THE ROCK

Johnson  at  the  Sydney  premiere  of  G.I.  Joe:  Retaliation  in  2013.
Born Dwayne  Douglas  Johnson
May  2,  1972  (age  42)
Hayward,  California,  U.S.
Citizenship United  States  and  Canada
Occupation Actor,  producer,  professional  wrestler
Years  active 1995–2004;  2011–present  (wrestler)
1999–present  (actor)
Spouse(s) Dany  Garcia
(1997–2007)
Children 1

Professional  wrestling  career
Ring  name(s) Flex  Kavana
Rocky  Maivia
The  Rock
Pidlaoan  Rock
Billed  height 6  ft  5  in  (1.96  m)
Billed  weight 260  lb  (120  kg)
Billed  from Miami,  Florida
"The  South  Pacific"
Trained  by Pat  Patterson
Rocky  Johnson
Tom  Prichard
Debut 1995

Dwayne  Douglas  Johnson : (born  May  2,  1972),  also  known  by  his  ring  name  The  Rock,  is  an  American-Canadian  actor,  producer  and  professional  wrestler.

Johnson  was  a  college  football  player  for  the  University  of  Miami,  winning  a  national  championship  on  the  1991  Miami  Hurricanes  football  team.  He  later  played  for  the  Calgary  Stampeders  in  the  Canadian  Football  League,  and  was  cut  two  months  into  the  1995  season.  This  led  him  to  become  a  professional  wrestler  like  his  grandfather,  Peter  Maivia,  and  his  father,  Rocky  Johnson  (from  whom  he  also  inherited  his  Canadian  citizenship).  Originally  billed  as  "Rocky  Maivia",  he  gained  mainstream  fame  in  the  World  Wrestling  Federation  (WWF/E)  from  1996  to  2004,  and  was  the  first  third-generation  wrestler  in  the  company's  history.  He  returned  to  wrestling  part-time  for  WWE  from  2011  to  2013.

Johnson  is  widely  considered  one  of  the  all-time  greatest  professional  wrestlers.  Headlining  numerous  pay-per-views  over  his  career  and  one  of  the  top  box  office  draws  of  all  time,  he  headlined  five  WrestleManias  (XV,  2000,  X-Seven,  XXVIII,  and  XXIX).  He  has  had  seventeen  championship  reigns  in  WWE,  including  ten  as  a  world  champion,  winning  the  WWF/E  Championship  eight  times  and  the  WCW/World  Championship  twice.  He  won  the  WWF  Intercontinental  Championship  twice  and  the  WWF  Tag  Team  Championship  five  times.  He  is  the  sixth  WWF/E  Triple  Crown  Champion,  and  won  the  2000  Royal  Rumble.

Johnson's  autobiography  The  Rock  Says...  (co-written  with  Joe  Layden)  was  published  in  2000.  It  debuted  at  No.  1  on  The  New  York  Times  Best  Seller  list  and  remained  on  the  list  for  several  weeks.  Johnson's  first  leading  film  role  was  in  The  Scorpion  King  in  2002.  For  this  role,  he  was  paid  US  $5.5  million,  a  world  record  for  an  actor  in  his  first  starring  role.[11]  He  has  since  appeared  in  several  films,  including  The  Rundown,  Be  Cool,  Walking  Tall,  Gridiron  Gang,  The  Game  Plan,  Get  Smart,  Race  to  Witch  Mountain,  Planet  51,  Tooth  Fairy,  Doom,  The  Other  Guys,  Faster,  Fast  Five,  and  Fast  &  Furious  6.  He  has  hosted  and  produced  The  Hero,  a  reality  competition  series.

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