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  Viggo Mortensen Biography
Viggo Mortensen was born October 20, 1958, in Manhattan, New York.
Viggo followed a girlfriend back to New York City in 1982, where he found work as a bartender and waiter and took two years of acting classes from Warren Robertson.
Viggo Mortensen talks about his youth and how felt he was affected by it, and about the paths he followed before becoming an actor.
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  Viggo Mortensen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viggo Mortensen at the world premiere of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, in Wellington, New Zealand.
Mortensen was born in New York City, although spent some childhood years in Venezuela, Argentina, and his father's native Denmark, before returning to high school in Watertown, New York (where he was captain of the swim team).
A polyglot, Mortensen is fluent in English, Danish, Spanish and somewhat fluent in Norwegian.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Viggo_Mortensen   (1503 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen, a 20-year screen veteran, plays Aragorn, the future king of Gondor, in the blockbuster The Lord of the Rings trilogy; he also starred in Hidalgo (2004).
Viggo Mortensen was born in New York City, but grew up in South America.
Viggo Peter Mortensen, the eldest son of Viggo and Grace Mortensen, was born in New York City, on October 20, 1958.
www.askmen.com /men/entertainment_100/149_viggo_mortensen.html   (450 words)

  
 SPLICEDwire | Viggo Mortensen interview for "Hidalgo" (2004)
For more than 10 years Mortensen has been making memorable impressions in films like "G.I. Jane" and "A Walk on the Moon," but he's a star with marquee power now because he was Aragorn, the heroic king-to-be in the "Lord of the Rings" movies.
Viggo Mortensen is standing in an army surplus jacket, faded jeans and stocking feet, sipping his Mate tea ("It's a South American herbal tea," he says) from a small wooden cup and looking somewhat mischievously onto the rooftop outside his suite at the San Francisco Ritz-Carlton through the narrow gap in a half-open window.
Hopkins is a legend Mortensen was more than fit to play, especially having learned to ride as a kid and having spent so much time on horseback in action scenes during his star-making turn as heroic king-to-be Aragorn in the "Lord of the Rings" movies.
www.splicedonline.com /04features/vmortensen.html   (1065 words)

  
 Robert Mann Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mortensen works in a variety of different media - he is an accomplished photographer, painter, poet and actor - all of which are joined by his creative vision.
Viggo Mortensen was born in New York City in 1958 to an American mother and a Danish father.
Viggo Mortensen's newest books are Coincidence of Memory (Perceval Press, 2002) and Hole In The Sun (Perceval Press, 2002).
www.robertmann.com /exhibitions/01_02/mortensen_PR.html   (238 words)

  
 Viggo Mortensen Interview | The Progressive   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mortensen is a part-time musician, a published poet, and a photographer and painter who has had exhibitions at art galleries such as the Robert Mann Gallery, Track 16 Gallery, Fototeca de Cuba, and Museet for Fotokunst in Denmark.
Mortensen: Well, first of all, I just said, respectfully, I’m sorry about your son, and I said thank you for some of the things you’ve said and for bringing attention to the issue, for keeping this topic alive.
Mortensen: I don’t think special attention should be given to an actor or a singer or a baseball player or a soccer player more than anyone else, but they do have an opinion like anyone else.
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 UGO.com Film/TV - Viggo Mortensen Interview - A History of Violence
Viggo Mortensen is best known, of course, for his portrayal of Lucifer in The Prophecy.
VIGGO: Yeah, I read somewhere on the Internet that he is the best-reviewed director in the English language ever, which I believe.
VIGGO: With any character I've played what's written is one thing and I always look for what's the opposite of what's being said or what's behind what's being said.
www.ugo.com /channels/filmtv/features/ahistoryofviolence/viggo.asp   (838 words)

  
 ESPN.com: Page 3 - 10 Burning Questions with Viggo Mortensen   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mortensen, who was born in New York but spent much of his childhood in South America and Scandinavia, thirsts for knowledge.
Mortensen is perhaps best known for his work as Aragorn/Strider in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
Mortensen shared his feelings about Oscar and other such awards, horses and his new film during an interview at the St. Regis Hotel.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/page3/story?page=10bqs/mortensen   (2275 words)

  
 All about Viggo Mortensen the artist - March Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mortensen arrived nearly one hour delay at the encounter he had settled with the italian journalists,because he contracted a big flue,due to the stress he accumulated the previous days,during the european promotion of Hidalgo.
Mortensen admits that he always had a passion for horses(rides from that period when he was a child).
Mortensen, fresh off his role in "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," is currently starring in "Hidalgo," a 19th-century adventure film set in the Arabian desert.
www.viggochronicles.com /archive/MarchUpdates.htm   (12999 words)

  
 Interviews with Viggo Mortensen
Mortensen will next be seen pounding Demi Moore into shape as a command master chief training the first female Navy SEAL candidate in Ridley Scott's tentatively titled In Pursuit of Honor (previously G.I. Jane).
As Mortensen explains it, «kissing and the lack of kissing» are crucial in illustrating the theme of the movie.
Viggo Mortensen is relating a tale that involves Vince Vaughn, a butcher knife and the threat of bodily harm.
www.frostyland.com /Viggo/viggo.interviews.html   (3743 words)

  
 VIGGO MORTENSEN
Viggo Mortensen is Aragorn as I hoped Aragorn would be from the first time, many decades ago, that I first read The Lord of the Rings.
Viggo is the man of choice to hold the key to an arsenal of nuclear missiles.
Viggo will be great as Sargeant Kaine, the chopper pilot in 'Nam who tried to get his life back together in Aruba after the war, and now works as a midtown Manhattan homicide detective, in our INSIDE THE RIBBON.
www.greenlightscafe.com /viggo_mortensen.html   (910 words)

  
 Cowboys & Indians: Viggo Mortensen
Mortensen stars as Frank T. Hopkins, a real-life horseman and alleged hero who claimed to be, among other things, a U.S. Cavalry dispatch rider, a star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, an endurance rider of legendary accomplishment — and the son of a Cavalry scout who miraculously survived the Little Big Horn massacre.
Mortensen is among the first to admit that oft-told stories about the adventures of Frank T. Hopkins are, at best, dubious.
Mortensen also paid close attention to the finer details of props and costumes, body language, and speech patterns to transform himself persuasively into a late-19th-century cowboy.
www.cowboysindians.com /articles/archives/0404/viggo.html   (2578 words)

  
 Viggo Mortensen Pictures, Biography, Filmography, Awards, Wallpapers
Although Viggo only began studying acting in his early twenties, Mortensen was already an accomplished photographer and an up-and-coming poet and painter.
Viggo Mortensen landed the role of an Amish farmer in the oscar-winning flick Witness in 1985, but did not snag any other mainstream movie roles for almost a decade.
Viggo Mortensen's biggest role is playing Aragorn, Future King of Gondor, in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
www.starglimpse.com /celebs/pages/viggo_mortensen/viggo_mortensen.shtml   (345 words)

  
 Viggo-Works - Viggo News
Mortensen, best known as an actor for his role in films such as Lord of the Rings, Hidalgo, and History of Violence, is also a writer, poet, artist and musician.
Mortensen, also from Watertown, says he has a “soft spot” for McHugh because they share a hometown, but added that that's where the similarties end.
Mortensen said he was impressed with Johnson because he didn't need to get involved in politics.
viggo-works.com /index.php?page=243   (939 words)

  
 Welcome to the Corner of Viggo
Viggo did the cover artwork for Ellyn Maybe's first major label release The Cowardice of Amnesia.
Viggo is having an exhibition right now ("Ephemeris") in Denmark at Brandts Boghandel ApS in Brandts Klædefabri.
A fan's account of her trip to see Viggo return to his alma mater, St. Lawrence University, to open an exhibition and read poetry.
www.frostyland.com /Viggo/viggo.index.shtml   (945 words)

  
 CanMag- Viggo Mortensen News, Pics, Stills, Info
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.
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 was so fascinated by his horse that he even bought him after the filming.
www.canmag.com /fanpages/37/Viggo_Mortensen   (818 words)

  
 Extratv.com : Viggo Mortensen
Hollywood heartthrob Viggo Mortensen is one lucky guy, and he is also pretty hot.
Mortensen is a painter, a poet, a musician, a photographer, and even a comedian.
It is Disney's $90 million epic "Hidalgo," where Mortensen fell so in love with his equine costar that he bought the horse that he rode in the film.
extratv.warnerbros.com /dailynews/extra/12_03/12_01d.html   (269 words)

  
 Artist Interviews Magazine: Viggo Mortensen and George Guðni
Mortensen is not only an outstanding actor who has worked in award winning films such as "The Lord of the Rings" and horror maestro David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" but he is also a writer who has published: "Coincidence of Memory", "The Horse Is Good", "45301", "Hole in the Sun" and "Recent Forgeries".
Mortensen is also a musician who collaborated with Buckethead and published the CDs "Intelligence Failure" and "Please Tomorrow".
Mortensen was born in New York to a Danish father and an American mother.
www.artistinterviews.com /news-viggomortensen.htm   (423 words)

  
 Viggo Mortensen News
Poet, photographer, actor, elf-lover and St. Lawrence University alum Viggo Mortensen told graduates that "activism is not a dirty word" and urged them to be active citizens, particularly to make changes in the...
Viggo Mortensen will star in the big screen adaptation of CP Taylor's award-winning stage play "Good", according to Production Weekly.
Viggo Mortensen and director David Cronenberg worked well together in A History of Violence, so I was happy to hear they'll be teaming for another movie.
www.topix.net /who/viggo-mortensen   (687 words)

  
 Viggo Mortensen
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Viggo Mortensen (born October 20, 1958 in New York City) is an American theater and movie actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter best known for his role as Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
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 Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn Strider: Lord of the Rings Pictures, Biography, Pics, Interview, Photos, Gallery
Born in New York to a Danish father and an American mother, Mortensen spent the early part of his childhood in Manhattan.
He is currently working on his third book of poetry, and his latest showing of new photographs and paintings was during March 2002 at Track 16 Gallery in Los Angeles, as well as at the Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art in Athens.
Mortensen is currently starring in Hidalgo for Disney, which is due for release July, 2003.
www.lordoftherings.net /film/cast/ca_vmort.html   (310 words)

  
 Viggo Mortensen
Mortensen spent the early part of his childhood in Manhattan.
After studying the art of acting with film legend, Warren Robertson, Mortensen appeared in several plays and movies, and eventually moved to Los Angeles, where his performance in Bent at the Coast Playhouse earned him a Dramalogue Critic's Award.
Although unknown to a lot of moviegoers in the 1990s, Mortenson had shown up in an awful lot of movies.
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     VIGGO MORTENSEN fan       -       your online ...
Viggo Mortensen Fan is an unofficial fansite, created and run by Martina, 2005.
And as such, perhaps its the interwoven creative drive of father and son, or the simple build of a work that seems the second act of a not yet finished three act play.
A couple of days ago, a man wrote a letter to the Watertown Daily Times saying, in effect, that he would not vote for Bob Johnson just because Viggo Mortensen thought he ought to.
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 Viggo Mortensen Talks A History of Violence
The Lord of the Rings trilogy catapulted him to fame, but Viggo Mortensen has definitely earned his stripes in Hollywood.
Viggo Mortensen: There are a lot of okay scripts around, but there's always going to be good material.
Viggo Mortensen: There are a few things, very little though, because he was so organized.
www.movieweb.com /news/news.php?id=9321   (1862 words)

  
 The man who would be king - Salon
In an exclusive interview, Viggo Mortensen, who plays Aragorn in "The Lord of the Rings," talks about his photography, his indie publishing house, and why Bush will go down in history as the Sauron of American presidents.
But exploring the dark chapters of history and experience is something in which Mortensen seems to take pride.
By the end of his "Lord of the Rings" run, Viggo Mortensen will have graduated from mercurial Renaissance man to full-fledged star.
www.salon.com /ent/movies/int/2003/10/24/viggo/index.html   (1490 words)

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