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.

Filmography

• 2026I Love Boosters — Documentary Narrator - Heine Schlumpf (voice)
• 2024Eureka — Murphy
• 2024The Dead Don't Hurt — Holger Olsen, Writer, Director, Producer, Original Music Composer
• 2023Sweet Death — Producer
• 2022Crimes of the Future — Saul Tenser
• 2022Thirteen Lives — Rick Stanton
• 2020Falling — John (50 Yrs), Director, Producer, Writer, Original Music Composer
• 2018Green Book — Tony Lip
• 2016Captain Fantastic — Ben Cash
• The Revolution Televised — Narrator (voice)
• 2015Far from Men — Daru, Co-Producer
• Cosmos — Nikolai Vavilov (voice)
• 2014Jauja — Gunnar Dinesen, Original Music Composer, Producer
• 2014The Two Faces of January — Chester MacFarland
• 2012Everybody Has a Plan — Agustín / Pedro, Producer
• 2012On the Road — Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
• 2012Starring Sigmund Freud
• 2011A Dangerous Method — Sigmund Freud
• 2011Sidewalls — Thanks
• 2009The Road — Father
• 2008Appaloosa — Everett Hitch
• 2008Good — Halder
• 2007Eastern Promises — Nikolai Luzhin
• 2006Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer — Diego Alatriste
• 2005A History of Violence — Tom Stall / Joey Cusack
• 2004Hidalgo — Frank Hopkins
• 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Aragorn
• 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Aragorn
• 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Aragorn
• 200028 Days — Eddie Boone
• 1999A Walk on the Moon — Walker Jerome
• 1998A Perfect Murder — David Shaw
• 1998Psycho — Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
• 1997Albino Alligator — Guy Foucard
• 1997G.I. Jane — Master Chief John James Urgayle
• 1997My Brother's Gun — Juanito
• 1997Vanishing Point — Jimmy Kowalski
• 1996Daylight — Roy Nord
• 1996The Portrait of a Lady — Caspar Goodwood
• 1995Crimson Tide — Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
• 1995Gimlet — Gimlet
• 1995The Passion of Darkly Noon — Clay
• 1995The Prophecy — Lucifer
• 1994Floundering — Homeless Man
• 1994Gospel According to Harry — Wes
• 1994The Crew — Phillip
• 1993American Yakuza — Nick Davis / David Brandt
• 1993Boiling Point — Ronnie
• 1993Carlito's Way — Lalin
• 1993The Young Americans — Carl Frazer
• 1992Ruby Cairo — Johnny Faro
• 1991The Indian Runner — Frank Roberts
• 1990Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III — Tex
• 1990The Reflecting Skin — Cameron Dove
• 1990Young Guns II — John W. Poe
• 1989Tripwire — Hans
• 1988Fresh Horses — Green
• 1987Prison — Burke / Forsythe Electrocution
• 1987Salvation! — Jerome Stample
• 1985High School Narc — Tim
• Screen Two — Cameron Dove
• 1985Witness — Moses Hochleitner
• Miami Vice — Detective Eddie Trumbull
• Dark Biosphere — Narrator
• Embers — Konrad
• Porto Rico
• Two Wolves

Appearances as themselves (40)

• Beau geste — Self
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma — Self - Guest
• Reunited Apart — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest
• 2015Angels & Atom Bombs — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2010Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror — Self
• 2009Lukong's Destiny — Self
• 2009Reclaiming the Blade — Self
• 2009The People Speak — Self
• 2007Slacker Uprising — Self
• 2006The Making of 'The Return of the King' — Self
• 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers' — Self
• 2006Too Commercial for Cannes — Self
• 2005Ringers: Lord of the Fans — Self
• 2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' — Self
• 2003J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth — Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• 2003The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision — Self
• 2003The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface' — Self (archive)
• 2002J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle-earth — Self
• Sucré salé — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Road Goes Ever On.. — Self
• 2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' — Self
• 2001Quest for the Ring — Self
• 1999Psycho Path — Self - Actor / Sam Loomis
• The Early Show — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• 1995The Making of 'Crimson Tide' — Self
• Morgenmagazin — Self
• 1988Let's Get Lost — Self
• The Oscars — Self