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Danish-American actor, musician, photographer, poet, and painter Viggo Mortensen's net worth is $30 million, his wealth due to his acting career. Born in 1958 in New York City his film debut was in the thriller Witness in 1985. Subsequently he had roles in notable films throughout the 1990’s, but he made his big film breakthrough with The Lord of the Rings role as Aragon in 2001. He is also the composer of one of the songs on Lord of the Rings and sings on one them in the trilogy.

He continued with good roles in great movies and received a best actor nomination for Eastern Promises in 2007. The politically active Viggo Mortensen also founded a publication house in 2002, The Perceval Press to help struggling actors and writers in getting their work published. He also runs personal projects such as literature, songs, poetry, photography, and fine arts from there. Holding a dual American-Danish citizenship he is fluent in English, Danish, and Spanish with conversational knowledge in Italian and French.

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2003

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Salary from Hidalgo

$2,000,000