• Name: Viggo Mortensen
  
• Birth Name: Viggo Peter Mortensen
  
• Height: 5' 11"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: October 20, 1958
  
• Birth Place: Manhattan, New York USA
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: Warren Robertson's Theater Workshop, New York, New York (attended two years)
  
• Husband/Wife: Exene Cervenka (actress; met while making the film Salvation; divorced)
  
• Son: Henry (born 1988; mother: Exene Cervenka)
  

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• "Photography, painting or poetry those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things, they are my way of communicating."
• "My idea of a great day is to stay home and do whatever the hell I want"
• "Kids are God - pay attention"
• "I really believe that 98% of creation is accident, one percent is intellect and one percent is logic. You have to make the accidents work for you."
• "What's Special about Being a Father? - Everything."
• "I'm a control freak about wanting my character to be faithful to where I think they're coming from. But I don't think that I try to control anyone I'm working with."

• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2004)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Acting Ensemble, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2004)
• MTV Movie Awards: Best Male Performance, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2003)
• National Board of Review: Best Ensemble Performance, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003)
• Drama-Logue Award for BENT

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