Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa is an American actor, model, director, writer, and producer. He is known for his television roles as Ronon Dex on the military science fiction television series Stargate: Atlantis and as Khal Drogo in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thr...
The Red Road, Stargate Atlantis, North Shore, Baywatch, Game of Thrones, Frontier
Star Sign
Leo
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Multiple tattoos on his arms and chest
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Dark eyes
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Usually has a long goatee or beard
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Long black hair
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Has a couple of scars on the left side of his face. The most visible one goes through his left eyebrow.
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Has three moles to the side of his left eye.
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Towering height
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Muscular physique
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Deep, powerful voice
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Often plays warriors and tough fighters
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I'm not a barbarian.
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I'm a huge art buff.
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I'm half Hawaiian and the haka is a very sacred thing, something your family teaches you - my father taught me.
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I'm kind of ADD in that sense where if I start liking something, I'll just learn it to the absolute max.
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I'm not a big fan of just doing weights. Anything more physical is infinitely better.
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I grew up rock climbing.
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I grew up with artists.
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I love life and if there's something that I'm playing that I love, I'll research it.
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I was born in Hawaii, but I was raised in Iowa.
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I got called 'pretty boy' my whole life.
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I'm one of those freaky people that actually reads books.
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I'm raised to actually think, to use my brain.
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I think a man needs to be a man. To hold a woman the way she wants to be held. Just do whatever your woman wants, and you'll be fine.
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I love carbs, but denial is good training for the mind.
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My favorite movie is 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.'
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I was 19 and folding T-shirts in a surf shop. And I got chosen out of 1,300 people to play a leading role on 'Baywatch Hawaii'. I didn't even know how to act. It took me five years to get an agent after [that]. No one would take me seriously after 'Baywatch'. I lived in the shadow of that for a long time.
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Has such a love for music that he would often play his selection of guitars even in his 'Aquaman' costume while on set during filming of the 'Justice League'.
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Attended the London premiere of 'Suicide Squad' along with his wife Lisa Bonet in August 2016.
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Replaced Luke Evans for the role of Eric Draven in the remake of 'The Crow'.
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Said in an interview that during the filming of Game of Thrones (2011), the sex scenes were the most difficult.
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In Polynesian, the word "momoa" means "dry".
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Momoa is frequently cast as warriors: Ronon Dex in the science fiction television series "StarGate: Atlantis". Conan in the 2011 reboot of "Conan The Barbarian" and Khal Drogo in the HBO fantasy drama television series "Game of Thrones".
His father is from a Native Hawaiian family. His mother, who is from Iowa, is of three quarters German descent (her own maternal grandfather was adopted).
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He shares one middle name, Namakaeha, with his father.
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On November 15, 2008, Momoa was attacked with a broken beer glass in West Hollywood, California. According to the APNews article, 140 stitches and subsequent reconstructive surgery were required.
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He and his wife, Lisa Bonet, welcomed their second child, a boy named Nakoa-Wolf, in mid-December 2008.
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He and Lisa Bonet welcomed their first child, a daughter, born on July 23, 2007; named Lola Iolani Momoa.
$4 Million
