American actor Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa was raised in Hawaii. He made his acting debut as Jason Ioane on the action drama series Baywatch: Hawaii, which aired on syndication from 1999 to 2001.
He then played the roles of Ronon Dex on the Syfy science fiction series Stargate Atlantis (2005–2009), Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2011–2012), Declan Harp on the Discovery Channel historical drama series Frontier (2016–2018), and Baba Voss on the Apple TV+ science (2019–2022). In the two most recent series, Momoa served as the protagonist.
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At the age of 19, Momoa chose to go on an audition for the television show Baywatch Hawaii while residing and working in Honolulu. He was subsequently cast as Jason Ioane (1999–2001).
In addition to his roles in Stargate: Atlantis (2005–2009) and Johnson Family Vacation (2004), Momoa played the role of Roman in four episodes of the comedy-drama television series The Game (2009).
Arnold Schwarzenegger gained fame as the titular character in Conan the Barbarian (2011), a remake of the 1982 film of the same name. In his audition, Momoa did a Haka, one of several terrifying Mori dances often used to send a challenge to an adversary, or a haka, which is a dance that conveys a threat to an adversary. This earned him the part of Khal Drogo on HBO’s Game of Thrones.