Jason Momoa with confidence can be called one of the most shocking and memorable actors of our day. For most viewers, he is known for participating in projects such as Stargate Atlantis, Game of Thrones, and Conan the Barbarian. Today we offer a closer acquaintance with the actor, having learned the details of his personal life and career.
Jason Momoa: photo, biography
A future Hollywood celebrity was born on August 1, 1979 in Honolulu (Oahu, part of the Hawaiian archipelago). The full name of the actor sounds like Joseph Jason Namakayna Momoa. Some time after birth, my mother took the boy to the American city of Norfolk (Iowa). It was here that young Jason spent his childhood years. Momoa's father was a native of the Hawaiian Islands, while in his mother's veins the blood of such dissimilar peoples as Indians, Germans and Irish flows. Thanks to this confusion, Jason got a distinctive and memorable appearance.
Homecoming
The young man was always very interested in his Hawaiian roots, so after graduating from college, he decided to return to the islands. Notable for his colorful appearance, Jason Momoa, whose growth is almost two meters, of course, could not go unnoticed for a long time. Soon, the world-famous designer Takeo Kikuchi drew attention to the young man, offering him work as a model. A year later, Jason became the winner of the local contest "Model of the Year" and acted as the lead in "Miss Tin USA", held in Hawaii. He also participated in fashion shows Liberty House and Governor's Fashion Show.
The beginning of a film career
Momoa received his first television role in one of the most popular series, “Rescuers of Malibu.” In season 10 and 11, his hero was Jason John. During the filming of this project, Momoa admitted that he considers himself to be truly lucky. After all, at school he was never fond of acting, did not participate in productions and did not have any special skills in this matter. Now he is a rising star, and also has the opportunity to work, sunbathing in the sun on the Pacific Ocean. It is worth noting that it is difficult to argue with this statement.
Career continuation
In 2003, Jason Momoa, whose filmography by that time was limited only to “Rescuers of Malibu”, took part in the television project “Hawaiian Wedding” (in the image of his old hero). After filming, the actor spent several years traveling around the world. So, it is known that Jason Momoa is a follower of Buddhism. He often visits Tibet, where he deepens his spiritual knowledge. Also, the actor spent a lot of time in the Swiss Alps and France, where he went with his mother.
True glory
Despite participating in the most popular television projects, Jason became a star of the first magnitude during the filming of the series “Stargate: Atlantis”. In the series, he played the role of Ronan Dex, remembered by the audience thanks to an extravagant hairstyle and brutal image.
After the fourth season of the television project was released, Momoa decided to get rid of his dreadlocks. They were very heavy, caused the headache in the actor and, during their participation in dynamic scenes, exerted a tremendous strain on the neck. Initially, the producers supported Jason's decision and even planned to shoot a scene in which his hero cut off his hair. However, the management of the Sci Fi channel forbade changing Momoa's hairstyle. As a result, in the fifth season, Jason appeared on the screens not with his own dreadlocks, but in a wig imitating them.
New Horizons
In 2006, films with Jason Momoa replenished with the multi-part comedy "The Game", where he played the role of Roman. In 2010, the actor quite successfully realized himself in yet unusual forms for him: he also acted as a screenwriter, director and producer of a short film entitled “Brown Bag Diaries: Ridin 'the Blinds in B Minor”.
In the same year, Momoa successfully auditions for the roles of Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones and Conan the Barbarian in the remake of the 1982 film with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Interestingly, during the audition, the actor performed Haku - the traditional energetic dance of the New Zealand Aborigines. In his opinion, it was thanks to him that he got these roles.
In The Game of Thrones, Emilia Clark and Jason Momoa played a married couple of such different but very fond of each other people: a fragile young heiress to the throne of the Targaryen and a huge dangerous powerful warrior - the leader of the many thousands of Dothraki people. Despite the fact that Khal Drogo played by the actor dies at the end of the first season, the audience will remember the image he created forever.
After the Game of Thrones, Conan the Barbarian followed. Despite the good play of Momoa, the film did not cause much enthusiasm for the audience with a lot of great special effects and a rather large budget ($ 90 million). He was criticized for the lack of a storyline, and for the weak cast, and for directing. As a result, the box office receipts of films in the world amounted to only 48.8 million dollars.
Jason Momoa, whose filmography at that time consisted entirely of large-scale projects, successfully continues to appear in new paintings. So, in 2013, the film The Expendable was released, where Sylvester Stallone became the Hawaiian’s partner on the site. This year, two more premieres of films with Jason Momoa are waiting for us: Wolves and Red Road.
Personal life
During the filming of the series “Rescue Malibu,” Jason met an actress from Australia named Simon Jade McKinnon. They began a stormy and rather long romance.
Today, Jason Momoa lives in a civil marriage with Lisa Bonet, who is the former wife of the American musician Leni Kravitz. In 2007, the couple had a daughter, and a year later - and a son. The girl was named Lola Iolani, and the boy Nakoa-Wulf Manakauapo Namakea.
Interesting facts about Jason Momoa
1. In his free time, the actor is engaged in conquering the mountain peaks and meditation. He is also an activist of several non-profit charitable organizations and groups. One of them is the Food Bank in Hawaii. The purpose of this organization is to collect products and then transfer them to those in need.
2. Jason is known for his veneration of family values, which he tries to convey to modern youth.
3. Momoa’s uncle is a world-famous surfer named Brian Kiulan.
4. In autumn 2008, the actor had to survive an unpleasant and life-threatening incident: in one of the Los Angeles bars, an unknown person attacked Jason with a broken bottle of beer. As a result, the actor was forced to spend as much as two weeks in the surgical department. Even after that, Momoa’s face shows cut marks that have turned into small scars. The media did not report what happened to the attacker.
5. Jason Momoa assures that he does not watch TV and uses only email and a mobile phone. In his free time, he likes to play the guitar and read. The actor really likes Japanese poetry Haiku. He also enjoys reading Charles Baudelaire and biographies of famous people.
6. While participating in the filming of Game of Thrones, Jason needed to learn the pre-Thracian language, which was artificially created specifically for this series.
7. People magazine in 2011 included Momoa in the TOP 12 of the sexiest men in the world.