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Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen (born October 20, 1958 in New York City), is a Danish-American theater and movie actor, a published poet, photographer and painter. He is divorced and has a son, Henry Blake.

He is best known for his role as Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He was a last-minute replacement for the role, and wouldn't have taken the part if it hadn't been for his son's enthusiasm for J. R. R. Tolkien's trilogy.

After several years of experience in live theater, he began his movie career as an Amish farmer in Peter Weir's Witness. He has also appeared in Jane Campion's film The Portrait of a Lady, Sean Penn's Indian Runner, Brian DePalma's Carlito's Way, Tony Scott's Crimson Tide, Ridley Scott's G.I. Jane, Tony Goldwyn's A Walk on the Moon and Philip Ridley's Reflecting Skin.

Mortensen's performance in Bent at the Coast Playhouse, Los Angeles, won him a Dramalogue Critics' Award.

Mortensen's bibliography includes

  • Ten Last Night (1993), his first collection of poetry;
  • Hole in the Sun (2002, ISBN 0972143610), color and black and white photographs of a back yard swimming pool;
  • SignLanguage (2002, ISBN 1889195499), a catalog from an exhibition of his works, which combines photographs, paintings, and poetry into a multimedia diary of his time in New Zealand while filming The Fellowship of the Ring;
  • Miyelo (2003, ISBN 097214367X), a series of panoramic photographs of a Lakota Ghost Dance.

His marriage in 1987 to punk rocker Exene (Christene) Cervenka, ended in an amicable divorce in 1998. They have a son, Henry, born in 1988. [1] (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0614042viggo1.html)

Mortensen 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). He graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1980. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Danish.


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He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Danish.
See also: Other Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. Lawrence University in 1980. During his career, Jack Pickford appeared in more than 70 films. He graduated from St. Pickford has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1523 Vine Street. Mortensen 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). His sister Mary arranged for his body to be brought back to Los Angeles, California, where he was interred in the private Pickford plot in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

[1] (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0614042viggo1.html). Pickford died in the American Hospital in Paris, at age 36. They have a son, Henry, born in 1988. Married two more times unsuccessfully, including a 1922-1927 marriage to celebrated tap dancer Marilyn Miller, by 1932 Jack Pickford was alone again, his health deteriorating from the ravages of syphilis and the toll that years of alcohol and drug abuse had taken. His marriage in 1987 to punk rocker Exene (Christene) Cervenka, ended in an amicable divorce in 1998. On the return trip home to America, film director Allan Dwan had to talk the distraught Pickford out of committing suicide. Mortensen's bibliography includes. The police investigation into her death centered on Pickford but no charges were ever laid.

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Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he was the brother of Mary Pickford. John Charles Smith (August 18, 1896 - January 3, 1933) was a Canadian actor.