producer
2014 The Two Faces of January as Chester MacFarland
2012 Everybody Has a Plan as AgustÃn / Pedro Producer
2012 On the Road as Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
2011 A Dangerous Method as Sigmund Freud
2011 Sidewalls Thanks
2010 Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror as Self
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
2009 The People Speak as Self
2009 The Road as Father
2009 Reclaiming the Blade as Self
2009 El destino del Lukong as Self
2008 Good as Halder
2008 Appaloosa as Everett Hitch
2007 Eastern Promises as Nikolai Luzhin
2007 Slacker Uprising as Self
2006 Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer as Diego Alatriste
2006 Too Commercial for Cannes as Self
2005 A History of Violence as Tom Stall / Joey Cusack
2005 Ringers: Lord of the Fans as Self
2004 A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
2004 The Making of the Return of the King as Self
2004 Hidalgo as Frank Hopkins
2003 The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision as Self
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Aragorn
2003 The Making of The Two Towers
2003 Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories as Self
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Aragorn
2002 Lord of the Piercing as Aragorn (archive footage)
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Aragorn
2001 A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' as Self
2001 Quest for the Ring as Self
2000 28 Days as Eddie Boone
2000 Psycho Path as Self - Actor / Sam Loomis
1999 A Walk on the Moon as Walker Jerome
1998 Psycho as Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
1998 A Perfect Murder as David Shaw
1997 My Brother's Gun as Juanito
1997 G.I. Jane as Master Chief John James Urgayle
1997 Albino Alligator as Guy Foucard
1997 Vanishing Point as Jimmy Kowalski
1996 Daylight as Roy Nord
1996 The Portrait of a Lady as Caspar Goodwood
1995 The Prophecy as Lucifer
1995 Crimson Tide as Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
1995 The Passion of Darkly Noon as Clay
1995 Gimlet as Gimlet
1995 The Making of 'Crimson Tide' as Self
1994 Floundering as Homeless Man
1994 The Crew as Phillip
1994 Gospel According to Harry as Wes
1993 American Yakuza as Nick Davis / David Brandt
1993 Carlito's Way as Lalin
1993 The Young Americans as Carl Frazer
1993 Boiling Point as Ronnie
1992 Ruby Cairo as Johnny Faro
1991 The Indian Runner as Frank Roberts
1990 The Reflecting Skin as Cameron Dove
1990 Young Guns II as John W. Poe
1990 Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III as Eddie 'Tex' Sawyer
1989 Tripwire as Hans
1988 Fresh Horses as Green
1988 Let's Get Lost as Self
1987 Prison as Burke / Forsythe Electrocution
1987 Salvation! as Jerome Stample
1985 High School Narc as Tim
1985 Witness as Moses Hochleitner