Viggo Mortensen, nominated for Best Actor for his performance in Eastern Promises, has never been nominated for an Oscar before, but he did share an award for Best Cast from the Screen Actors Guild for 2003’s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. (Click the DVD for a quote from his character.)

(Buy The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King at Amazon.) (Read my review of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.) (Read my review of Eastern Promises.)

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