• 6 January - Appearances in Concord, New Hampshire in support of Dennis Kucinich
• 9 January - recording of 'The People Speak' documentary, Majestic Theatre Boston
• 22 January - Madrid, Spain
• 27 January - SAG Awards, Los Angeles

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• 28 January - Goya Awards, Spain
• 16 February - Completion of Filming of Eastern Promises
• 5 March - Miami International Film Festival
• 17 March - Participates in anti-war march in LA
• 17 March - Alatriste Premiere at Egyptian Theatre
• 23 March - Alatriste Premiere at Guadalajara Film Festival
• 26 March - Alatriste Premiere in Chile
• 28 March - Alatriste Premiere in Argentina
• 30 March - Appearance on Susana's show
• 1 April - San Lorenzo football match, Buenos Aires
• 2 April - San Lorenzo Photographic Exhibition
• May - Good begins filming in Hungary
• 18 June - Rome for Alatriste publicity
• 13 July- screening of Alatriste in Ringsted, Denmark
• 17 July - Press Conference for 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
• 11 August - honoured at Golden Boot Awards, Beverly Hilton Hotel
• 8 September - Toronto Film Festival - Eastern Promises Gala Screening
• 11 September - Eastern Promises Premiere - New York
• 12 September - Good Morning America - New York
• 13 September - Letterman Show - New York
• 20 September - San Sebastian Film Festival
• 23 September - Copenhagen, Denmark - Gala screening of Eastern Promises
• October - Appaloosa filming commences
• end November - Appaloosa filming end
• 5/6 December - Los Angeles - various screenings of Eastern Promises with Q&A Sessions

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• 6 January - appearance at New York Times Arts and Leisure Weekend, New York
• 7 January - Palm Springs International Film Festival Gala
• 14 January - Georg Gudni and Viggo Book signing at Track 16, Santa Monica
• 19 February - Book signing - ICP, New York
• 24 February - Japan - HoV Press Conference
• 27 February - Sydney - HoV Premiere
• 1 March - Melbourne - HoV Premiere
• 30 March - Private opening of Dennis Hopper's 'Survey: A Photographic Exhibition' at the Ace Gallery in Los Angeles
• 1 April - '3 Fools 4 April' Poetry reading at Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles with Scott Wannberg and Henry Mortensen
• 21 May - Receives Honourary Doctorate at St Lawrence University
• June - Visit to Tehran
• 17 June, Four Tales, Jaxon House Gallery,Venice
• late August/early September - Alatriste press call in Spain
• 7-9 September - Political fundraising event with Dr Robert Johnson
• 12 September - Canadian Premiere of Alatriste at TIFF
• 13 October - Leon - Presentation of Gold medal
• October - Rome Film Festival
• 19 November - Filming of Eastern Promises commences in London

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• February-June - filming on Alatriste, various locations in Spain, projected release fall 2006
• 16 May attended Cannes Film Festival with David Cronenberg team from A History of Violence at its world premiere.
• 11 August - support for Cindy Sheehan in her peace vigil at Crawford, Texas.
• Wild Horse Preservation video released. Narrator
• September - Toronto International Film Festival
• September - Many television interviews, promoting A History of Violence
• 5 October - Dramatic Reading of "Voices" at George & Sakaye Aratani Japan America Theatre in Los Angeles with Howard Zinn
• October receives Red Hen Press 2005 Award of Excellence in recognition of his contributions supporting literary arts at Antioch University, Los Angeles
• October - Promotes European Premieres of A History of Violence
• November - South American A History of Violence promotion tour

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• January - final ROTK promotions (Japan)
• February/March - Hidalgo promotions (USA, Canada, Spain, France, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Argentina, Mexico)
• Hidalgo released, April. Character: Frank Hopkins
• "The Horse is Good". Photographs. (Perceval Press)
• "Live At Beyond Baroque II" Spoken word CD (Perceval Press/EM Press)
• "Please Tomorrow" Intsrumental CD (Perceval Press/TDRS Music)
• "This, That and The Other" Spoken word & instrumental CD (Perceval Press/TDRS Music)
• "The Best American Nonrequired Reading". Introduction - text & CD (Houghton Mifflin)
• September-November - filming on A History of Violence, Toronto & surrounding area

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• Opens exhibition & gives poetry reading at St. Lawrence University in Canton NY
• Hidalgo re-shoots
• "Un Hueco en el Sol". Catalogue for exhibition at Fototeca, Cuba (Spanish), photographs (Perceval Press)
• Return of the King re-shoots
• "Nye falsknerier". Poetry (Danish translation) ( )
• "Katalog". Catalogue for Ephemeris exhibition in Odense, Denmark.
• "45301", Photographs (Perceval Press)
• "Miyelo", Photographs & essays. (Perceval Press)
• "For Wellington/Mo Te Upoko-o-te-ika". Photographs (Perceval Press)
• "Twilight of Empire". Poem "Back to Babylon" (Perceval Press)
• "Spoken Word Revolution". selected poems - text & CD. ( )
• "Pandemoniumfromamerica" Spoken word, song & instrumental CD. (Perceval Press/TDRS Music)
• October 25, peace rally in Washington D.C., distributes t-shirts & reads "Back to Babylon"
• Return of the King released, December, Wellington NZ. Character: Aragorn/Elessar (score contains his brief song "Aragorn's Coronation") (son Henry plays various unrecognizable roles)

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• Perceval Press founded by Viggo in partnership with Pilar Perez.
• primary shooting of Hidalgo
• re-shoots for The Two Towers
• "SignLanguage". Photographs taken during filming of the Lord of the Rings. ( )
• "Coincidence of Memory". Poetry & photographs ( )
• "Hole in the Sun". Photographs (Perceval Press)
• as of the end of October, stops accepting (answering) fan mail
• The Two Towers released in December. Character: Aragorn (son Henry has a bit as a Rohan child)

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• filming Lord of the Rings in New Zealand
• Fellowship of the Ring released in December. Character: Aragorn/Strider

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• filming Lord of the Rings in New Zealand
• "Errant Vine". Catalogue, photographs & paintings (Robert Mann Gallery)
• 28 Days released. Character: Eddie Boone

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• "Live At Beyond Baroque" - spoken word CD recorded live at the Beyond Baroque center in Venice, CA. (Smart Art Press)
• "One Man's Meat" - spoken word CD with music (Lightning Creek/Smart Art Press)
• A Walk On The Moon released. Character: Walker Jerome
• filming of 28 Days
• call from Peter Jackson about The Lord of the Rings in November

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• 13 March, divorced from Exene Cervenka.
• "Recent Forgeries". Poetry, photographs & paintings, with CD. (Smart Art Press)
• "New Yorker Out Loud". Reading from Jack Kerouac's journals on CD. ( )
• "The Other Parade". Instrumental CD. ( )
• A Perfect Murder released. Character: David Shaw
• Psycho released. Character: Sam Loomis

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• "One Less Thing To Worry About". Spoken word & songs CD. (Lightning Creek)
• La Pistola di mi Hermano (Spain). Character: Juanito
• G.I. Jane released. Character: Master Chief Jack Urgayle
• Vanishing Point (made for TV). Character: Jimmy Kowalski

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• Myth: Dreams of the World. Poseidon: Spoken word with guitar by Buckethead (Dove Audio)
• Daylight released. Character: Roy Nord
• The Portrait of a Lady released. Character: Casper Goodwood
• Albino Alligator released. Character: Guy Foucard

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• Crimson Tide released. Character: Lt. Peter "Weps" Ince (Henry plays his son)
• The Prophecy/God's Army released. Character: Lucifer
• The Passion of Darkly Noon released. Character: Clay
• Gimlet released (Spain). In Spanish. Character: Hombre (Man)
• Black Velvet Pantsuit released. Character: worthless junkie

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• Floundering released. Character: Homeless man (Exene & Henry play his wife & son)
• The Crew released. Character: Philip
• American Yakuza released. Character: Nick Davis/David Brandt

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• "Ten Last Night". Poetry. (Illuminati Press)
• "Don't Tell Me What To Do". Live Recording on CD
• Boiling Point released. Character: Ronnie
• Ruby Cairo/Deception released. Character: Johnny Faro
• Carlito's Way released. Character: Lalin
• The Young Americans released. Character: Carl Frazer
• The Gospel According to Harry released (aka Ewangelia Wedlug Harry'ego; Desert Lunch) (Poland) Character: Wes

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• Viggo & Exene split up.

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• Photography for Exene Cervenka's album "Running Sacred"
• "1991". Audiotape of spoken word.
• The Indian Runner released. Character: Frank Roberts

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• Photography for Exene Cervenka's album "Old Wives' Tales"
• Leatherface/Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 released. Character: Tex
• Young Guns II released. Character: John W. Poe
• The Reflecting Skin released. Character: Cameron Dove
• Tripwire released. Character: Hans
• Once in a Blue Moon released. Character: Delroy

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• 28 January, birth of Henry Blake Mortensen, only child of Viggo & Exene. Family moves to Idaho.
• Fresh Horses released. Character: Green
• Prison released. Character: Burke/Forsythe Electrocution

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• Salvation! released. Character: Jerome Stample
• Viggo moves to Los Angeles
• stage play "Bent", played Nazi officer; received Dramalogue Critic's Award for his performance
• brief part in "Miami Vice" episode "Red Tape". Character: Eddie Trumbull
• 8 July, Viggo & Exene marry.

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• Viggo meets Exene (Christene) Cervenka, lead singer in the punk band "X", on the set of Salvation! in New York City. Viggo plays Exene's husband Jerome in the film.

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• Witness released. Character: Moses Hochleitner (Viggo's first film role that survived the final cut)
• soap opera role: Bragg in "Search for Tomorrow"
• scenes from The Purple Rose of Cairo and Swing Shift did not survive the final cut

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• bit part in TV mini-series "George Washington". Character: Lieutenant at LeBoeuf

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• Continued to study with Warren Robertson & acted in several plays in repertory theatre

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• Follows a girlfriend back to New York City, intending to pursue both her & a writing career. Worked as a waiter & bartender. Took acting classes (Warren Robertson's Theater Workshop)

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• Worked as a translator for the Swedish hockey team at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics
• Viggo graduates from St. Lawrence University, Canton NY, with a B.A. cum laude in Spanish Literature and Government (double major). Moves to Denmark after graduation, where he works odd jobs (dock worker, flower seller, truck driver, smelting plant worker, carpenter, waiter).

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• Viggo graduates from Watertown High School

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• Acquires the "trademark" scar on his upper lip via "a combination of a fist and a barbwire fence on a particularly bad Halloween night." Viggo was reputedly drunk at the time.

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• Member of swim team (high school yearbook)

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• Attends Munich Olympics

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• Viggo's parents divorce.
• That summer, Viggo returns to live in northern New York State with his mother and two younger brothers (Charles & Walter). He attends school in Watertown, NY.

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• Enrolled at age 7 in boarding school in Argentina, in the foothills of the mountains.

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• Mortensen family move to South America when Viggo is 2 years old.
• Viggo also visits Denmark for the first time, with his father, at age 2.

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• 20 October - Birth of Viggo Peter Mortensen, eldest son of Viggo Peter Mortensen & Grace A. Mortensen, in Manhattan, New York. Viggo Sr. and Grace met in Europe, while skiing in Norway.

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