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Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa (born August 1, 1979[1]) is an American actor. He made his acting debut as Jason Ioane on the syndicated action drama series Baywatch: Hawaii (1999–2001), which was followed by portrayals of Ronon Dex on the Syfy science fiction series Stargate Atlantis (2005–2009), Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2011–2012), Declan Harp on the Discovery Channel historical drama series Frontier (2016–2018), and Baba Voss on the Apple TV+ science fiction series See (2019–2022). Momoa was featured as the lead of the two lattermost series.

Jason Momoa
Momoa in 2018
Born	Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa (1979-08-01) August 1, 1979 (age 43) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Occupation	Actor filmmaker
Years active	1999–present
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Spouse	Lisa Bonet ​ ​ (m. 2017; sep. 2022)​
Children	2
Relatives	Zoë Kravitz (step-daughter)
Signature

Since 2016, Momoa portrays Arthur Curry / Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), headlining the eponymous 2018 film and its 2023 sequel. Momoa also played Duncan Idaho in the 2021 film adaptation of the science fiction novel Dune.

Early life

An only child, Momoa was born on August 1, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii,[2] to Coni (Lemke), a photographer, and Joseph Momoa, a painter. His father is of Native Hawaiian ancestry[3][4] and his mother is of German and Irish heritage,[2] with self-identified Pawnee ancestry.[5] Shortly after his birth, his parents divorced and he and his mother moved to Norwalk, Iowa where he was raised. He graduated from Norwalk High School where he was part of the soccer team alongside Brandon Routh.[6] He attended the University of Hawaii.[1]

Career

At 19 years old, while living and working in Honolulu, Momoa decided to audition for the television series Baywatch Hawaii,[1][7] in which he was cast as Jason Ioane (1999–2001).[8]

In addition to his appearances in Johnson Family Vacation (2004), and Stargate: Atlantis (2005–2009), Momoa was cast as Roman in four episodes of the comedy-drama television series The Game (2009). He portrayed the title protagonist in Conan the Barbarian (2011), a reimagining of the 1982 film of the same name and a role made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Momoa gained his role of Khal Drogo on HBO's Game of Thrones through his audition, in which he performed a Haka,[9] one of many intimidating Māori dances traditionally used to convey a challenge to an opponent, or a welcome to a visitor.[10]

Momoa directed and co-wrote Road to Paloma (2014), an American drama thriller film, together with writers Jonathan Hirschbein and Robert Homer Mollohan. The film stars Momoa, Sarah Shahi, Lisa Bonet, Michael Raymond-James, and Wes Studi.[11] It premiered at the 2014 Sarasota Film Festival in April 2014.[12] The film had a limited theatrical release on July 15, 2014, in New York City and Los Angeles and a VOD release.[13]

In March 2014, Momoa joined the dark comedy/thriller indie Sugar Mountain alongside Cary Elwes and Haley Webb; its principal photography was done in Alaska.[14][15] He also starred as Phillip Kopus, a Ramapough Mountain Indian, on the SundanceTV drama series The Red Road (2014–2015).[16]

In June 2014, Momoa was reported to have been cast in the role of Arthur Curry/Aquaman, after he auditioned for Bruce Wayne/Batman.[17] He first played the role in a cameo in the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,[18][19][20] marking Aquaman's live action film debut. Momoa played the character in a leading role in the 2017 ensemble film Justice League and its director's cut; Zack Snyder's Justice League. He then starred in the Aquaman solo film, which released in late 2018.[21][22][23] He also reprised this role in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.[24]

In August 2014, Momoa portrayed Connor in the Canadian horror action film Wolves,[25] and starred in the Sci-fi horror movie Debug; it was written and directed by Momoa's former Stargate Atlantis co-star, British-born Canadian actor David Hewlett. In February 2015, it was announced that he would portray a cannibal[26] in the drama thriller film The Bad Batch.[27] In 2015, Momoa was cast in the Canadian action film Braven, which was released on February 2, 2018.

In early 2017, he signed on to play Rico Rodriguez in the official Just Cause film series.[28][29]

Between 2016 and 2018, Momoa portrayed Declan Harp in all three seasons of the Canadian historical drama television series Frontier and was an executive producer on the show. The series chronicles the North American fur trade in late 1700s Canada, and follows Declan Harp, a part-Irish, part-Cree outlaw who is campaigning to breach the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly on the fur trade in Canada, which has become corrupt and engages in illegal activities to enrich itself.[30][31]

In July 2018, Momoa was cast for Apple's post-apocalyptic drama series See.[32][33]

In February 2019, Momoa was cast as Duncan Idaho in the Denis Villeneuve film Dune.[34][35]

In February 2020, Momoa appeared in a halftime commercial for Rocket Mortgage for Super Bowl LIV. He also appeared in the teaser for "Scary Little Green Men" by Ozzy Osbourne from his album Ordinary Man.

In January 2022, it was announced that Momoa would join the cast of the tenth Fast & Furious film titled Fast X as the villain, which is produced by and starring Vin Diesel.[36]

In April 2022, it was announced that Momoa will star in the film adaptation of Minecraft, with Jared Hess directing.[37]

Personal life

Momoa met his first fiancee, actress Simmone Jade Mackinnon on the set of Baywatch in 1999. They were together for 6 years and became engaged in 2004. Mackinnon and Momoa called off their engagement after Momoa began a relationship with actress Lisa Bonet in 2005.[38][39] Although it was previously believed that Momoa and Bonet had married on November 15, 2007, the couple did not marry until October 2017.[40] In July 2007, Bonet gave birth to their first child, a daughter.[41][39] Their second child, a son,[41] was born in December 2008.[42] In January 2022, Momoa and Bonet announced their split.[43]

Momoa learned martial arts for his role as Ronon in Stargate Atlantis.[44] In 2017, Momoa started practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu.[45][46]

He is a fan of heavy metal music[47] and has noted that he "build[s] [his] characters off of metal songs".[48] He invited members of Archspire for cameo appearances in the first episode of the TV series See, and he also practiced proper screaming technique with the vocalist of Archspire, Oli Peters, for a significant scene in the series.[49][50] On October 30, 2020, Momoa was featured in the song "Doom" by black metal band Scour.[51] Momoa is a hobby musician and plays bass guitar, mandolin, ukulele[52] and guitar[53] in his spare time, the first of which he took up after listening to Tool's song "Sober".[54]

Momoa has numerous tattoos, including a halfsleeve on his left forearm, a tribute to his family god, or "aumakua".[55]

He participated in protests against the building of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, a holy spiritual site for native Hawaiians.[56][57]

Facial scar

On November 15, 2008, Momoa was slashed across the face with a broken beer glass during an altercation at the Birds Cafe, a tavern in Hollywood, California.[58][59] He received approximately 140 stitches during reconstructive surgery and the scar through his left eyebrow is apparent in his later work.[58] The assailant was sentenced to five years in prison for the attack.[59]

Filmography

Film

Key

Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2004	Johnson Family Vacation	Navarro
2007	Pipeline	Kai
2010	Brown Bag Diaries: Ridin' the Blinds in B Minor	Mikey	Short film Also director, screenwriter and executive producer
2011	Conan the Barbarian	Conan
2012	Bullet to the Head	Keegan
2014	Road to Paloma	Robert Wolf	Also director, producer and co-writer	[11]
	Debug	Iam
	Wolves	Connor
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Arthur Curry / Aquaman	Cameo	[21]
	Sugar Mountain	Joe Bright		[14]
2017	Once Upon a Time in Venice	Spyder		[60]
	The Bad Batch	Miami Man		[27]
	Justice League	Arthur Curry / Aquaman
2018	Braven	Joe Braven	Also producer
	Aquaman	Arthur Curry / Aquaman
2019	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part		Voice
2020	Gather	Himself	Documentary film Also executive producer	[61]
2021	Zack Snyder's Justice League	Arthur Curry / Aquaman
	Sweet Girl	Ray Cooper	Also producer
	Dune	Duncan Idaho
2022	Slumberland	Flip		[62]
2023	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	Arthur Curry / Aquaman	Post-production Also co-story writer
	Fast X	Dante	Post-production	[63]
2024	Fast & Furious 11		Pre-production
TBA	The Last Manhunt	Big Jim	Post-production Also executive producer	[64]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1999–2001	Baywatch: Hawaii	Jason Ioane	Main role	[65]
2003	Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding		Television film
	Tempted	Kala
2004–2005	North Shore	Frankie Seau	Main role
2005–2009	Stargate Atlantis	Ronon Dex	Main role
2009	The Game	Roman	4 episodes
2011–2012	Game of Thrones	Khal Drogo	Recurring role	[66]
2014–2015	The Red Road	Phillip Kopus	Main role	[16]
	Drunk History	Various roles	2 episodes
2016–2018	Frontier	Declan Harp	Main role; also executive producer	[30]
2018	Saturday Night Live	Himself (host)	Episode: "Jason Momoa/Mumford & Sons"
2019	The Simpsons	Himself (voice)	Episode: "The Fat Blue Line"
2019–2022	See	Baba Voss	Main role	[67]
2022	Peacemaker	Arthur Curry / Aquaman	Episode: "It's Cow or Never", uncredited cameo
TBA	Chief of War[68]	TBA	Miniseries, also co-creator and executive producer

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2011	CinemaCon Awards	Male Rising Star	Conan the Barbarian & Game of Thrones	Won
	Scream Awards	Best Ensemble	Game of Thrones	Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
2017	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Frontier	Nominated
2019	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actor	Aquaman	Nominated
		Favorite Superhero		Nominated
	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Kiss (shared with Amber Heard)		Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actor		Nominated

References

External links

• Jason Momoa at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Jason Momoa

Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa (* 1. August 1979 in Honolulu, Hawaii) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Model.

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- [en] Jason Momoa

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[es] Jason Momoa

Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa (Honolulu, 1 de agosto de 1979) es un actor, actor de voz, escritor, productor y director estadounidense. Comenzó su carrera como actor después de mentir sobre ser un modelo profesional, lo cual le concedió un papel en la serie Baywatch, en la que debutó en 1999 y participó dos temporadas. Más tarde, ganó popularidad interpretando a Ronon Dex en la serie de televisión Stargate Atlantis desde 2004 hasta 2009.

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[ru] Момоа, Джейсон

Джозеф Джейсон Намакеаха Момо́а (англ. Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa; род. 1 августа 1979 года, Гонолулу, Гавайи[1]) — американский актёр, режиссёр, сценарист и продюсер гавайского происхождения. Прославился ролями воинственных героев в фантастических боевиках и фэнтези, таких как «Конан-варвар», «Игра престолов», «Аквамен», «Звёздные врата: Атлантида».

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