Jason Momoa

Jason Momoa met actress Lisa Bonet in 2005 and started dating. On July 23, 2007, their daughter Lola Iolani Momoa was born. Their son, Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa, was born on December 15, 2008. The couple got legally married in October 2017.

In December 2017, Momoa was featured on the ‘Men's Health’ magazine. He talked about his fitness routine in an article.

A scar on his face, which is visible in his later works, was acquired in a fight at the Bird Café in Hollywood on November 15, 2008, when a man slashed his face with a broken beer glass. He was seriously injured and received 140 stitches.

Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa was born to Coni, a photographer, and Joseph Momoa, a painter, on August 1, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The only child of his parents, he was raised in Norwalk, Iowa, by his mother.

He studied marine biology during his college days in Iowa. Later he attended the Colorado State University and changed his major to wildlife biology.

He traveled extensively since he was young. He learned pastel painting in Paris and was introduced to the tenets of Buddhism in Tibet.

Jason Momoa was discovered by international fashion designer Takeo Kobayashi in 1998. Kobayashi encouraged the young man to take up modelling. Momoa did so and won Hawaii's Model of the Year 1999. He also proceeded to host the Miss Teen Hawaii contest.

In 1999, he landed the role of “beach dude” Jason Ioane in the action drama television series ‘Baywatch Hawaii’. He was a regular in the show for two seasons and appeared in all 38 episodes. This was his first onscreen role. The show ended in 2001.

In 2003, he reprised the role of Jason Ioane in the television film ‘Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding’. In the same year, he appeared as Kala in another television movie called ‘Tempted’.

In 2004, he debuted in Christopher Erskin’s film ‘Johnson Family Vacation’. In the same year, he landed Frankie Seau’s role in ‘North Shore’, in which he was a regular for 21 episodes.

His popularity was further boosted when he bagged the role of Ronon Dex in the military science fiction television series ‘Stargate: Atlantis’ in 2005, for which he had to learn martial arts. Based on the 1994 feature film ‘Stargate’, all the five seasons of ‘Stargate: Atlantis’ were aired on Sci-Fi Channel in the United States. The series ended in 2009.

Jason Momoa played the fictional character of Ronon Dex in the series ‘Stargate Atlantis’. Created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, the show became an immediate hit, and his character became famous for his brilliant performance and his signature dreadlocks. The series received good ratings and was more popular in Europe and Australia. It earned several awards and nominations in its five-season run.

Momoa’s strong performance in the fantasy drama series ‘Game of Thrones’ was critically acclaimed. His fictional character Khal Drogo became a hit overnight. He also contributed his own ideas to make the character more interesting. The series starred Peter Dinklage, Maisie Williams, Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke and Sophie Turner as well.