Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen is the eldest of three sons in the family of an American and a Dane, was born on October 20, 1958 in New York. Since 1960, the family has been on constant journeys, following his father. The boy spent almost 10 years in South America, until in 1969 there was a gap between his parents. The mother took all the children and returned to the United States. This period of life left a clear mark in the soul of Viggo. Since then, he loved to travel, and the boy showed a capacity for foreign more

Viggo Mortensen is the eldest of three sons in the family of an American and a Dane, was born on October 20, 1958 in New York. Since 1960, the family has been on constant journeys, following his father. The boy spent almost 10 years in South America, until in 1969 there was a gap between his parents. The mother took all the children and returned to the United States.
This period of life left a clear mark in the soul of Viggo. Since then, he loved to travel, and the boy showed a capacity for foreign languages. In addition to his native, Viggo quite tolerably speaks 6 more languages. Of course, all this was very useful to him in the future.

During the school period, it turned out that the boy has excellent physical abilities, and his friendly soft character and love of adventure made him very popular in this environment.
In 1980, Viggo received a higher education and a degree in Spanish language and management. However, this did not give him a reason to settle down. He traveled to America, Europe, tried himself in different professions, and in 1982 suddenly for everyone decided to become an actor.
For 2 years, he attended the School of Acting, then began to gradually perform in theater productions. For almost 10 years Viggo worked without much success. But gradually he gained a reputation as an actor, successfully performing characteristic deep roles. Most often, he got the role of fallen people, with whom, according to the actor himself, he had absolutely no internal connection. But this did not prevent him from treating each role with great dedication and responsibility.

Real success and fame came to the artist after the release of the first part of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings: The Brotherhood of the Ring novelistic Jonah R. R. Tolkien . This and two subsequent series fully revealed the versatile talents and capabilities of V. Mortensen.
All the further work of the actor, and he played leading roles in such films as "Captain Alatriste" "Dangerous Method", "Justified Cruelty" and others, was only a confirmation of his great creative potential.