Viggo Mortensen

Biography

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.

Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Real Time with Bill Maher

Miami Vice

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

All Movies (85)

• I Love Boosters2026 · as Documentary Narrator - Heine Schlumpf (voice)
• The Dead Don't Hurt2024 · as Holger Olsen
• Eureka2024 · as Murphy
• Thirteen Lives2022 · as Rick Stanton
• Crimes of the Future2022 · as Saul Tenser
• Falling2020 · as John (50 Yrs)
• Green Book2018 · as Tony Lip
• Captain Fantastic2016 · as Ben Cash
• Angels & Atom Bombs2015 · as Self
• Far from Men2015 · as Daru
• Jauja2014 · as Gunnar Dinesen
• The Two Faces of January2014 · as Chester MacFarland
• Starring Sigmund Freud2012
• Everybody Has a Plan2012 · as Agustín / Pedro
• On the Road2012 · as Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
• A Dangerous Method2011 · as Sigmund Freud
• Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror2010 · as Self
• The People Speak2009 · as Self
• The Road2009 · as Father
• Reclaiming the Blade2009 · as Self
• Lukong's Destiny2009 · as Self
• Good2008 · as Halder
• Appaloosa2008 · as Everett Hitch
• Eastern Promises2007 · as Nikolai Luzhin
• Slacker Uprising2007 · as Self
• Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer2006 · as Diego Alatriste
• Too Commercial for Cannes2006 · as Self
• A History of Violence2005 · as Tom Stall / Joey Cusack
• Ringers: Lord of the Fans2005 · as Self
• A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'2004 · as Self
• The Making of 'The Return of the King'2004 · as Self
• Hidalgo2004 · as Frank Hopkins
• The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision2003 · as Self
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003 · as Aragorn
• J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth2003 · as Self
• The Making of 'The Two Towers'2003
• The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'2003 · as Self (archive)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002 · as Aragorn
• J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earth2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On..2002 · as Self
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001 · as Aragorn
• Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'2001 · as Self
• Quest for the Ring2001 · as Self
• 28 Days2000 · as Eddie Boone
• Psycho Path1999 · as Self - Actor / Sam Loomis
• A Walk on the Moon1999 · as Walker Jerome
• Psycho1998 · as Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
• A Perfect Murder1998 · as David Shaw
• My Brother's Gun1997 · as Juanito
• G.I. Jane1997 · as Master Chief John James Urgayle
• Albino Alligator1997 · as Guy Foucard
• Vanishing Point1997 · as Jimmy Kowalski
• Daylight1996 · as Roy Nord
• The Portrait of a Lady1996 · as Caspar Goodwood
• The Prophecy1995 · as Lucifer
• Crimson Tide1995 · as Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
• The Passion of Darkly Noon1995 · as Clay
• Gimlet1995 · as Gimlet
• The Making of 'Crimson Tide'1995 · as Self
• Floundering1994 · as Homeless Man
• The Crew1994 · as Phillip
• Gospel According to Harry1994 · as Wes
• American Yakuza1993 · as Nick Davis / David Brandt
• Carlito's Way1993 · as Lalin
• The Young Americans1993 · as Carl Frazer
• Boiling Point1993 · as Ronnie
• Ruby Cairo1992 · as Johnny Faro
• The Indian Runner1991 · as Frank Roberts
• The Reflecting Skin1990 · as Cameron Dove
• Young Guns II1990 · as John W. Poe
• Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III1990 · as Tex
• Tripwire1989 · as Hans
• Fresh Horses1988 · as Green
• Let's Get Lost1988 · as Self
• Prison1987 · as Burke / Forsythe Electrocution
• Salvation!1987 · as Jerome Stample
• High School Narc1985 · as Tim
• Witness1985 · as Moses Hochleitner
• Two Wolves—
• Porto Rico—
• Embers— · as Konrad

All TV Shows (19)

• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma2023 · as Self - Guest
• Beau geste2023 · as Self
• Reunited Apart2020 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self - Guest
• The Revolution Televised2016 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Cosmos2014 · as Nikolai Vavilov (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• Sucré salé2002 · as Self
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• Leute heute1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Morgenmagazin1992 · as Self
• Screen Two1985 · as Cameron Dove
• Miami Vice1984 · as Detective Eddie Trumbull
• The Oscars1953 · as Self