Biografie

Cleft chin

Quiet, methodical style of speaking

Often plays rugged but reluctant heroes

Frequently cast by David Cronenberg

Relaxed naturalistic acting style

Purchased the horses he rode in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and Hidalgo - 3000 Meilen zum Ruhm (2004) after the films were completed.

Speaks fluent English, Spanish, Danish, and French, but he also speaks yet not fluently Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian and Arabic.

Is also a jazz musician - he has released three CDs so far.

At first, turned down the part of Aragorn of Lord of the Rings. His son convinced him to do the part.

Broke two toes during the filming of Der Herr der Ringe: Die zwei Türme (2002), in the scene where he kicks an Orc helmet.

On the role of an actor in film: "It comes down to the fact that you supply the blue, and they supply the other colors and mix them with your blue, and maybe there's some blue left in the painting and maybe there isn't. Maybe there wasn't supposed to be any there in the first place. So have some fun and make a good blue and walk away."

I don't plan [my career]; I wait and hope the right thing will find me.

Photography, painting or poetry those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things, they are my way of communicating.

I'm the one who said yes to these movies, and now I'm having to pay the price for it. I mean if I had my druthers, I wouldn't do any movies anymore, frankly.

I was on my way out of a Sunday rehearsal. When I was walking out of the gym, all sort of sweaty, half in street clothes and half in Aragorn's clothes, waving the sword around, trying to keep a mental picture of what we've just done. Just walking down the street, down to where my car was parked, on a Sunday afternoon, waving the sword around, looking like some desperate Rasputin character. Cops car comes: there's been some report...