Jason Momoa

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WikidataIB Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa (; born August 1, 1979) is an American actor. He made his acting debut as Jason Ioane on the syndicated action drama series Baywatch: Hawaii (1999–2001), which was followed by portrayals of Ronon Dex on the Syfy science fiction series Stargate Atlantis (2005–2009), and Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2011–2012). He went on to play the lead roles in the Discovery Channel historical drama series Frontier (2016–2018) and the Apple TV+ science fiction series See (2019–2022).

Since 2016, Momoa has appeared in various DC Comics media, first portraying Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe (2016–2023). He has also played Duncan Idaho in the science fiction film Dune (2021), and has starred in the action film Fast X (2023) and the fantasy adventure comedy film A Minecraft Movie (2025).

Early life

An only child, Momoa was born on August 1, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Coni (née Lemke), a photographer, and Joseph Momoa, a painter. His father is Native Hawaiian, while his mother is of German, Irish, and Pawnee ancestry. Shortly after his birth, his parents divorced and he and his mother moved to Norwalk, Iowa, where he was raised. He graduated from Norwalk High School and was a member of the school's soccer team alongside Brandon Routh. Momoa attended the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

While in his teens, Momoa became a rock climber and boulderer when his mother took him to Custer State Park where Sylvan Lake and the Needles of South Dakota lie.

Career

Momoa during the filming of Stargate Atlantis in 2006

At 19 years old, while living and working in Honolulu, Momoa decided to audition for the television series Baywatch Hawaii, in which he was cast as Jason Ioane (1999–2001). He was in the main cast on the 2004–2005 Fox drama North Shore as Frankie.

In 2004, Momoa appeared in the film Johnson Family Vacation. From 2005 to 2009, Momoa appeared as Ronon in Stargate Atlantis, for which he learned martial arts.

In 2009, he 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 fame for his role of Khal Drogo on HBO's Game of Thrones. In his audition for the role, he performed a Haka, one of many intimidating Māori dances traditionally used to convey a challenge to an opponent, or a welcome to a visitor.

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.

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. 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 Arthur Curry / Aquaman, after he auditioned for Bruce Wayne / Batman. He first played the role in a cameo in the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, marking Aquaman's live action film debut. 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. He then starred in the Aquaman solo film, which was released in late 2018. He also reprised this role in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.

In August 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 March 2017, it was announced that Momoa would play Rico Rodriguez in the official Just Cause film series.

Between 2016 and 2018, Momoa portrayed Declan Harp in all three seasons of the Canadian historical drama television series Frontier 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.

In July 2018, Momoa was cast for Apple's post-apocalyptic drama series See.

In February 2019, Momoa was cast as Duncan Idaho in the 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.

In January 2022, it was announced that Momoa joined the cast of the tenth Fast & Furious film titled Fast X as the main villain, Dante Reyes, the son of Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida), the main antagonist killed by Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) in Fast Five. Fast X is produced by and stars Vin Diesel.

In June 2024, he was cast in the upcoming comedy film Carnival: At the End of Days.

In December 2024, Momoa was announced to play Lobo in the DC Universe film Supergirl, scheduled to be released on June 26, 2026.

In May 2025, Momoa was confirmed for the role of Blanka in the Street Fighter reboot film.

In August 2025, Momoa appeared as Kaʻiana in Apple's historical drama series Chief of War.

Music

Momoa is a fan of heavy metal music and has noted that he "build[s] [his] characters off of metal songs". He 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. On October 30, 2020, Momoa was featured in the song "Doom" by black metal band Scour. 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". In 2024, Momoa formed the power trio ÖOF TATATÁ alongside longtime friends Kenny Dale Borill and Mike Hayes, performing at Nashville's Cannery Hall in May. The band performed a one-off show in Auckland, New Zealand in August.

In July 2025 he hosted Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's farewell concert, "Back to the Beginning" in Birmingham, England.

Personal life

Momoa in July 2017

Momoa met his first fiancée, actress Simmone Jade Mackinnon, on the set of Baywatch in 1999. They were together for six years and became engaged in 2004. Mackinnon and Momoa called off their engagement after Momoa began a relationship with actress Lisa Bonet in 2005.

Although it was previously believed that Momoa and Bonet had married on November 15, 2007, the couple did not marry until October 2017. Daughter Lola Iolani was born in July 2007, and son Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha was born in December 2008. In January 2022, Momoa and Bonet announced their split. In January 2024, Bonet filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences and listing their date of separation as October 7, 2020. On July 9, 2024, the divorce was finalized. As of 2022, Momoa is in a marriage commitment relationship with Nicolle A. Morea

In 2017, Momoa began practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

In 2019 he participated in protests against the building of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, a holy spiritual site for native Hawaiians.

Momoa has numerous tattoos, including a half sleeve on his left forearm, a tribute to his family god, or .

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 Los Angeles, California. He received approximately 140 stitches during reconstructive surgery and the scar through his left eyebrow is apparent in his later work. The assailant was sentenced to five years in prison for the attack. Fucking Bitch!

Filmography

Film

Key

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Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2004	Johnson Family Vacation	Navarro
2007	Pipeline	Kai
2010	Brown Bag Diaries: Ridin' the Blinds in B Minor	Mikey	Short film; also director, screenwriter and executive producer
2011	Conan the Barbarian	Conan the Barbarian
2012	Bullet to the Head	Keegan
2014	Road to Paloma	Robert Wolf	Also director, producer and co-writer
	Debug	I Am
	Wolves	Connor Slaughter
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Arthur Curry / Aquaman	Cameo appearance
	Sugar Mountain	Joe Bright
2017	Once Upon a Time in Venice	Spider
	The Bad Batch	Miami Man
	Justice League	Arthur Curry / Aquaman
2018	Braven	Joe Braven	Also producer
	Aquaman	Arthur Curry / Aquaman
2019	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part		Voice role
2020	Gather	Himself	Documentary film; also executive producer
2021	Zack Snyder's Justice League	Arthur Curry / Aquaman	Director's cut of Justice League
	Sweet Girl	Ray Cooper	Also producer
	Dune	Duncan Idaho
2022	Slumberland	Flip
	The Last Manhunt	Big Jim	Also co-story writer and executive producer
2023	Fast X	Dante Reyes
	The Flash	Arthur Curry / Aquaman	Uncredited post-credits appearance
	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom		Also co-story writer
2024	The Fall Guy	Himself	Uncredited cameo appearance
2025	A Minecraft Movie	Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison	Also producer
	In the Hand of Dante Template:Dagger	Rosario	Completed
2026	Animal Friends Template:Dagger	Template:TableTBA	Post-production
	Supergirl Template:Dagger	Lobo	Post-production
	Dune: Part Three Template:Dagger	Duncan Idaho	Filming
Template:TableTBA	The Wrecking Crew Template:Dagger	Template:TableTBA	Post-production; also producer
	Street Fighter Template:Dagger	Blanka	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1999–2001	Baywatch: Hawaii	Jason Ioane	Main role; 38 episodes (seasons 10-11)
2003	Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding		Television film
	Tempted	Kala
2004–2005	North Shore	Frankie Seau	Main role; 21 episodes
2005–2009	Stargate Atlantis	Ronon Dex	Main role; 73 episodes (seasons 2-5)
2009	The Game	Roman	Recurring role; 4 episodes (season 3)
2011–2012	Game of Thrones	Khal Drogo	Recurring role; 11 episodes (seasons 1-2)
2014–2015	The Red Road	Phillip Kopus	Main role; 12 episodes
	Drunk History	Jim Thorpe	Episode: "Sports Heroes"
		Jean Lafitte	Episode: "New Orleans"
2016–2018	Frontier	Declan Harp	Main role; 18 episodes (also executive producer)
2018–2023	Saturday Night Live	Himself	2 episodes as host; 2 episodes as guest
2019	The Simpsons		Voice role; Episode: "The Fat Blue Line"
2019–2022	See	Baba Voss	Main role; 24 episodes
2022	Peacemaker	Arthur Curry / Aquaman	Episode: "It's Cow or Never"
2023	The Climb	Himself	Docuseries; 8 episodes
2024	On the Roam	Himself	Host; 8 episodes Also director and executive producer (5 episodes)
2025	Chief of War	Kaʻiana	Miniseries; also co-creator and executive producer

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2025	Minecraft	Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison	A Minecraft Movie live event

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2011	CinemaCon Awards	Male Rising Star	Conan the Barbarian & Game of Thrones	Template:Won
	Scream Awards	Best Ensemble	Game of Thrones	rowspan=7 Template:Nom
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2017	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Frontier
2019	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actor	Aquaman
		Favorite Superhero
	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Kiss (shared with Amber Heard)
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actor
2023	Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Fast X	Template:Runner-up
2024	Critics' Choice Super Awards	Best Villain in a Movie		rowspan=4 Template:Nom
	People's Choice Awards	The Action Movie Star of the Year	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actor
2025	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards		A Minecraft Movie

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