1. Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa is an American actor.
35 Facts About Jason Momoa
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Jason Momoa made his acting debut as Jason Ioane on the syndicated action drama series Baywatch: Hawaii, which was followed by portrayals of Ronon Dex on the Syfy science fiction series Stargate Atlantis, and Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones.
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Jason Momoa went on to play the lead roles in the Discovery Channel historical drama series Frontier and the Apple TV+ science fiction series See.
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Since 2016, Momoa has appeared in various DC Comics media, first portraying Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe.
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Jason Momoa has played Duncan Idaho in the science fiction film Dune, and has starred in the action film Fast X and the fantasy adventure comedy film A Minecraft Movie.
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An only child, Jason Momoa was born on August 1,1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Coni, a photographer, and Joseph Jason Momoa, a painter.
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Jason Momoa's father is Native Hawaiian, while his mother is of German, Irish, and Pawnee ancestry.
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Jason Momoa graduated from Norwalk High School and was a member of the school's soccer team alongside Brandon Routh.
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In 2004, Jason Momoa appeared in the film Johnson Family Vacation.
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From 2005 to 2009, Jason Momoa appeared as Ronon in Stargate Atlantis, for which he learned martial arts.
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Jason Momoa portrayed the title protagonist in Conan the Barbarian, a reimagining of the 1982 film of the same name and a role made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Jason Momoa gained fame for his role of Khal Drogo on HBO's Game of Thrones.
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Jason Momoa directed and co-wrote Road to Paloma, an American drama thriller film, together with writers Jonathan Hirschbein and Robert Homer Mollohan.
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Jason Momoa starred as Phillip Kopus, a Ramapough Mountain Indian, on the SundanceTV drama series The Red Road.
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Jason Momoa first played the role in a cameo in the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, marking Aquaman's live action film debut.
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Jason 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.
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Jason Momoa then starred in the Aquaman solo film, which was released in late 2018.
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Jason Momoa reprised this role in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.
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In 2015, Jason Momoa was cast in the Canadian action film Braven, which was released on February 2,2018.
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Between 2016 and 2018, Jason Momoa portrayed Declan Harp in all three seasons of the Canadian historical drama television series Frontier and was an executive producer on the show.
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In July 2018, Jason Momoa was cast for Apple's post-apocalyptic drama series See.
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In February 2019, Jason Momoa was cast as Duncan Idaho in the Denis Villeneuve film Dune.
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In February 2020, Jason Momoa appeared in a halftime commercial for Rocket Mortgage for Super Bowl LIV.
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Jason Momoa appeared in the teaser for "Scary Little Green Men" by Ozzy Osbourne from his album Ordinary Man.
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In December 2024, Jason Momoa was announced to play Lobo in the DC Universe film Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, scheduled to be released on June 26,2026.
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Jason Momoa met his first fiancee, actress Simmone Jade Mackinnon, on the set of Baywatch in 1999.
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Mackinnon and Jason Momoa called off their engagement after Jason Momoa began a relationship with actress Lisa Bonet in 2005.
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Jason Momoa is a fan of heavy metal music and has noted that he "build[s] [his] characters off of metal songs".
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Jason Momoa invited members of Archspire for cameo appearances in the first episode of the TV series See, and he practiced proper screaming technique with the vocalist of Archspire, Oli Peters, for a significant scene in the series.
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On October 30,2020, Jason Momoa was featured in the song "Doom" by black metal band Scour.
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Jason Momoa is a hobby musician and plays bass guitar, mandolin, ukulele and guitar in his spare time, the first of which he took up after listening to Tool's song "Sober".
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In 2024, Jason Momoa formed the power trio OOF TATATA alongside longtime friends Kenny Dale Borill and Mike Hayes, performing at Music City's Cannery Hall in May The band performed a one-off show in Auckland, New Zealand in August.
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Jason Momoa has numerous tattoos, including a half sleeve on his left forearm, a tribute to his family god, or aumakua.
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Jason Momoa participated in protests against the building of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, a holy spiritual site for native Hawaiians.
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On November 15,2008, Jason Momoa was slashed across the face with a broken beer glass during an altercation at the Birds Cafe, a tavern in Los Angeles, California.