FrameThrower · Actors · Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
22 films · 1,676 frames · top-billed in 18 · 1990–2024
Born 20 October 1958 · Watertown, New York, USA
Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. is an American actor, writer, director, producer, musician, and multimedia artist. Born and raised in the state of New York to a Danish father and American mother, he also lived in Argentina during his childhood. He is the recipient of various accolades including a Screen Actors Guild Award and has been nominated for three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 22 films · 1,676 frames · top-billed in 18 · 1990–2024
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog2010
- Donostia Award2020
- Bodil Honorary Award2015
- Sitges Grand Honorary Award2009
- Golden Boot Awards2007
- Satellite Awards
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,676 frames from the 22 films we hold. This is the look of the work Viggo takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 22 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 45% natural — the look of the work Viggo takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Eureka
2024 · Murphy
The Dead Don’t Hurt
2023 · Holger Olsen
Crimes of the Future
2022 · Saul Tenser
Falling
2020 · John (50 Yrs)
Green Book
2018 · Tony Lip
Captain Fantastic
2016 · Ben Cash
Jauja
2014 · Gunnar Dinesen
The Two Faces of January
2014 · Chester MacFarland
The Road
2009 · Father
Eastern Promises
2007 · Nikolai Luzhin
A History of Violence
2005 · Tom Stall / Joey Cusack
The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Aragorn
The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Aragorn
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Aragorn
American Yakuza
1993 · Nick Davis / David Brandt
The Indian Runner
1991 · Frank Roberts
The Reflecting Skin
1990 · Cameron Dove
A Dangerous Method
· Sigmund Freud
On The Road
2012 · Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
The Portait of a Lady
1996 · Caspar Goodwood
Crimson Tide
1995 · Lt. Peter 'Weps' Ince
Carlito’s Way
1993 · Lalin
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,676 frames from Viggo Mortensen's 22 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.