Dwayne Douglas Johnson, popularly known as The Rock, is one of the most famous personalities known for his exemplary wrestling skills and for also being an equally successful actor. A man with an inspiring story - from being a WWE wrestler to a Hollywood superstar, he was declared by Forbes as the highest paid actor in the world in 2016. Dwayne Johnson is a Canadian-American actor, producer and a professional athlete, who first established himself as a mainstream third-generation wrestler at the World Wrestling Federation before attaining fame in the film industry.

EARLY LIFE
Dwayne Johnson was born in California and hails from a family of professional wrestlers. His father, Rocky Johnson, was a Canadian-born wrestler, and his maternal grandfather, Peter Maivia, also was a professional wrestler. His cousin, Savelina Fanene, is a wrestler and works for WWE. Dwayne Johnson went to Richmond Road Primary School during his brief stay with his mother Ata Johnson`s family in Auckland, New Zealand. Later, when he moved back to the USA, he attended the President William McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. He studied at the Freedom High School in Pennsylvania and started playing football for the University of Miami, through which he won a national championship with the 1991 Miami Hurricanes football team.

Due to a back injury, Johnson could not earn a spot in the NFL. With dwindling opportunities in the football arena, he shifted his attention to wrestling with a debut in WWF against Brooklyn Brawler in Texas. He was signed by WWF under the name Flex Klavana, after he was part of a tag team victory with Bart Sawyer. He joined The Nation of domination, a professional wrestling stable in WWF, and started calling himself as The Rock. He lived up to his name as The People`s Champ` by winning the WWF / E championship eight times, the WWF Tag Team championships five times, Intercontinental Championship two times, and more. Post-1999, Johnson diverted his attention to Hollywood. He was still very active on the WWE arena till 2004, after which his appearances were few and far between.

PERSONAL LIFE
Dwayne Johnson got married to Dany Garcia in 1997, and the two have a daughter named Simone Alexandra. After a decade-long relationship, they split amicably in 2007. Johnson then got into a romantic relationship with Lauren Hashian, the daughter of Boston drummer, Sib Hashian. The two love-birds have a daughter Jasmine, who was born in 2015.

MOVIE CAREER
Dwayne Johnson made an entry into mainstream cinema with the film Beyond the Mat in 1999. He made a brief appearance as The Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns (2001). As this movie was successful, he was cast in his first leading role as Mathayus in the 2002 release The Scorpion King, which revolved around Mathayus and his rise to emerge as the Scorpion King. He was touted as the biggest star to hit the big theatre screen since Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 2001, he won the Teen Choice Award for the Choice Movie Villain category for his role as The Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns.

Johnson proved that he is more than just an action hero, by trying his hand with comedy roles in movies like Be Cool (2005), The Game Plan, a 2007 flick alongside John Travolta and Uma Thurman, and Tooth Fairy (2010). For his performance in The Game Plan, he was nominated in the Favorite Movie Actor Award category at the 2008 Nickelodeon Kid`s Choice Awards. He returned to an action movie with 2010 Faster alongside Billy Bob Thornton. As he was busy with film projects between 2004 and 2009, he made only part-time appearances in the wrestling arena.

The year 2011 got millions of fans what they long wished for as Johnson and Vin Diesel appeared together in the fifth installment of The Fast and Furious film series titled Fast Five. Johnson portrayed the role of a Diplomatic Security Service agent Luke Hobbs. The film got the biggest ever opening for a Fast & Furious movie and also for any Dwayne Johnson film. The actor continued his successful association with the Fast & Furious franchise by starring in its consecutive installments like Fast & Furious 6 in 2013 and Fast & Furious 7 in 2015. He then starred in the American disaster film San Andreas that released in 2015, revolving around a rescue-chopper pilot and his ex-wife who try to track down their daughter just after a massive earthquake. The 2016 action comedy film Central Intelligence featured Johnson and Kevin Hart in lead roles as two old high school friends who come together to save the world from a terrorist after one of them joins the CIA. His other release in the year was a voice role in Moana for the character of Maui. The following year, Johnson reprised his role as agent Luke Hobbs in Fate of the Furious, the eighth installment in the Fast and the Furious series, which is directed by F. Gary Gray. His 2018 release includes Skyscraper, an action thriller directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. His 2019 releases include Fighting with My Family, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw and Jumanji: The Next Level. His 2021 releases include Jungle Cruise, Free Guy and Red Notice. While his 2022 releases include DC League of Super-Pets and Black Adam, his 2023 releases include Red One. .