But after nearly eleven years of marriage, the couple divorced. He appeared in Salvation! (1987) and married his co-star, Exene Cervenka. He made his film debut with a small part in Witness (1985). He appeared in several plays and movies, and eventually moved to Los Angeles, where his performance in "Bent" at the Coast Playhouse earned him a Drama-logue Critic's Award. In New York, Viggo found work waiting tables and tending bar and began taking acting classes, studying with Warren Robertson. In 1982, he fell in love and followed his girlfriend back to New York City, hoping for a long romance and a writing career. He began writing poetry and short stories while working many odd jobs, from dock worker to flower seller. After graduation, he moved to Denmark - driven by the need for a defining purpose in life. Viggo attended Watertown High School, and became a very good student and athlete. His mother moved herself and the children back to her home state of New York. Then, at age eleven, his parents divorced. When Viggo was seven, his parents sent him to a a strict boarding school, isolated in the foothills of the mountains of Argentina. Two more sons were born, Charles and Walter, before the marriage grew increasingly unhappy. managed chicken farms and ranches in Venezuela and Argentina. was born, before moving to South America, where Viggo, Sr. They wed and moved to New York, where Viggo, Jr. His father was Danish, his mother was American, and his maternal grandfather was Canadian. Mortensen was born in New York City, to Grace Gamble (Atkinson) and Viggo Peter Mortensen, Sr.
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