| Also Known As | Vig |
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| Birth Name | Viggo Peter Mortensen |
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| Birth | Born on 1958-10-20 at New York City, New York United States |
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| Height | 5' 11" |
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| Sex | M |
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| Nationality | American |
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| Profession | Actor, a published poet, musician, photographer and painter |
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| Education | Warren Robertson's Theater Workshop, New York, New York (attended two years) |
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| Married To | Exene Cervenka (actress; met while making the film Salvation; divorced) |
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| Relationships | Lola Schnabel (born in 1980; broke up in 2003) |
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| Father | Viggo Mortensen, Sr. (Danish) |
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| Mother | (American) |
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| Brothers | two younger brothers |
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| Sons | Henry Mortensen (born on January 28, 1988; mother: Exene Cervenka) |
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| Claim To Fame | Had title role in Tony Goldwyn's directorial debut, The Blouse Man (1999) |
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Viggo Peter Mortensen (born October 20, 1958 in New York City) is an American theater and movie actor, a published poet, musician, photographer and painter. His Danish father and half Norwegian American mother met in Norway. He has a son, Henry Blake, with his ex-wife Christine "Exene" Cervenka of the band X. He is best known for his role as Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings fil ..
Viggo Mortensen's Biography |
| Quote: "Well, I certainly wouldn't be here and my face wouldn't be up there on a poster if it wasn't for the success of Lord of the Rings. It's just a fact: film-making, finance, life." More Quotes | | Trivia: As Viggo lived in Argentina as a child, he is a fan of Argentine soccer team San Lorenzo. More Trivia | | Viggo Mortensen Photo Gallery | | Contact Viggo Mortensen |
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