Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen

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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Known For

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 • as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 • as Self

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996 • as Self

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003 • as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Morgenmagazin

Morgenmagazin

1992 • as Self

Filmography

2024

The Dead Don't Hurt
The Dead Don't Hurt
as Holger Olsen
Movie - Released: 5/1/2024
Eureka
Eureka
as Murphy
Movie - Released: 2/16/2024

2023

Beau geste
Beau geste
as Self
TV - Released: 1/22/2023
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/22/2023

2022

Thirteen Lives
Thirteen Lives
as Rick Stanton
Movie - Released: 7/18/2022
Crimes of the Future
Crimes of the Future
as Saul Tenser
Movie - Released: 5/25/2022

2020

Falling
Falling
as John (50 Yrs)
Movie - Released: 10/2/2020
Reunited Apart
Reunited Apart
as Self
TV - Released: 4/27/2020

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV - Released: 9/9/2019

2018

Green Book
Green Book
as Tony Lip
Movie - Released: 11/16/2018

2016

Captain Fantastic
Captain Fantastic
as Ben Cash
Movie - Released: 7/8/2016
The Revolution Televised
The Revolution Televised
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 11/1/2016

2015

Far from Men
Far from Men
as Daru
Movie - Released: 1/14/2015
Angels & Atom Bombs
Angels & Atom Bombs
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/30/2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
TV - Released: 8/2/2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2015

2014

The Two Faces of January
The Two Faces of January
as Chester MacFarland
Movie - Released: 5/16/2014
Jauja
Jauja
as Gunnar Dinesen
Movie - Released: 11/27/2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014
Cosmos
Cosmos
as Nikolai Vavilov (voice)
TV - Released: 3/9/2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
TV - Released: 12/21/2014

2012

On the Road
On the Road
as Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
Movie - Released: 5/22/2012
Everybody Has a Plan
Everybody Has a Plan
as Agustín / Pedro
Movie - Released: 8/30/2012
Movie
Starring Sigmund Freud
Movie - Released: 11/1/2012

2011

A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method
as Sigmund Freud
Movie - Released: 9/30/2011

2010

Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/31/2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 5/4/2010

2009

The Road
The Road
as Father
Movie - Released: 11/25/2009
The People Speak
The People Speak
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/13/2009
Reclaiming the Blade
Reclaiming the Blade
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/15/2009
El destino del Lukong
El destino del Lukong
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2009

2008

Good
Good
as Halder
Movie - Released: 12/31/2008
Appaloosa
Appaloosa
as Everett Hitch
Movie - Released: 9/19/2008

2007

Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
as Nikolai Luzhin
Movie - Released: 9/14/2007
Slacker Uprising
Slacker Uprising
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/7/2007

2006

Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer
Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer
as Diego Alatriste
Movie - Released: 9/1/2006
Too Commercial for Cannes
Too Commercial for Cannes
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/17/2006

2005

A History of Violence
A History of Violence
as Tom Stall / Joey Cusack
Movie - Released: 9/23/2005
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/21/2005

2004

Hidalgo
Hidalgo
as Frank Hopkins
Movie - Released: 2/4/2004
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/14/2004
The Making of the Return of the King
The Making of the Return of the King
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/1/2004

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Aragorn
Movie - Released: 12/17/2003
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2003
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/26/2003
The Making of The Two Towers
The Making of The Two Towers
Movie - Released: 4/1/2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
TV - Released: 2/21/2003

2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Aragorn
Movie - Released: 12/18/2002
Lord of the Piercing
Lord of the Piercing
as Aragorn (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 6/6/2002
Sucré salé
Sucré salé
as Self
TV - Released: 6/3/2002

2001

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Aragorn
Movie - Released: 12/18/2001
Quest for the Ring
Quest for the Ring
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/29/2001
A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/9/2001

2000

28 Days
28 Days
as Eddie Boone
Movie - Released: 4/6/2000
Psycho Path
Psycho Path
as Self - Actor / Sam Loomis
Movie - Released: 2/10/2000

1999

A Walk on the Moon
A Walk on the Moon
as Walker Jerome
Movie - Released: 1/29/1999
The Early Show
The Early Show
as Self
TV - Released: 11/1/1999

1998

A Perfect Murder
A Perfect Murder
as David Shaw
Movie - Released: 6/5/1998
Psycho
Psycho
as Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
Movie - Released: 12/4/1998

1997

G.I. Jane
G.I. Jane
as Master Chief John James Urgayle
Movie - Released: 8/19/1997
Albino Alligator
Albino Alligator
as Guy Foucard
Movie - Released: 1/17/1997
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point
as Jimmy Kowalski
Movie - Released: 1/7/1997
My Brother's Gun
My Brother's Gun
as Juanito
Movie - Released: 11/14/1997
TV
Leute heute
as Self
TV - Released: 7/23/1997

1996

Daylight
Daylight
as Roy Nord
Movie - Released: 12/6/1996
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady
as Caspar Goodwood
Movie - Released: 10/17/1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
as Self
TV - Released: 7/22/1996

1995

Crimson Tide
Crimson Tide
as Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
Movie - Released: 5/12/1995
The Passion of Darkly Noon
The Passion of Darkly Noon
as Clay
Movie - Released: 1/2/1995
The Prophecy
The Prophecy
as Lucifer
Movie - Released: 8/5/1995
Gimlet
Gimlet
as Gimlet
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995
Movie
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

1994

Gospel According to Harry
Gospel According to Harry
as Wes
Movie - Released: 5/12/1994
Floundering
Floundering
as Homeless Man
Movie - Released: 11/4/1994
The Crew
The Crew
as Phillip
Movie - Released: 10/1/1994

1993

Boiling Point
Boiling Point
as Ronnie
Movie - Released: 4/16/1993
Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way
as Lalin
Movie - Released: 11/10/1993
The Young Americans
The Young Americans
as Carl Frazer
Movie - Released: 10/8/1993
American Yakuza
American Yakuza
as Nick Davis / David Brandt
Movie - Released: 12/22/1993

1992

Ruby Cairo
Ruby Cairo
as Johnny Faro
Movie - Released: 12/12/1992
Morgenmagazin
Morgenmagazin
as Self
TV - Released: 7/19/1992

1991

The Indian Runner
The Indian Runner
as Frank Roberts
Movie - Released: 9/20/1991

1990

The Reflecting Skin
The Reflecting Skin
as Cameron Dove
Movie - Released: 8/28/1990
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
as Eddie 'Tex' Sawyer
Movie - Released: 1/12/1990
Young Guns II
Young Guns II
as John W. Poe
Movie - Released: 8/1/1990

1989

Tripwire
Tripwire
as Hans
Movie - Released: 11/30/1989

1988

Fresh Horses
Fresh Horses
as Green
Movie - Released: 11/18/1988
Let's Get Lost
Let's Get Lost
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/15/1988

1987

Prison
Prison
as Burke / Forsythe Electrocution
Movie - Released: 12/8/1987
Salvation!
Salvation!
as Jerome Stample
Movie - Released: 9/11/1987

1985

Witness
Witness
as Moses Hochleitner
Movie - Released: 2/8/1985
High School Narc
High School Narc
as Tim
Movie - Released: 12/4/1985

1984

Miami Vice
Miami Vice
as Detective Eddie Trumbull
TV - Released: 9/16/1984

Unknown

Movie
Two Wolves
Movie
Movie
Deception
as Johnny Faro
Movie