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Where does Viggo Mortensen live?

Where does Viggo Mortensen live?

Spain
Throughout his career, before and since his breakout as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings, Mortensen has cultivated an aura of quiet eccentricity about him, bolstered by the various facts of his life: He lives abroad in Spain, runs his own independent publishing company, writes poetry, unceremoniously appears fully nude …

Where did Viggo Mortensen grow up?

New York
Viggo Peter Mortensen was born in 1958 in Manhattan, New York, to a Danish father and an American mother. He spent much of his early childhood traveling with his family and spent several years in Venezuela, Argentina and Denmark before returning to New York, where he studied at St Lawrence University.

Is Viggo Mortensen Native American?

Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. (/ˈviːɡoʊ ˈmɔːrtənsən/; Danish: [ˈviko ˈmɒːtn̩sn̩]; born October 20, 1958) is an American actor, author, musician, photographer, poet, and painter. Born in New York to a Danish father and American mother, he lived in Argentina during his childhood.

What nationality is Viggo Mortensen?

American
Danish
Viggo Mortensen/Nationality

Viggo Mortensen, in full Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr., (born October 20, 1958, New York City, New York, U.S.), American actor known for his striking demeanour and understated persuasiveness in roles ranging from shockingly brutal to heroic. Mortensen’s mother was American and his father Danish.

Where does Viggo Mortensen live in Los Angeles?

Viggo Mortensen owns a home in Los Angeles, where he lives part-time. The home is located in Venice, California. He also owns property in northern Sandpoint, Idaho.

How old is Viggo Mortensen and his son?

Family first: Viggo Mortensen made it a family night on Monday. The 60-year-old star took his 31-year-old son Henry Mortensen to the Movie For Grownup Awards presented by AARP the Magazine held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills

What kind of horse does Viggo Mortensen ride?

Actor Viggo Mortensen has got a habit of adopting his equine co-stars. Not only did he purchase 14.2hh paint pony T.J. from his film Hidalgo, but after starring in Lord of the Rings, he bought three horses from the film. Two were the horses he rode as the character Aragorn — Uraeus, a bay Dutch warmblood and Kenny, a quiet chestnut.

Who was Viggo Mortensen in the movie Hidalgo?

In 2004, Viggo Mortensen was chosen as Frank Hopkins in ‘Hidalgo,’ which told the story of an ex-army courier who plays with his horse Hidalgo in a desert race for a contest prize. He was starred in David Cronenberg’s movie ‘A History of Violence,’ an American crime thriller film, written by Josh Olson in 2005.