Viggo Mortensen has an estimated net worth of $30 million
Viggo Mortensen is an American actor, poet, photographer, and musician with an estimated net worth of $30 million. He is 5’11″ and weighs 190 pounds. Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. was born on October 20, 1958 in New York City, New York. After moves to Denmark and Venezuela, Viggo and his family settled in Buenos Aires, Argentina where his father worked as a rancher. At age eleven, Mortensen returned to New York City with his mother following his parent’s divorce. Two years after graduating college, Viggo decided to follow his acting dream and began stage work in the theater. Making his big screen debut with roles in 1985’s Witness and Search for Tomorrow (1985), Viggo would spend the rest of the eighties and most of the nineties in various supporting movie roles. In 1999, Viggo would grab his big break when he was cast as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
By 2004, Viggo began landing starring lead actor roles including Hidalgo (2004) and A History of Violence (2005) . The actor would earn critical praise for his work in Eastern Promises (2007), winning a British Independent Film for Best Performance by an Actor and garnering his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. After a short break from films, Viggo returned to the big screen in 2009 as “The Man” in the much awaited film adaptation of Cormac McCarthey’s novel, The Road (2009). Also an accomplished poet and artist, Viggo has over a dozen published works showcasing his photography, paintings and poetry.
Viggo was married to punk rock singer Exene Cervenka from 1987 to 1997. The couple has one child, son Henry Blake Mortensen, born January 1988. Viggo is fluent in numerous languages including Danish, French and Spanish, which he has said he is most comfortable speaking. As well as an avid hockey and baseball fan, Viggo is a passionate soccer fan, citing Argentine star athlete Diego Maradona as one of his favorite players.
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