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Viggo Mortensen

Born on October 20, 1958 in New York, NY

Critically acclaimed actor Viggo Mortensen made his feature-film debut playing Alexander Godunov's Amish brother in Witness (1985). The suave, handsome actor has subsequently portrayed a wide variety of characters, often unapologetic bad boys, ... Read Full Biography

Year	Award	Category	Movie	Result
2011	Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture	A Dangerous Method	Nominated
2007	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Best Actor	Eastern Promises	Nominated
2007	British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Best Actor	Eastern Promises	Nominated
2007	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Actor	Eastern Promises	Nominated
2007	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Actor	Eastern Promises	Nominated

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Happy Birthday, Viggo Mortensen! Here Are His Most Badass Moments
by Sharon Knolle
Happy Birthday, Viggo Mortensen! The actor, who was born on October 20, 1958 in Manhattan, turns 55 today. He toiled for years in supporting roles until getting his big break as scruffy but heroic Aragorn in "The Lord of the...

David Cronenberg On 'A Dangerous Method,' Viggo Mortensen Love And Defending Keira...
by Chris Jancelewicz
Canadian director David Cronenberg's latest, 'A Dangerous Method,' takes us into a world most of us haven't frequented since college -- sexual psychology, Sigmund Freud, the id and the superego. Never one to shy away from the...

25 Things You Didn't Know About 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'
by Gary Susman
It has been 10 years since the hobbits took over the planet. On December 19, 2001, 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' opened and accomplished the impossible. It proved that, despite a half-century of abortive...

Viggo Mortensen Hates Death, and More Ridiculous Things From His T Magazine Interview
by Alex Suskind
Viggo Mortensen is a movie star -- a title he does not seem to take all that seriously. Just because he was in one of the highest-grossing film series ever (the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy) doesn't mean he has to do what other...

David Cronenberg on 'A Dangerous Method,' Viggo Mortensen Love and Defending Keira...
by Chris Jancelewicz
Canadian director David Cronenberg's latest, 'A Dangerous Method,' takes us into a world most of us haven't frequented since college -- sexual psychology, Sigmund Freud, the id and the superego. Never one to shy away from the...

Viggo Mortensen: 'A Dangerous Method' Taught Me How to Talk in a Movie
by Michael Hogan
David Cronenberg isn't necessarily the first director you'd expect to make a movie about the war of wills between two trailblazing 19th-century psychoanalysts, although on further reflection the idea starts to make sense....