Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen;

-Date of Birth; 20 October 1958, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
-Birth Name; Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr.

-Spouse;
Actress, Composer Exene Cervenka (8 July 1987 - 13 March 1998) (divorced) 1 child

-Speaks fluent English, Spanish, Danish, and French, but he also speaks Swedish and Norwegian reasonably well.
-Father of actor Henry Mortensen.

-Has two younger brothers, Walter and Charles. They are both geologists.

-His father's name is also Viggo. His mother's name is Grace.After his parents divorced when he was eleven, he moved to new York with his mother and two younger brothers.

-Has dual citizenship, American and Danish, as his father is a Danish citizen and his mother American.

-He actually painted the large murals in his artist's studio in the film A Perfect Murder (1998).

-Has been photographing for years, recently debuted with an exhibition at the Robert Mann Gallery in NYC. -- American Photo, July/August 2000.
-Writes poetry in his spare time.
-Is also a jazz musician - he has released three CDs so far.

-Owner of publishing company Perceval Press.