The future Hollywood celebrity appeared onlight August 1, 1979 in Honolulu (Oahu Island, part of the Hawaiian archipelago). The full name of the actor sounds like Joseph Jason Namakaina Momoa. Some time after birth, my mother took the boy to the American city of Norfolk (Iowa). It was here that the young Jason spent his childhood. Father Momoa was a native born in the Hawaiian Islands, in the maternal veins the blood of such dissimilar peoples flows as Indians, Germans and Irish. Thanks to such a mixture Jason received a distinctive and memorable appearance.
The first television role Momoa received in onefrom the most popular series "Rescuers Malibu." In the 10th and 11th seasons his hero was Jason John. During filming in this project, Momoa confessed that he considered himself a lucky person. After all, at school he was never addicted to acting, he did not participate in productions and did not have any special skills in this matter. Now he is a rising star, and besides he has the opportunity to work, sunbathing in the sun on the shore of the Pacific Ocean. I want to note that this statement is difficult to argue.
Despite the participation in the most popular television projects,the star of the first magnitude, Jason became during the filming in the serial movie "Stargate: Atlantis." In the series, he played the role of Ronan Dex, remembered for the audience thanks to an extravagant hairstyle and a brutal image.
After the screens came the fourth seasonteleproject, Momoa decided to get rid of his dreadlocks. They were very heavy, causing the actor a headache and during the participation in the dynamic scenes rendered a colossal load on the neck. At first, 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 Sci Fi refused to change Momo'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.
In the same year, Momoa successfully caststhe role of Khal Drogo in the "Game of Thrones" and Conan the Barbarian in a remake of the film with Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1982. It's interesting that the actor played Haku - the traditional energetic dance of New Zealand aborigines. In his opinion, it was thanks to him that he received these roles.
In the Game of Thrones, Emilia Clark and Jason Momoaplayed a married couple of such different, but greatly loved each other people: the fragile young heiress Thargarien throne and a huge dangerous strong warrior - leader of the thousands of Dutrakian people. Despite the fact that played by the actor Khal Drogo dies at the end of the first season, the image he created for the spectators was remembered forever.
After the "Game of Thrones" followed "Conan the Barbarian".Despite the good game Momoa, a lot of great special effects and quite a considerable budget ($ 90 million) the audience did not cause a special delight. He was criticized for lack of a story line, for a weak cast, and for directing. As a result, box office film tickets in the world amounted to only 48.8 million dollars.
Jason Momoa, whose filmography is on thatThe moment consisted entirely of large-scale projects, successfully continues to appear in new films. So, in 2013, the screens went out the film "The Expendables", where the partner of the Hawaiian on the site was Sylvester Stallone. In the current year, we are waiting for two more premieres of the films with Jason Momoa: "Wolves" and "Red Road".
During filming in the series "Rescuers Malibu" Jason met with an actress from Australia named Simon Jade McKinnon. They began a stormy and fairly lengthy affair.
Today Jason Momoa lives in a civil marriage withLisa Bonet, who is the former wife of American musician Leni Kravica. In 2007, the couple had a daughter, and a year later - and a son. The girl was named Lola Iolani, and the boy was Nakoa-Wulf Manakauapo Namake.
1.In his spare time from filming, the actor is engaged in conquering mountain peaks and meditating. 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 the work of this organization is to collect the products and then transfer them to the needy.
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 the fall of 2008, the actor had to go through an unpleasant and life-threatening incident: in one of the Los Angeles bars on Jason, an unknown man with a broken bottle of beer pounced on him. As a result, the actor was forced to spend two whole weeks in the surgical department. Even after that, Moma's face shows traces of cuts that have turned into small scars. The media did not report what happened to the attacker.
5.Jason Momoa says he does not watch TV and uses only e-mail and mobile phone. In his spare time he likes to play the guitar and read. The actor really likes Japanese poetry Haiku. He also reads Charles Baudelaire and biographies of famous people with pleasure.
6. While participating in the shooting of the "Game of Thrones," Jason needed to learn the Dothraki language, which was artificially created specifically for this series.
7. The magazine People in 2011 included Momoa in the TOP-12 of the sexiest men in the world.
