Viggo Mortensen (full name Viggo Peter Mortensen) was born on October 20, 1958 in
New York City, United States. He is an American theater and movie actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter.
Biography and Career :
Viggo Mortensen is best known for his role as Aragorn in Peter Jackson's
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Viggo Mortensen was a last-minute replacement for the role originally meant for Stuart Townsend, and wouldn't have taken the part if it hadn't been for his son's enthusiasm for
J. R. R. Tolkien's trilogy. With part of the money Viggo Mortense
n received for the film he founded the Perceval Press publishing house — named for the knight from the legend of King Arthur — to help other artists by publishing avant-garde works that might not find a home in more traditional publishing venues. He has spoken out against militarism and U.S. foreign policy
He is an artist, photographer, singer, poet, and jazz musician. Viggo Mortensen experiments with his poetry and music by frequently crossing over the styles. The guitarist Buckethead frequently collaborates on many of his recordings.
Viggo Mortensen's discography includes: Don't Tell Me What to Do, Intelligence Failure, One Less Thing to Worry About, One Man's Meat, Live at Beyond Baroque, The Other Parade, This That and The Other, Live at Beyond Baroque 2, Pandemoniumfromamerica, and Please Tomorrow.
Viggo Mortensen's voice is featured on The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King soundtrack - he sings 'Aragorn's Coronation', the words by Tolkien but the music composed by Mortensen himself. His poems are written in English, Danish (Mortensen has dual citizenship in the US and Denmark) , and Spanish.
He is also a painter, and photographer. His paintings are frequently abstract, and often contain fragments of his poetry in them. His paintings have been featured in galleries worldwide.
Viggo Mortensen is also an ice hockey fan, particularly of the Montreal
Canadiens. He also likes soccer and is a big fan of the
Danish national team and the
Argentinian team San Lorenzo de Almagro. In 1992 Viggo Mortensen went to
Ireland during a break in shooting, without the consent of the production company, to watch
Denmark play the semi-finals.
Trivia :
- He is a fan of the New York Mets.
- His Danish father and half-Norwegian mother met in Norway.
- He has a son, Henry Blake, with his ex-wife Exene Cervenka of the band X.
Viggo Mortensen's Dates :
Donita Sparks
Josie Bisset
Lola Schnabel
Exene Cervenka (1987 - 1997)
Amy Jewell (2005)
Viggo Mortensen Image : msn.com
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