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°•●_here is the question .°•●_Biography of Viggo mortensen in brief. °•●_attention : googled answers will be reported ..... ​

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He was born on October 20, 1958, in New York City to a Danish dad and American mum, Viggo and his three brothers became world travellers at an early age, living in Argentina, Venezuela, Denmark and the US. After his parents divorced when he was 11, he eventually settled in Manhattan, and, after finishing high school, went on to study Spanish and government at St Lawrence University in New York State.

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Viggo Peter Mortensen is a Danish-American actor, producer, and musician. Following his first film appearance in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller ‘Witness,’ he has appeared in many other well-known films, including ‘The Indian Runner,’ ‘Carlito's Way,’ ‘Crimson Tide,’ ‘Daylight,’ and ‘28 Days.’ He received international recognition with his role as Aragorn in the epic film trilogy ‘The Lord of the Rings.’ His performance in ‘Eastern Promises’ earned him a nomination for the ‘Academy Award’ for ‘Best Actor.’ His role in ‘A Dangerous Method’ earned him a nomination for the ‘Golden Globe Award’ for ‘Best Supporting Actor.’ He also received a ‘Best Actor’ nomination at the 89th ‘Academy Awards’ for his performance in ‘Captain Fantastic.’ Also an author and poet, Viggo has various books of poetry, photography, and painting to his name. He founded the ‘Perceval Press’ publishing house to help publish the works of little-known artists and authors. He is a renowned painter and photographer as well. His paintings, which are mainly abstract with fragments of his poetry, have been featured in galleries worldwide. As a musician, he has experimented by mixing his poetry and music. He has been granted an honorary doctorate by his alma mater, ‘St. Lawrence University.’

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• Viggo Peter Mortensen was born on October 20, 1958, in New York City, to American mother Grace Gamble and Danish father Viggo Peter Mortensen Sr. While his maternal grandfather was a Canadian, his maternal grandmother was from New England.

• His family moved a lot, frequently shifting to different countries. He attended a primary school in Buenos Aires where his father managed poultry farms and ranches. His parents got divorced when he was 11, and his mother returned to New York with him.

• He graduated from ‘Watertown High School’ in 1976. He attended ‘St. Lawrence University’ in Canton and earned a bachelor's degree in Spanish studies and politics in 1980.

• After graduating, he lived in England and Spain for some time before moving to Denmark where he took up various jobs like driving trucks and selling flowers. He eventually returned to the US to pursue an acting career.

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$\bold{\underline{His ~Career}}$

• Viggo Mortensen made his film debut in ‘The Purple Rose of Cairo,’ but unfortunately his scenes were deleted. In 1985, he made an appearance as an Amish farmer in Peter Weir's ‘Witness.’ In the same year, he was featured in ‘Search for Tomorrow,’ an American television soap opera, where he played the role of Bragg.

• In 1987, he acted in the Martin Sherman play ‘Bent’ which was about homosexual concentration camp prisoners. In the same year, he guest-starred as a police detective in the series ‘Miami Vice.’

• In the 1990s, he appeared in supporting roles in a number of films like ‘The Portrait of a Lady,’ ‘Young Guns II,’ ‘Prison,’ ‘Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III,’ ‘The Indian Runner,’ ‘The Young Americans,’ and ‘The Crew’ among others. His supporting role as Master Chief John Urgayle in ‘G.I. Jane’ was significant.

• The major breakthrough in his career came in 1999, when Peter Jackson cast him as Aragorn in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ film trilogy. He often performed his own stunts and was even injured several times.

• Viggo Mortensen composed the music for ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’ soundtrack, in which he also sang ‘Aragorn's Coronation.’ In the extended DVD edition of the ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie ‘The Fellowship of the Ring,’ he sang ‘The Lay of Beren and Lúthien.’

• In 2002, utilizing some of his earnings from ‘The Lord of the Rings’ films, he, along with his partner Pilar Perez, established the ‘Perceval Press’ to help publish the works of little-known artists.

• In 2004, Viggo Mortensen was cast as Frank Hopkins in ‘Hidalgo,’ which told the story of an ex-army courier who competes with his horse Hidalgo in a desert race for a contest prize.

• He was featured in David Cronenberg's movie ‘A History of Violence,’ an American crime thriller film, written by Josh Olson in 2005. It was an adaptation of the 1997 novel of the same name.

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