Jason Momoa was born in Hawaii on August 1, 1979, but raised in Iowa. When he moved back to Hawaii after high school, he began modeling, which soon led to an acting career. After long-running roles on Baywatch Hawaii and Stargate: Atlantis, Momoa landed the role of Khal Drogo on HBO’s Game of Thrones, which debuted in 2011. That same year Momoa was featured in the title role of the new Conan the Barbarian movie. He has remained busy through film projects such as TV adventure drama Frontier, Bullet to the Head (2012), Road to Paloma (2014; which Momoa also directed and co-wrote), before earning prominent roles in the action thrillers Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017), The Bad Batch (2017) and Braven (2018). He also plays his prominent super hero role of Aquaman in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, 2017’s Justice League role of DC Comics superhero and Aquaman 1 & 2 since in 2018.