Jason Momoa is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter best known for portraying Khal Drogo, the leader of the Dothraki tribe, in the television series Game of Thrones. He was born on August 1, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, as the only child of a photographer mother and a painter father. His full name is Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa. Although born in Honolulu, his family later moved to Norwalk, Iowa, where he was raised by his mother. In 1989, driven by a longing to reconnect with his Hawaiian roots and continue his education, he returned to Hawaii.

Jason Momoa began his career as a model and achieved early recognition in 1999 when he won Hawaii’s Model of the Year award. He participated in the prestigious Governor’s Fashion Show and walked the runway for Louis Vuitton Hawaii. In the same year, he hosted the Miss Teen Hawaii USA competition. He attended Colorado State University but returned to Hawaii before graduating.

Naturally athletic, Jason Momoa enjoys ice climbing, mountain biking, skiing, longboard skateboarding, and hockey. He also has a deep appreciation for art, culture, and spirituality. He worked with pastels in Paris and, in 1999, traveled to Tibet, where he deepened his spiritual knowledge through Buddhist teachings.

In 2001, Jason Momoa moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Standing at 1.93 meters tall, he gained early television recognition in 2004 by portraying Ronon Dex in the TV series Stargate: Atlantis.

In 2010, Jason Momoa starred in the lead role of Conan the Barbarian. A year later, in 2011, he achieved international fame with his role as Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones, appearing alongside actors such as Sean Bean, Peter Dinklage, Charles Dance, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, and Aidan Gillen.

Jason Momoa married actress Lisa Bonet on November 15, 2007. The couple has two children, Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa and Lola Iolani Momoa. They divorced in 2022.

In 2016, Jason Momoa appeared in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, sharing the screen with Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, and Jesse Eisenberg. His portrayal of Aquaman continued with the release of Aquaman in 2018, directed by James Wan, in which he starred opposite Amber Heard.

He reprised the role in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, working alongside Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Ben Affleck, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Dolph Lundgren, Nicole Kidman, and Jani Zhao.

Films and TV Series:

Director:
2014 - Road to Paloma (Feature Film)

Writer:
2014 - Road to Paloma (Feature Film)

Producer:
2014 - Road to Paloma (Feature Film)

Actor:
2023 - Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (Aquaman / Arthur Curry) (Feature Film)
2023 - Fast X (Dante Reyes) (Feature Film)
2023 - The Flash (Aquaman / Arthur Curry) (Feature Film)
2022 - The Last Manhunt (Big Jim) (Feature Film)
2022 - Slumberland (Flip) (Feature Film)
2022 - American Masters (Narrator) (TV Series)
2022 - Peacemaker (Arthur Curry / Aquaman) (Guest) (TV Series)
2021 - Dune (Duncan Idaho) (Feature Film)
2021 - Nature Is Speaking (The Wave – voice) (TV Series)
2021 - Zack Snyder's Justice League (Aquaman / Arthur Curry) (Feature Film)
2021 - Sweet Girl (Ray Cooper) (Feature Film)
2019 - The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (Arthur Curry – voice) (Feature Film)
2019 - The Simpsons (Himself – voice) (TV Series)
2019–2022 - See (Baba Voss) (TV Series)
2018 - Braven (Joe Braven) (Feature Film)
2018 - Aquaman (Aquaman / Arthur Curry) (Feature Film)
2018 - Once Upon a Time in Venice (Spider) (Feature Film)
2017 - Justice League (Arthur Curry / Aquaman) (Feature Film)
2016 - The Bad Batch (Miami Man) (Feature Film)
2016 - Sugar Mountain (Joe Bright) (Feature Film)
2016 - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Aquaman / Arthur Curry) (Feature Film)
2014 - Wolves (Connor) (Feature Film)
2014 - The Red Road (Phillip Kopus) (TV Series)
2014 - Road to Paloma (Robert Wolf) (Feature Film)
2014 - Debug (I Am) (Feature Film)
2013 - Bullet to the Head (Keegan) (Feature Film)
2011 - Game of Thrones (Khal Drogo) (TV Series)
2011 - Conan the Barbarian (Conan) (Feature Film)
2004 - Stargate: Atlantis (Ronon Dex) (TV Series)
2004 - North Shore (Frankie Seau) (TV Series)
1999–2001 - Baywatch (Jason Ioane) (TV Series)

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