Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was born into a professional wrestling family in 1972 in Hayward, California.

Dwayne Johnson‘s parents are Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu Maivia) and Canadian-born professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles).

After an injury, while playing college football he entered the ring with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He transformed himself into the highly popular “The Rock,” by famously feuding with wrestler Steve Austin. He won the WWF Heavyweight title six times.

Dwayne Johnson Film History:

Johnson then parlayed his wrestling fame into a film career, appearing in projects like his 2001 debut film The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King, Walking Tall, Doom, and more which proved him to be the next big action hero. Johnson started blending action with comedy in his crossover film, The Rundown, and Race to Witch Mountain (2009). He continued his film career with family fun comedies with Walt Disney like his 2007 movie The Game Plan and followed it with another hit comedy 2010 Tooth Fairy. His recent projects include Furious Seven (2015), San Andreas (2015) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and the HBO series Ballers (2015). In 2018, Dwayne has hit superstar status with blockbuster movies like Rampage (2018) and Skyscrapper (2018). He has over 12 movies in development and still going.