Name: | Jason Momoa |
Nick Name: | Joseph |
Occupation: | Actor |
Gender: | Male |
Height: | 193 cm (6′ 4”) |
Birth Day: | August 1, 1979 |
Age: | 41 |
Birth Place: | Honolulu, United States |
Zodiac Sign: | Leo |
Jason Momoa
Trivia
Family Members
# | Name | Relationship | Net Worth | Salary | Age | Occupation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
#1 | Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa | Children | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
#2 | Lola Iolani Momoa | Children | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
#3 | Joseph Momoa | Father | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
#4 | Simmone Jade Mackinnon | Former partner | $1 Million (Approx.) | N/A | 47 | Actor |
#5 | Coni Momoa | Mother | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
#6 | Lisa Bonet | Spouse | $14 Million | N/A | 53 | Actor |
Physique
Height | Weight | Hair Colour | Eye Colour | Blood Type | Tattoo(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
193 cm (6′ 4”) | 97 kg | Darl Brown | green | N/A | N/A |
Before Fame
He began his career as a model and earned the Hawaii Model of the Year Award in 1999.
Biography
Biography Timeline
An only child, Momoa was born in 1979 in Nānākuli, Honolulu, Hawaii to Coni (Lemke), a photographer and Joseph Momoa, a painter. He was raised in Norwalk, Iowa, by his mother. His father is of Hawaiian ancestry and his mother is of German, Irish, and Native American descent.
In 1998, Momoa was discovered by designer Eric Chandler and Takeo Kobayashi, 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, where he appeared as Jason Ioane (1999–2001).
Momoa began a relationship with actress Lisa Bonet in 2005. Although it was previously believed that Momoa and Bonet married on November 15, 2007, the couple did not legally marry until October 2017. 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. Their second child, a son, was born in December 2008.
On November 15, 2008, Momoa was slashed in the face with a broken beer glass during an altercation at the Birds Cafe, a tavern in Hollywood, California. He received approximately 140 stitches during reconstructive surgery and the scar is apparent in his later work. The assailant was sentenced to five years in prison for the attack.
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. It premiered at the 2014 Sarasota Film Festival in April 2014. The film had a limited theatrical release on July 15, 2014 in New York City and Los Angeles and a VOD release.
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. He also starred as Phillip Kopus, a Ramapough Mountain Indian, on the SundanceTV drama series The Red Road (2014–2015).
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, 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. He also reprised this role in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.
In 2014, Momoa portrayed Connor in the Canadian horror action film Wolves, 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 in the drama thriller film The Bad Batch. 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.
In 2017, Momoa started practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He is a fan of heavy metal music and has noted that he “build[s] [his] characters off of metal songs”. He has invited members of Archspire to appear in cameos in the first episode of See, he also practiced proper screaming technique with vocalist of said band Oli Peters for a significant scene in the series.
In July 2018, Momoa was cast for Apple’s upcoming future-based drama series See.
In February 2019, Momoa was cast as Duncan Idaho in the upcoming Denis Villeneuve film Dune.
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.
On 30 October 2020, Momoa was featured on the track Doom by black metal band Scour.
🎂 Upcoming Birthday
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