Friday Man Babe - Viggo Mortensen

Mortensen’s breakthrough came in 1999 with he was cast as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Bob Anderson, described Mortensen as “the best swordsman I’ve ever trained.”

In 2004, Mortensen starred as Frank Hopkins in Hidalgo, the story of an ex-army courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse. In 2005, Mortensen had a role in History of Violence. He starred as Captain Diego Alatriste in Alatriste (2006), In September 2007, the film Eastern Promises, was released. His nude fight scene in a steam room was applauded by Roger Ebert: “Years from now, it will be referred to as a benchmark.” Mortensen’s performance in Eastern Promises resulted in his winning the Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film award from the British Independent Film Awards. He also received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination.