10+ Things Fans Didn't Know About Jason Momoa

Which would explain his great love for the state.

However, he was raised all the way in Madison County, Iowa. Which is much less glamorous of a state (sorry, Iowa).

Which is actually why he ended up moving away from Hawaii with his mom.

And he is actually kind of a momma's boy!

"Happy birthday to the me ma. Strong Aries woman. Raised a crazy lil Leo Lots a fire in this woman God bless all the single mothers. You are truly superheroes Aloha"

While a young Jason Momoa was working on his modeling career, he starred on Baywatch Hawaii from 1999 until 2001.

And yeah, young Jason Momoa without a beard does look pretty good.

He was discovered by Takeo Kobayashi back in the far off year of 1998, and continued until he started acting full time.

Momoa won Hawaii's top model of the year back in 1999! And can you blame the judges?

He was gorgeous then, and he's gorgeous now.

The young man wanted to do a litany of different things. He took marine biology and wildlife biology in university and he was a surfer.

It sounds pretty right for someone with roots in Hawaii.

In fact, for his film Road to Paloma, he went into great detail on why it was important to depict the sensitive topic of sexual violence.

"I’ve had the best group of women in my life — and if the law didn’t take care of them, what would you do?"

The movie is actually pretty fantastic, so watch it if you haven't already."

Sure, he may not live there, but that doesn't mean he's not constantly inspired by his state.

He is always fighting for its protection, and to preserve the natural form of the state.

There was a giant telescope and observatory that were meant to be put there, but Momoa and hundreds of others were not having it.

He is always fighting for his people and home.

Hide your wives, short guys, because you'll never guess how tall Jason Momoa is.

He's 6'5". Or, for our European friends, he's 1.98 meters.

When he was trying to break into the role of Khal Drogo, he decided to do something a little out of left field for his audition in order to seal the deal.

He said about the audition:

"When you have a big 6'5" Hawaiian, screaming at the top of his lungs . . . casting directors were kind of very scared."

In order to prepare for his role in Conan The Barbarian, he had to get into a violent mindset. This was also when he got into heavy metal.

Yes, the two are linked.

After Momoa's role in Conan he actually wanted to gain weight for his role as Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones.

"I just ate Guinness [Stout] and pizza."

Here's the story:

"It was crazy. A guy smashed a pint glass in my face. I got a little over 140 stitches in my face. It helped get those mean roles."

"I got my wife beforehand, so… if she doesn’t like it, too bad. She likes it."

From The Cosby Show. The two they got married in 2007, but unfortunately divorced in 2022.

If you can hear someone crying in the distance, it's probably me.

As well as being a stepdad to Zoe Kravitz, he has two beautiful children with his wife.

His eldest is daughter Lola Iolani, and his youngest is son Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha.

In fact, his children and his wife were frequently onset during his time playing Khal Drogo.

"They know their dad, so it wasn’t like they were running for their lives. But my son loved it."

"When I get all the makeup put on, she comes and sits on my lap."

They're not just fancy triangles. The tattoo on Momoa's arm is supposed to represent shark teeth.

Why? So that when he goes swimming, they might recognize him as one of their own.

What a beautiful sentiment, and a beautiful tattoo.

By now, you're probably familiar with Momoa's super famous Super Bowl commercial that broke the internet.

"The problem with doing movies is it just takes so long. I want that instant gratification," he said.

"I don’t want to get an agent to go and tell me how to get in there. I don’t want to just go like, 'Hey I want to direct commercials,' and go do, you know, [expletive] shampoo ads or something like that."