Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. (b.1958) is a Danish-American actor, author, musician, photographer, poet, and painter. Born in New York to a Danish father and American mother, he was a resident of Venezuela and Argentina during his childhood. He is the recipient of various accolades including a Screen Actors Guild Award and has been nominated for three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.
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Fate leads those who are willing. The unwilling it drags.
—Viggo Mortensen
You don’t have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.
—Viggo Mortensen
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