Monday, September 22, 2008

Vintage Viggo


Viggo Mortensen in 1980 when he was 22, five years before his first feature film (Peter Weir's Witness) [Photographed by Ellen Graham in New York City]
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11 comments:

J.D. said...

That is a MAN.

Anonymous said...

now that's what i call a tall glass of water....get me a straw!

Mr. Movie Geek said...

THAAAAAAAANK you.

Anonymous said...

the chest in his hair is all in swirls. I like him a little more ripe.

Anonymous said...

I meant, the hair in his chest...

Katey said...

How is it that he looks just as handsome now as he did at 22? I think he was always meant to be more rugged and craggy, and he's actually grown into his looks as he's gotten older.

NATHANIEL R said...

Yes, he didn't get famous until his late 30s and didn't become a big name until his 40s so he's a classic case of late bloomer. He looks so great @ 50 (right now).

I'd never seen a photo of him this young so I had to share.

whitney said...

Wow, he looks amazing...but I prefer rugged, old, tattered Viggo.

Anonymous said...

And to think, I didn't even like him OR think he was good-looking until the second LOTR picture where I was finally won over (forever).

His young Danish look is a bit like Nicolas Coster-Waldau, that new to US Danish actor who was the lead in the short-lived TV series New Amsterdam. And hey, isn't Mads Mikkelson Danish too? I've got to put Denmark on my "must visit" list.

I do hope that Viggo gets appreciative notices for The Road. He's so great when he plays the caring for others roles. Maybe that's why I wasn't so keen on his earlier more villainous roles. I guess I still associate part with actor when I shouldn't.

Anonymous said...

Jaw drops.
He could wrestle me in a naked knife fight any day.

Anonymous said...

Man, he was gorgeous in those photos.

And still is.