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File No. 006942 · Adjudicated
Viggo Mortensen
Actor — A History of Violence, Eastern Promises, The Lord of the Rings
Born
1958
Birthplace
NEW YORK CITY, U.S.
Citizenships
US / CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
1.5/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria
Designation
We'll Allow It 🙋Technically qualifies. Nobody is thrilled about it.
Scorecard
Path B — not born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
NEW YORK CITY, U.S.
Canadian parentage — no
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — yes
Held — by descent or naturalisation
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — no
Raised elsewhere
Lived in Canada by choice — no
No adult residency on record
Worked or filmed in Canada — yes
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. It carries no weight under either path.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Has never brought it up
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
He holds triple citizenship — American, Canadian, and Danish — a detail that rarely makes it into the trailer.
The verdict
Made A History of Violence — one of David Cronenberg's best films — largely on Ontario streets and soundstages, and reunited with Cronenberg for Eastern Promises (shot in London). Unlike the rest of this batch, though, there's real paperwork behind it: he holds genuine Canadian citizenship alongside American and Danish. Not just a filming credit — an actual passport.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
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References — en.wikipedia.org