Viggo found fame in the Lord of the Rings
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen, born in 1958 to a Danish father
and American mother, has appeared in the movie Witness, which was
his screen debut in 1985. He played a young Amish farmer but the role didn't
bring him any attention or fame. During this time he also acted in several
plays.
After some time he decided to move to Los Angeles, where he won his first
award for the performance as 'Captain' in Bent.
Young and handsome, Viggo married Exene (Christine) Cervenka, the singer
of a punk rock band X. After a year they had a son Henry and moved to Idaho,
where Viggo's acting situation was even worse than in Los Angeles.
Viggo as Aragorn in Lord of the Rings
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo first pinged onto the radar with Crimson Tide
Viggo Mortensen
Only since the later part of the 90's, did Viggo's
career begin to improve. During this time he offered his best performances
in Walk on the Moon, A Perfect Murder and G.I. Jane. In
2000 he appeared with Sandra Bullock in 28 Days. This ambitious
actor also wanted to show his skills in other ways. His huge dream was to
produce the music and he therefore begun to work on that as well.
Viggo's life changed one day when he received a message from his agent.
Peter Jackson wanted him to play the role of Aragorn in the Lord of
the Rings trilogy. Luckily, Viggo decided to take on this task. As
the result we saw him in The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001.
Thanks to the extreme popularity of the film, Viggo became one of the most
recognizable actors in the world. Although he had less time for the family,
he had committed to play in the second and third film of the trilogy. In
2002 we were able to see him in The Two Towers and in 2003 in Return
of the King. While working with the movie he had even asked Peter Jackson
to revise the script so that his character Aragorn spoke the elvish language
in several scenes.
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