Who is Viggo Mortensen?

Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr.is a Danish-American Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated actor, poet, photographer, and painter, best known for her role as “Aragorn” in Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Born in New York City, on October 20, 1958, to an American mother and a Danish father, Mortensen spent his first years in Manhattan and the rest of his youth living in Argentina, Venezuela, and Denmark. Returning to Manhattan in the early ’80s, he studied acting at Warren Robertson’s Theatre Workshop and then embarked upon a stage career before moving to Los Angeles. Mortensen finally attained a greater measure of recognition with his smoldering portrayal of one of Isabel Archer’s suitors in Jane Campion’s 1996 adaptation of The Portrait of a Lady. He subsequently appeared in many other notable films of the 1990s, including The Indian Runner (1991), Carlito’s Way (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Daylight (1996), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), G.I. Jane (1997), A Perfect Murder (1998), and A Walk on the Moon (1999).

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