Jason Momoa Net Worth 2022, Biograpy, Age, Height, Parents, Wife, Kids, Movies

Jason Momoa net worth

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Introduction

Jason Momoa is an American actor, producer, and environmental activist. He made his acting debut as Jason Ioane on the syndicated action drama series Baywatch: Hawaii from 1999 to 2001, which was followed by him portraying Ronon Dex on the Syfy science fiction series Stargate Atlantis from 2005 to 2009, Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones from 2011 to 2012, Declan Harp on the Discovery Channel historical drama series Frontier from 2016 to 2018, and Baba Voss on the Apple TV+ science fiction series See (2019–present). Momoa was featured as the lead of the two lattermost series.

Outside of television, Jason Momoa has portrayed Arthur Curry / Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) since 2016. He headlined an eponymous 2018 film and will reprise his role in the 2022 sequel. Momoa also played Duncan Idaho in the 2021 film adaptation of the science fiction novel Dune.

Early life

NameJason Momoa
Net Worth$15 million
ProfessionActor, Producer, Activist
Height1.93m
Age42 years
Jason Momoa net worth 2022

Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa was born on August 1, 1979 (age 42 years) in Nānākuli, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. His parents are Coni Lemke Momoa, a photographer and Joseph Momoa, a painter. His father Joseph is of partial Native Hawaiian ancestry and his mother Coni is of German, Irish, and Native American descent. He was raised in Norwalk, Iowa, by his mother. He is their only child.

Career

Jason Momoa was discovered by designer Eric Chandler and Takeo Kobayashi in 1988, who encouraged his modelling career. At 19 years old, he also worked part-time in a surf shop before being cast in the action drama series Baywatch Hawaii, where he appeared as Jason Ioane from 1999 to 2001.

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In addition to his appearances in Johnson Family Vacation (2004), and Stargate: Atlantis from 2005 to 2009, Momoa 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.

Jason Momoa gained his role of Khal Drogo on HBO’s Game of Thrones through his audition, in which 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.

In March 2014, Jason 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 from 2014 to 2015.

In June 2014, Momoa was reported to have been cast in the role of Aquaman. He first played the role in a cameo in the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, marking Aquaman’s live-action theatrical debut. Momoa played the character in a leading role in the 2017 ensemble film 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.

Jason Momoa portrayed Connor in the Canadian horror action film Wolves in 2014, 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 early 2017, he signed onto the official Just Cause movie series. Between 2016 and 2018 Momoa portrayed Declan Harp in all three series of the Canadian historical drama television series Frontier (2016 TV series) 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, a 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, Jason Momoa was cast for Apple’s post-apocalyptic drama series See. In February 2019, Momoa was cast as Duncan Idaho in the upcoming Denis Villeneuve film Dune.

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In February 2020, Jason 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. Momoa learned martial arts for his role as Ronon in Stargate Atlantis. In 2017, he started practising Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Music

Jason Momoa is a fan of heavy metal music and has noted that he “build[s] [his] characters off of metal songs”. He has invited members of Archspire for cameo appearances in the first episode of the TV series See, and he also practised proper screaming technique with the vocalist of Archspire, Oli Peters, for a significant scene in the series. On 30 October 2020, Momoa was featured in the song “Doom” by the black metal band Scour.

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 Hollywood, 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.

Wife

Jason Momoa is currently married to his longtime girlfriend Lisa Bonet, they had their wedding in 2017. However, he began a relationship with his now-wife actress Lisa Bonet in 2005. Although it was previously believed that Momoa and his wife Bonet had married on November 15, 2007, the couple did not marry until October 2017. Through his marriage to Bonet, Jason Momoa is the stepfather to Zoë Kravitz, Bonet’s daughter with ex-husband, musician Lenny Kravitz. In July 2007, his wife Lisa Bonet gave birth to their first child, a daughter Lola Iolani Momoa. Their second child, Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa, was born in December 2008.

Jason Momoa net worth

How much is Jason Momoa worth? Jason Momoa net worth is estimated at around $15 million. His main source of income is from his acting career. Jason Momoa’s successful career has earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars. However, Momoa has numerous tattoos, including a half sleeve on his left forearm, a tribute to his family god, or “Aumakua”. He participated in protests against the building of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, a holy spiritual site for native Hawaiians.