Biography
A talented person talented in everything - phrase, as it is impossible to better characterize the multifaceted Personality of Viggo Mortensen. A good artist, the poet and the musician already chose a path in his youth, in which he showed himself as a real professional and a gifted performer - acting art.Childhood and youth
Viggo Peter Mortensen is the younger - so the full name of celebrities sounds like - born in October 1958 in New York. The path to popularity was long and difficult, but led to the desired goal.
Viggo grew in a multinational family, where, in addition to the future actor, two more sons were brought up. Mom Grace Atkinson by nationality Englishwoman, and father - Dane. Grandmother and grandfather on the mother line had a British and Scottish origin.
Parents met in Norway, got married and have changed their place of residence for a long time. At first, settled in South America, where the first years of the life of Viggo passed, then moved to Denmark, where they lived for a couple of years. Then the family in which two more boys were born after the artist, stopped in Argentina. But here Mortensen moved to different provinces.
Frequent crossings and multinational roots helped Viggo to master several languages and grow polyglot. The actor knows English, Danish and Spanish well, and also speaks French, Swedish and Norwegian.
In 1976, Mortensen divorced. The brothers together with her mother moved to New York. Here the star graduated from school. Higher education Artist received at the University of St. Lavrentia, where Viggo was awarded a bachelor's degree in Spanish and politics.
For a while, after receiving a diploma, Mortensen was looking for a place under the sun. Viggo lived in Spain and Denmark. He worked as a truck driver and seller of colors. But in 1982, he finally decided that he would become an actor. For this, Viggo returned to America.
Films
Mortensen's debut in the movie took place when the beginner celebrity was 26 years old. The first episodic role played in the drama "Witness". But in the early 1990s, the artist appeared as secondary characters in such popular films as "Running Indian" and "Texas Chainsaw 3" massacre, repeatedly subjected to censorship. In these paintings, Viggo demonstrated increased acting skills, which did not pass by the attention of Hollywood directors.The second half of the 1990s passed under the sign of romance: Static Mortensen (height - 180 cm with weight 81 kg) starred in melodramas in the image of the Hero-lover. As it turned out to be soon, it opened the Viggo to many directors. "Soldier Jane" with Demi Moore and "Portrait of Lady" with Nicole Kidman became the steps that helped a man to start rapid ascent to glory.
Mortensen talent spurla with all the faces in the fantastic and megapopular project "The Lord of the Rings". The film is the screening of the novel of John Ronalda Ruel Tolkina of the same name. The picture is considered the cinematic Bible Rolevikov and Gicks around the world.
Viggo embodied on the screen one of the key images - the traid of Aragorn, in love with the Elven Princess (Liv Tyler). The role was starry. Mortensen performed risky tricks without a double, because of which he received a number of injuries. For example, broke two fingers on the leg when the orc struck the salt. At the same time, did not receive personal awards, but in all parts of the trilogy team in which Orlando Bloom worked, critics recognized the best acting in the game movie.
A new round of deafening popularity brought to the artist's cooperation with the famous Hollywood director David Kronenberg. High critics estimates followed the "justified cruelty" pattern after entering the screens. It is curious that for American rental Kronenberg released less cruel on the content of the ribbon.
Loud glory came after the next project - the film "Plok for export". The premiere took place in 2007. The fans of the Talent of Wiggo and film critics unanimously proclaimed the role of the Russian gangster strongest in celebrity career. This accuracy was given to the actor by long and painstaking training.
For better entry into the image, Mortensen visited Russia, incognito living in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Yekaterinburg 2 months. In addition, the artist communicated with the former Russian prisoners, taught slang expressions and engaged in Russian with a teacher from Princeton University Stanislav Shvabrins.
In 2009, Viggo starred in the postpocalyptic film "Road". The plot relies on the novel of McCarthy's novel. The lion's share of frames was created in Pennsylvania: so, dunes and coal pools, located in the state, perfectly approached the role of a dramatic landscape, which points out the atmosphere of hopelessness. Cash taxes ($ 27.6 million) slightly exceeded the budget of the picture ($ 25 million).
The prestigious Golden Globe Award came to the Hollywood Artist after the exit of the Bayopic "Dangerous Method" based on the biographies of famous psychoanalysts, where the image of Sigmund Freud got the actor. The honor of playing Charles Jung fell out Michael Fassbender. Both stars have earned a laudatory reviews of film critics. What you can not say about Kiru Knightley, which was ridiculous at the Venice Festival for excessive facial expressions.
In 2016, Mortensen's filmography was replenished with the main role in the tragicomedy "Captain Fiction". The tape tells about a pair that was disappointed in capitalist America. Spouses live with six children in the forest and lead the farm in full self-sustainment. For the work in the picture Viggo received the Satellite Prize and earned a nomination for Kinonagrada "Golden Globe", BAFTA and Oscar.
For the project of Peter Farrelli "Green Book", Mortensen was again among the nominees for prestigious premiums. At the same time, Road Movie won an Oscar as the best movie. Critics and viewers responded about the scenario mainly positively.
In 2018, the press appeared information that Viggo decided to debut as director. Initially, the artist did not want to appear in the frame, but the financing was obtained only at the same time. After the premiere of "Falls" at the beginning of 2020, questions remained. Mainly fans and the media were interested in the orientation of the idol, since Mortensen approved himself to the role of character-gay. The celebrity refused to comment, stating that his preferences do not concern anyone.
Creation
In addition to cinema, Viggo is the founder of PERCEVAL PRESS publisher. Moreover, wrote and published novels and collections of poems. Probably in the soul of Mortensen - Dane, as out of 6 languages, which owns the best rhyme rhymes on Danish. A man developed and as a prose. Written stories accompanied the photos that also did himself.
Wiggo sings perfectly. A number of albums of the artist are recorded in a pair with American guitarist Baquethad (Brian Carroll). But the Plate of PandemoniumFromamerica Mortensen created in 2003 together with the comrades on the "Lord of the Rings" by Dominica by the Nagan, Billy Boyd and Elidge Wood.
And Mortensen is a good painter. The work of the talented author The audience saw in the picture "Perfect murder", where the actor got the role of the artist. When creating works, Wiggo used acrylic and oil paints. "Just like to wipe the canvas, play with it and see what is happening," said the celebrity in an interview.
Personal life
The artist was married once. Love for music near the composer and singer Ikssen Chervenka. Young people legalized relations in 1987. A year later, the son of Henry appeared in the pair. But in 1997, when the boy turned 10 years old, Ikssen and Viggo broke up.The personal life of Mortensen has changed for the better in 2006, when the artist met on the set painting "Captain Alattie" with a colleague Ariad Hil. Since then, lovers do not part, but the novel is not burdened by the Uzami of the Official Union. The Ariadna also remained children from the previous marriage. There are no common heirs.
Viggo Mortensen now
Gifted Viggo is still in demand as an actor. In 2021, there was information that Oskarone Ron Howard called Mortensen to the "Thirteen Lives" project. The film is based on real events when the children's football team was in Western, without the opportunity to get out of the cave of Tham Luang in Thailand. The artist will reincarnate on the screen in a brave diver. Planned places of filming - Southeast Asia and Australia.
Filmography
- 1993 - "Path of Carlito"
- 1995 - "Prophecy"
- 1996 - "Portrait of Lady"
- 1997 - "Soldier Jane"
- 1998 - "Perfect Murder"
- 1998 - "Psychosis"
- 2001-2003 - "The Lord of the Rings"
- 2004 - "Hidalgo"
- 2005 - "justified cruelty"
- 2007 - "Pulk for export"
- 2011 - "Dangerous Method"
- 2016 - "Captain Fiction"
- 2018 - "Green Book"
- 2020 - "Fall"