Birth Name: Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa
Nickname/Stage Name: Jason Momoa
Birth Date: August 1, 1979
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Superhero
Occupation: Actor, Producer
Years Active: 1999 till Present
Net Worth: $14 million
Latest Film: Stillwater
Personal Life
Jason Momoa was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was raised in Iowa by his mother. In 2005, he started dating actress Lisa Bonet and they got married in October 2017.
Momoa and Bonet have two children together; a daughter (born in 2007), and a son (born in 2008).
Career
He was discovered in 1998 by designer Eric Chandler and Takeo Kobayashi and was encouraged to continue his modeling career.
At the age of 19, Momoa was cast in the action drama series Baywatch Hawaii, playing the character of Jason Ioane from 1999 to 2001.
He appeared in Johnson Family Vacation (2004) and the TV show Stargate Atlantis (2005 to 2009) before being cast in four episodes of the series The Game (2009).
The actor played the titular character in Conan the Barbarian (2011) and gained wider recognition for his role in HBO’s critically-acclaimed series Game of Thrones as the warrior chief Khal Drogo.
He was seen in Sugar Mountain before reports in 2014 revealed that he had been cast to play the DC superhero Arthur Curry/Aquaman. He cameoed as the character in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
Momoa reprised the role of Aquaman in Justice League (2017) and Aquaman (2018). His other film credits include Braven, Bullet to the Head, Sweet Girl, and Dune.
Award
CinemaCon Award (2011)
Quotes
“I was 19 and folding T-shirts in a surf shop. And I got chosen out of 1,300 people to play a leading role on ‘Baywatch Hawaii’. I didn’t even know how to act. It took me five years to get an agent after [that]. No one would take me seriously after ‘Baywatch’. I lived in the shadow of that for a long time.”
“I love carbs, but denial is good training for the mind.”
“I think a man needs to be a man. To hold a woman the way she wants to be held. Just do whatever your woman wants, and you’ll be fine.”
“I’m one of those freaky people that actually reads books.”
Trivia
He won the 1999 Hawaii’s Model of the Year.
He enjoys rock and ice climbing, mountain biking, snowboarding, long-board skateboarding, and roller hockey. Spends his free time on Buddhist studies.
He got the scar on his eyebrow from a fight in a club. He was slashed in the face with a broken beer glass and received some140 stitches during reconstructive surgery.
Movies
Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
Pipeline (2007)
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
Bullet to the Head (2012)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Sugar Mountain (2016)
Justice League (2017)
Aquaman (2018)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
Sweet Girl (2021)