Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. was born in New York City on October 20, 1958, the son of Grace Gamble (July 8, 1928 - April 25, 2015, née Atkinson) and Viggo Peter Mortensen Sr. (May 8, 1929 - March 2, 2017) His mother was American, while his father was Danish; they met in Norway. His maternal grandfather was a Canadian from Nova Scotia, and his maternal grandmother's family was from New England. The family moved to Venezuela, then Denmark, and eventually settled in Argentina in the provinces of Córdoba, Chaco, and Buenos Aires, where Mortensen attended primary school and acquired a fluent proficiency in Spanish while his father managed poultry farms and ranches.
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Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. was born in New York City on October 20, 1958, the son of Grace Gamble (July 8, 1928 - April 25, 2015, née Atkinson) and Viggo Peter Mortensen Sr. (May 8, 1929 - March 2, 2017) His mother was American, while his father was Danish; they met in Norway. His maternal grandfather was a Canadian from Nova Scotia, and his maternal grandmother's family was from New England. The family moved to Venezuela, then Denmark, and eventually settled in Argentina in the provinces of Córdoba, Chaco, and Buenos Aires, where Mortensen attended primary school and acquired a fluent proficiency in Spanish while his father managed poultry farms and ranches.
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