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Aragorn is a man. His mother left him in Rivendell so he would be safe. She knew he would be
hunted all his life. Because he was living with the elves he learnt their language their
culture etc.
Aragorn recievs many names by other people. He become a ranger and now explores around
Middle Earth. This is how he gets all different names. People don't know who he is so they
make up names for him. Strider is a common name given to him by the people of Bree. Elessar
is the name given to him by the elves.
Aragorn is the son of Arothon. He is the heir of Isildor. He is the future king of Gondor.
He will be a very good king. He is willing to give his life for others. He would die
for his people.
Aragorn is love with the elf Arwan. She is Elrond's son. She has givin up her immortality for him.
that's how much she loves him. He gives him the breath of life when he falls off the cliff.
She is always with him. He loves her very much. but another problem is the from the moment
Eowyn saw Aragorn she fell in love with him. She is upset when he goes away to fight.
Aragorn is very determined. He will do anything to see the ring destroyed. He helps Frodo until
Frodo decides to leave by himself.
Born in New York City, on October 20, 1958, to an American father and a Danish mother, Mortensen spent his first years in Manhattan and the rest of his youth living in Argentina, Venezuela, and Denmark. Returning to Manhattan in the early '80s, he studied acting at Warren Robertson's Theatre Workshop and then embarked upon a stage career before moving to Los Angeles. There, he earned a Dramalogue Critics Award for his performance in a Coast Playhouse production of Bent and became a familiar figure on the L.A. punk scene (something that was aided by his brief marriage to Exene Cervenka, lead singer of the punk band X). Following his debut in Witness, Mortensen began working steadily in a number of diverse films, becoming a familiar but not instantly recognizable face to filmgoers. He did some of his more memorable work as a series of louts and villains, in such films as The Indian Runner (1991, written and directed by Sean Penn), which cast him as David Morse's morally questionable brother; Carlito's Way (1993), in which he played a paraplegic ex-con who tries to snitch on Al Pacino; and The Prophecy (aka God's Army) (1995), which required the actor, in the role of Lucifer, to rip out Christopher Walken's heart and then eat it.
Mortensen finally attained a greater measure of recognition with his smoldering portrayal of one of Isabel Archer's (Nicole Kidman) suitors in Jane Campion's 1996 adaptation of The Portrait of a Lady. He then made another strong impression as Demi Moore's rough, tough, and buff training instructor in G.I. Jane (1997) and, the following year, he was one of the few redeeming features of A Perfect Murder, in which he supplied sexy menace (as well as his own art work) as Gwyneth Paltrow's murderous artist lover. He allowed his softer side to come through in Tony Goldwyn's acclaimed A Walk on the Moon (1999), which cast him as the hippie lover of a dissatisfied housewife (Diane Lane) in Woodstock-era upstate New York. His more romantic side was again in evidence in the romantic drama 28 Days (2000), in which he played recovering party girl Sandra Bullock's rehab honey.
Replacing Irish actor Stuart Townsend in the role of Strider shortly after production had begun on director Peter Jackson's eagerly anticipated film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Mortensen secured a strong screen presence through 2003, with the release of the trilogy's final installment, The Return of the King. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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