ACTOR

Viggo Mortensen

1958 - Today

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Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. R (Danish: [ˈviko ˈmɒːtn̩sn̩]; born October 20, 1958) is an American actor, artist, musician and filmmaker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viggo Mortensen has received more than 21,192,408 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Viggo Mortensen is the 238th most popular actor (down from 235th in 2019), the 453rd most popular biography from United States (down from 433rd in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Actor.

Viggo Mortensen is most famous for playing Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Viggo Mortensens by language

Over the past year Viggo Mortensen has had the most page views in the with 2,498,752 views, followed by Spanish (564,139), and German (341,487). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Macedonian (377.94%), Simple English (158.65%), and Galician (46.79%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Viggo Mortensen ranks 238 out of 13,578. Before him are Dennis Hopper, Anna Magnani, Dolph Lundgren, Lauren Bacall, Ursula Andress, and Mako. After him are Danny Trejo, Michel Piccoli, Bryan Cranston, Jayne Mansfield, Jodie Foster, and Ian McShane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Viggo Mortensen ranks 14. Before him are Sharon Stone, Gary Oldman, Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Kate Bush, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Prince. After him are Anna Politkovskaya, Ice-T, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marie Fredriksson, Alec Baldwin, and Kevin Bacon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Viggo Mortensen ranks 453 out of 20,380. Before him are Leslie Groves (1896), Lauren Bacall (1924), Bernie Madoff (1938), O. J. Simpson (1947), George Herbert Mead (1863), and Robert Johnson (1911). After him are Diana Ross (1944), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), Val Logsdon Fitch (1923), William G. Morgan (1870), Danny Trejo (1944), and Roy Lichtenstein (1923).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Viggo Mortensen ranks 114. Before him are George Clooney (1961), Ed Harris (1950), Shirley MacLaine (1934), Richard Widmark (1914), Dennis Hopper (1936), and Lauren Bacall (1924). After him are Danny Trejo (1944), Bryan Cranston (1956), Jayne Mansfield (1933), Jodie Foster (1962), Paul Walker (1973), and Kevin Spacey (1959).

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Television and Movie Roles

Green Book
Tony Lip
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
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Captain Fantastic
Ben Cash
A father living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest with his six young kids tries to assimilate back into society.
Jul 8o 20167.913 / 10
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Aragorn
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
Dec 18o 20018.407 / 10