Viggo Mortensen


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BirthDate
BirthPlace
10/19/1958
New York, NY
  • Broderick considers ditching beloved baseball team
    By: WENN.com Source January 03, 2010 1:30pm EST
    Sports-mad actor Matthew Broderick is so disillusioned with his beloved New York Mets baseball team, he's thinking of switching his allegiance.
  • 'Inglourious Basterds,' 'Nine' Lead Critics Choice Nominations
    By: WENN.com Source December 14, 2009 6:42am EST
    Quentin Tarantino’s 'Inglourious Basterds' and movie musical 'Nine' are leading the awards-season charge with 10 nominations apiece from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
  • Inglourious Basterds and Nine lead Critics' Choice nominations
    By: WENN.com Source December 14, 2009 6:15am EST
    Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and movie musical Nine are leading the awards season charge with 10 nominations apiece from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
  • Brolin revelled in kissing Fox
    By: WENN.com Source December 11, 2009 9:30am EST
    Josh Brolin made the most of his love scenes with sexy Megan Fox during filming for Jonah Hex, because he wanted to take "revenge" on his actress wife Diane Lane for all of her steamy onscreen clinches.
  • Mortensen planned Oscars soccer tribute
    By: WENN.com Source December 09, 2009 4:00am EST
    Viggo Mortensen was doubly disappointed he didn't win at the 2007 Academy Awards, because he was planning a tribute to his favourite soccer team if he was invited up to the podium.
  • The things they say:
    By: WENN.com Source December 09, 2009 4:00am EST
    "On Lord Of The Rings we had these little people who were stand-ins for the hobbits. One time Dominic (Monaghan) and I mimicked this one particular guy who had a really distinctive voice and rang the producers to say that all the little people were stranded on (New Zealand's) South Island with nothing to eat and no water. It became this big crisis and the producers sent everyone scrambling." VIGGO MORTENSEN reveals his favourite on-set practical joke.
  • Stallone's paintings sell for thousands
    By: WENN.com Source December 03, 2009 12:15pm EST
    Hollywood action man Sylvester Stallone has made a splash in the art world - one of his paintings has just sold for $50,000 (£31,250).
  • The Things They Say:
    By: WENN.com Source November 25, 2009 4:00am EST
    "It was a basic requirement of the story that I not look well fed, so I simply ate less." VIGGO MORTENSEN on how he dropped 30 pounds (13.6 kilograms) to play a starving apocalypse survivor in THE ROAD.
  • The Road Review
    By: Brett Buckalew November 20, 2009 11:30am EST
    An adaptation of a beloved novel that’s emotionally affecting enough to please fans and the uninitiated alike, even if it falls short of its source material’s profound beauty.
  • Hurt to be honoured in London
    By: WENN.com Source October 08, 2009 5:00am EST
    Veteran actor John Hurt is to be honoured for his achievements in the movie industry with a prestigious award from the London Film Festival.