<P> Mortensen received international attention in the early 2000s with his role as Aragorn in the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings . In 2005 , Mortensen won critical acclaim for David Cronenberg 's crime thriller A History of Violence . Two years later , another Cronenberg film , Eastern Promises ( 2007 ) , earned him further critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor . A third teaming with Cronenberg in A Dangerous Method ( 2011 ) resulted in a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture . Other well - received films have included Appaloosa ( 2008 ) and Far from Men ( 2014 ) . He received a second Best Actor nomination in 2017 at the 89th Academy Awards for his role in Captain Fantastic . </P>
<P> Mortensen received international attention in the early 2000s with his role as Aragorn in the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings . In 2005 , Mortensen won critical acclaim for David Cronenberg 's crime thriller A History of Violence . Two years later , another Cronenberg film , Eastern Promises ( 2007 ) , earned him further critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor . A third teaming with Cronenberg in A Dangerous Method ( 2011 ) resulted in a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture . Other well - received films have included Appaloosa ( 2008 ) and Far from Men ( 2014 ) . He received a second Best Actor nomination in 2017 at the 89th Academy Awards for his role in Captain Fantastic . </P>
who played aragon in the lord of the rings movies
who played aragon in the lord of the rings movies
Mortensen
Mortensen