Viggo MortensenViggo 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
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. This page about Viggo Mortensen includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Viggo Mortensen News stories about Viggo Mortensen External links for Viggo Mortensen Videos for Viggo Mortensen Wikis about Viggo Mortensen Discussion Groups about Viggo Mortensen Blogs about Viggo Mortensen Images of Viggo Mortensen |
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He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Danish. Peppard died on May 8, 1994, at the age of 66 in Los Angeles due to complications in the treatment of the cancer he was suffering from. Lawrence University in 1980. He was a recovering alcoholic, who spent his later years trying to help others in the same situation. He graduated from St. The "A-Team" star was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1992, and had part of a lung removed. 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). Married 5 times, and the father of three children, Peppard's second wife was actress Elizabeth Ashley, his co-star in "The Carpetbaggers". [1] (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0614042viggo1.html). Before the A-Team, Peppard had the leading role in the TV series Banacek (1972 - 1974), (part of the NBC Mystery Movie series of the 1970s), and played in Doctor's Hospital, in 1975, and in several other television films, which became in the later part of his career his major dedication. They have a son, Henry, born in 1988. He attended Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University, and The Actor's Studio, where one of his classmates was Rip Torn. His marriage in 1987 to punk rocker Exene (Christene) Cervenka, ended in an amicable divorce in 1998. He graduated from Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Michigan. Mortensen's bibliography includes. Peppard was born in Detroit, Michigan, as the son of an opera singer and a building contractor. Mortensen's performance in Bent at the Coast Playhouse, Los Angeles, won him a
Dramalogue Critics' Award. John "Hannibal" Smith in the cult 1980s television show The A-Team, where
he's the cigar-smoking leader of a renegade commando squadron. Jane, Tony Goldwyn's A Walk on the Moon and Philip Ridley's Reflecting Skin. He starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast
at Tiffany's (1961), although he is probaby more famous among younger viewers for
his role as Col. 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. George Peppard (October 1, 1928 -
May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor. After several years of experience in live theater, he began his movie career as an Amish farmer in Peter Weir's Witness. Tolkien's trilogy. The Strange One (1957). R. Pork Chop Hill (1959). 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. Home from the Hill (1960). He is best known for his role as Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The Subterraneans (1960). He is divorced and has a son, Henry Blake. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). Viggo Mortensen (born October 20, 1958 in New York City), is a Danish-American theater and movie actor, a published poet, photographer and painter. How the West Was Won (1962). Miyelo (2003, ISBN 097214367X), a series of panoramic photographs of a Lakota Ghost Dance. The Victors (1963). 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;. The Carpetbaggers (1964). Hole in the Sun (2002, ISBN 0972143610), color and black and white photographs of a back yard swimming pool;. Operation Crossbow (1965). Ten Last Night (1993), his first collection of poetry;. The Third Day (1965). The Blue Max (1966). Tobruk (1967). Rough Night in Jericho (1967). P.J. (1968). What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968). House of Cards (1968). Pendulum (1969). The Executioner (1970). Cannon for Cordoba (1970). One More Train to Rob (1971). The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972). Newman's Law (1974). Damnation Alley (1977). Five Days from Home (1979). From Hell to Victory (1979). Battle Beyond the Stars (1980). Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981). Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981). Hit Man (1982). Ultra Warrior (1990). The Tigress (1992). |