He's not the type to rest on the laurels of success and engage in soulless entertainment to fill his bank account. Viggo Mortensen, the international star of Lord of the Rings and David Cronenberg's favorite actor (A History of Violence, A DangerousMethod), has been bringing his atypical personality into the cinema landscape for several decades.
Not content with starring in ambitious films like Captain Fantastic (2016), by Matt Ross, or Green Book (2018), by Peter Farrelly, the multi-card Mortensen also has a stimulating career as a photographer, poet, painter, musician and director.
