Viggo Mortensen Bio, Net Worth, Salary, Married, Wife, & Children

Viggo Mortensen is a Danish-American actor, author, musician, photographer, poet, and painter. Viggo gained fame as an actor for his Academy Award nomination role in movies such as Psycho, A perfect murder, A walk on the moon, and Captain fantastic, to name a few.

Moreover, Viggo received international attention for his role as Aragorn in the epic fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Ring. He was married to singer and poet Exene Cervenka. Also, the couple shares a child. If you’ve wondered about your lifestyle, net worth and personal details about Viggo, allow us to quench that thirst. So read this article.

Mixed Background

Viggo Mortensen was born Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr on October 20, 1958, in Watertown, Newyork. He holds dual American and Danish citizenship. He was taken to his father, Viggo Peter Mortensen Sr and his mother, Grace Gamble. His father managed Poultry farms and ranches when he was a small kid. Currently, a 61-year-old actor belongs to mixed ethnicity.

Likewise, his mother’s side grandparents were Canadian from Nova Scotia and one of his grandmothers from Norway, where Viggo’s parents met for the first time. Interestingly, the actor grew up in different countries after his parents moved to Venezuela, then Demark, before settling in Cordoba Chaco and Bueno Aires in Argentina. He attended primary school in Argentina and acquired fluent proficiency in Spanish despite being born in the U.S.

Viggo was born as the eldest child in the family, followed by two brothers. Sadly his parents divorced when he was 11 years old, due to which Viggo returned to Newyork to live with his mother. He enrolled in Watertown high school in the same place where he was born. Later the Indian runner actor graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish studies and politics from St Lawrence University in 1980.

Eventually, after completing his studies, he moved to England and Spain before traveling to Denmark and took various jobs, such as driving a truck and selling flowers in Copenhagen. Ultimately, after living for a couple of years, Viggo moved to the U.S. to pursue an acting career. Later, he got noticed by Peter Weir and cast in one of the movies names Witness as the role of an Amish farmer because of his face.

Married Exene Cervenka

Mortensen was married to American actress and singer Exene Cervenka. The couple tied the knot in an intimate ceremony on July 8, 1987. Exene is famous for her work as a singer in the California Punk rock band X. The ex-married couple met on the set of the comedy film Salvation, where they were cast against each other. Eventually, they walked down the aisle a year later and started living together in Idaho, sharing a child.

However, things started to fall after the birth of their child, a son named Henry Blake Mortensen, on January 28, 1988. Also, the father-son duo can be seen as the reel life father-son together in the 1995 film Crimson tide. Things were smooth and fine for some years, but after a long period of dispute, they separated in 1992 before finalizing the divorce in 1997.

Who is his Current partner?

Although, Mortensen had never thought of being in a relationship after getting divorced from the mother of his only son Exene. He stayed single for two years and focused fully on his promising career, but destiny had a different plan for him. Eventually, he started dating Spanish actress Ariadna Gil after meeting her during his vacation to Spain. Ariadna is best known for his Goya Award-winning role for her expressive acting in the Spanish movie Belle Epoque.

Nevertheless, since then, Ariadna was also single after she parted ways with her husband, David Trueba. It became quite easy for them to hang out. The current partner decided to move together and started spending time together in 2009. As of now, Mortensen lives with her in Spain.

Net worth-$30 million

Viggo has a net worth of a total of $30 million from his career as an actor, poet, photographer, painter, and author. He could be earning around $500,000 to $750,000 for a movie which is an average fee for a supporting role actor. Although he appears as a leading man in the film, most of his role in movies is supporting roles. As of now, Viggo has starred in some of the highest-grossing films, such as:

S.N.	Movies	Budget	Box-office Collection	Cast
1	A perfect murder	$60 million	$128 million	Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$94 million	$1.120 billion	Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Bernard Hill, Sean Bean
3	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	$94 million	$927.6 million	Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Karl Urban, Andy Serkis
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	$93 million	$872 million	Ian Holm, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Dominic Monaghan

Additionally, Viggo has some upcoming movies named Falling this year. Currently, he lives in Spain and owns a house in Los Angeles and Idaho worth millions.