Jason Momoa Calls His Dad’s Cameo in ‘Chief of Warfare’ a ‘Fairly Lovely Second’

Jason Momoa solid a particular star in his new challenge — his dad!

Talking to NBC Information in a section that aired on the Today present on Thursday, July 31, the 45-year-old actor revealed that his father makes a cameo within the Apple TV+ historic drama, Chief of Warfare. 

“Pops is in it, yeah,” he advised the outlet of Joseph Momoa. “He’s blowing the conch shell.”

The Baywatch alum added that the conch shell wasn’t only a made-up function for the sequence, however one thing that his father has all the time taken delight in.

“Any particular gathering in any respect, my dad was all the time doing that,” he mentioned, including, “To see him all within the in wardrobe was a fairly stunning second.”

The Recreation of Thrones alum was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and his father is Hawaiian, hailing from Nanakuli. 

“That is all the pieces I’ve ever needed to do, to do one thing for my tradition and my heritage,” Jason mentioned of why the sequence is a ardour challenge. “To be trustworthy, guys, I’ve by no means seen something fairly like this present.”

Jason co-created and executive-produced the nine-episode sequence, which relies on true occasions surrounding the unification of the Hawaiian islands as they face colonization within the late 1700s.

“I really feel like this complete factor has chosen me in a means, like that is my future,” Jason told PEOPLE on the premiere Wednesday, July 30, which was in Hawaii, not removed from the place he was born — and two miles from the place he’d spend summers together with his father. “I do not know how I obtained to all this, however we’re right here, and I am very grateful. I am dwelling my dream doing what I like to do. To play my ancestors is such a duty. It’s scary and thrilling.”

His youngsters, Lola, 18, and Nakoa-Wolf, 16, whom he shares with ex-wife Lisa Bonet, had been additionally close by for the occasion. 

The Aquaman star additionally shared how his father’s presence continues to play an important function in his life. 

“My dad is a coach at an outrigger canoe membership, which is the place I realized learn how to surf,” Jason mentioned. “Simply this morning, the sand pulled again and revealed large petroglyphs [ancient sandstone carvings] proper within the place the place I grew up. It’s form of insane. I’ve by no means skilled that earlier than.”

As for Jason’s mom, Coni Momoa is from Norwalk, Iowa. However like his father, Coni has additionally made a particular cameo earlier than. 

Forward of St. Patrick’s Day 2024, the mother-son duo starred in a Guinness commercial collectively.

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“[My mom] is the one which launched Guinness to me. It solely made sense for us to be collectively,” Jason advised PEOPLE, including that Coni was “so nervous” on set. “She did an ideal job, but it surely was actually cute to see my mother form of panicked on the strains.”

Chief of Warfare premieres with two episodes on Aug. 1, with new episodes debuting weekly on Fridays on Apple TV+.