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Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa (born August 1, 1979)[1] is an American actor and producer. He made his acting debut as Jason Ioane on the syndicated action drama series Baywatch: Hawaii (1999–2001), which was followed by him portraying 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–present). Momoa was featured as the lead of the two lattermost series.
Outside of television, Momoa has portrayed Arthur Curry / Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) since 2016. He headlined an eponymous 2018 film, and will reprise his role in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2022). Momoa will also play Duncan Idaho in the 2021 film adaptation of the science fiction novel Dune.
Early life[]
An only child, Momoa was born in 1979 in Nānākuli, Honolulu, Hawaii[2] to Coni (Lemke), a photographer and Joseph Momoa, a painter.[1] His father is of partial Native Hawaiian ancestry[2][3][4][5] and his mother is of German, Irish, and Native American descent.[2][3] He was raised in Norwalk, Iowa, by his mother.[2]
Career[]
Momoa during the filming of Stargate Atlantis in 2006
In 1998, Momoa was discovered by designer Eric Chandler and Takeo Kobayashi,[6] who encouraged his modeling career. At 19 years old, he also worked part-time in a surf shop before being cast in the action drama series Baywatch Hawaii,[7] where he appeared 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]
Momoa in 2014
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 Aquaman. He first played the role in a cameo in the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,[17][18][19] marking Aquaman's live action theatrical debut. Momoa played the character in a leading role in the 2017 ensemble film Justice League. He then starred in the Aquaman solo film, which released in late 2018.[20][21][22] He also reprised this role in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.[23]
In 2014, Momoa portrayed Connor in the Canadian horror action film Wolves,[24] 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[25] in the drama thriller film The Bad Batch.[26] In 2015, Momoa was cast in the Canadian action film Braven, which was released on February 2, 2018.
In early 2017, he signed onto the official Just Cause movie series.[27][28]
Between 2016 and 2018 Momoa portrayed Declan Harp in all three series of the Canadian historical drama television series Frontier (2016 TV series) 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.[29]
In July 2018, Momoa was cast for Apple's upcoming future-based drama series See.[30][31]
In February 2019, Momoa was cast as Duncan Idaho in the upcoming Denis Villeneuve film Dune.[32][33]
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.
Personal life[]
Momoa in July 2017
Momoa began a relationship with actress Lisa Bonet in 2005.[34] Although it was previously believed that Momoa and Bonet married on November 15, 2007, the couple did not marry until October 2017.[35] Through his marriage to Bonet, Momoa is the stepfather to Zoë Kravitz, Bonet's daughter with ex-husband, musician Lenny Kravitz. In July 2007, Bonet gave birth to their first child, a daughter Lola Momoa.[34] Their second child, a son Nakoa-Wolf Momoa, was born in December 2008.[36]
Momoa learned martial arts for his role as Ronon in Stargate Atlantis.[37] In 2017, Momoa started practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu.[38][39]
He is a fan of heavy metal music[40] and has noted that he "build[s] [his] characters off of metal songs".[41] He has 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.[42][43] On 30 October 2020, Momoa was featured in the song "Doom" by black metal band Scour.[44]
Momoa has numerous tattoos, including a halfsleeve on his left forearm, a tribute to his family god, or "aumakua".[45]
He was a prominent figure involved in protests against the building of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, a holy spiritual site for native Hawaiians.[46][47]
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.[48][49] He received approximately 140 stitches during reconstructive surgery and the scar through his left eyebrow is apparent in his later work.[48] The assailant was sentenced to five years in prison for the attack.[49]
Filmography[]
Film[]
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| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Johnson Family Vacation | Navarro | Template:Sort | ||
| 2007 | Pipeline | Kai | Template:Sort | ||
| 2010 | Brown Bag Diaries: Ridin' the Blinds in B Minor | Mikey | Himself | Short film Also director and screenwriter |
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| 2011 | Conan the Barbarian | Conan | Template:Sort | ||
| 2012 | Bullet to the Head | Keegan | Template:Sort | ||
| 2014 | Road to Paloma | Template:Sort | Himself | Also director, producer and co-writer | [11] |
| Debug | Iam | Template:Sort | |||
| Wolves | Connor | Template:Sort | |||
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Template:Sort | Template:Sort | Cameo | [20] |
| Sugar Mountain | Template:Sort | Template:Sort | [14] | ||
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time in Venice | Spyder | Template:Sort | [50] | |
| Template:Sort | Template:Sort | Template:Sort | [26] | ||
| Justice League | Arthur Curry / Aquaman | Zack Snyder | |||
| 2018 | Braven | Joe Braven | Template:Sort | Also producer | |
| Aquaman | Arthur Curry / Aquaman | Template:Sort | |||
| 2019 | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Template:Sort | Voice | ||
| 2021 | Zack snyders justice leauge | Arthur Curry/Aquaman | Zack snyder | ||
| 2021 | Sweet Girl | Ray Cooper | Brian Andrew Mendoza | Also producer | |
| Dune | Duncan Idaho | Denis Villeneuve | |||
| 2022 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Template:Dagger | Arthur Curry / Aquaman | James Wan | Filming Also co-story writer |
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| 2022 | Slumberland Template:Dagger | Flip | Francis Lawrence | Post-production | [51] |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2001 | Baywatch: Hawaii | Template:Sort | 38 episodes | [52] |
| 2003 | Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding | Television film | ||
| Tempted | Kala | |||
| 2004–2005 | North Shore | Template:Sort | 21 episodes | |
| 2005–2009 | Stargate Atlantis | Template:Sort | 73 episodes | |
| 2009 | <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">The Game | Roman | 4 episodes | |
| 2011–2012 | Game of Thrones | Template:Sort | 11 episodes | [53] |
| 2014–2015 | Template:Sort | Template:Sort | 12 episodes | [16] |
| Drunk History | Various roles | 2 episodes | ||
| 2016–2018 | Frontier | Template:Sort | 18 episodes; also executive producer | [54] |
| 2018 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | Episode: "Jason Momoa/Mumford & Sons" | |
| 2019 | The Simpsons | Himself (voice) | Episode: “The Fat Blue Line” | |
| 2019–present | See | Template:Sort | 8 episodes | [55] |
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[]
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