The Big Picture: Viggo Mortensen Career & Biographical Notes: Screen debut was as a young Amish farmer in the Harrison Ford film Witness Replaced Stuart Townsend in role of Aragorn in Lord of the Rings series after filming began Has appeared in films by both directing Scott brothers: Ridley's GI Jane and Tony's Crimson Tide Still introduces himself at parties as King of Middle Earth; fewer and fewer people impressed

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Viggo Mortensen Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Fellowship of the Ring (Part I), The
• Fellowship of the Ring (Part II), The
• People Working Together
• Return of the King (Part I), The
• Return of the King (Part II), The
• Two Towers (Part I), The
• Two Towers (Part II), The

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
The Road	11/25/09	R			6.00	Info
Good	12/31/08	N/A
Appaloosa	9/19/08	N/A
Eastern Promises	9/14/07				15.22	Info
A History of Violence	9/23/05	R	14	0.52	31.49	Info
Hidalgo	3/5/04	PG-13	3063	18.83	67.29	Info
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	12/17/03	PG-13	3703	72.62	377.02	Info
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	12/18/02		3622	61.50	340.48	Info
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	12/19/01	PG-13	3359	47.21	313.84	Info

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Awards:

2007
Eastern Promises

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Satellites
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-up: Best Actor, Online Film Critics Association

2005
A History of Violence

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Satellites

2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor - Drama, Golden Satellites

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