Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his wrestling ring name The Rock, is an American actor and professional wrestler. He was a college football player for the University of Miami, where he won a national championship on the 1991 Miami Hurricanes team. After being cut from the Calgary Stampeders of CFL two months into the 1995 season, he began training for a career in professional wrestling, following in the footsteps of various family members, including his grandfather Peter Maivia and his father Rocky Johnson, from whom he inherited Canadian citizenship in 2009.
Dwayne has a daughter, Simone Alexandra, born in 2001, with his ex-wife Dany Garcia, and daughters, Jasmine, born in 2015, and Tiana Gia, born in 2018, with his wife, singer and songwriter Lauren Hashian.
He played Dr. Smolder Bravestone, the video game version of Spencer in the 2017 Jumanji film and again in 2019's Jumanji: The Next Level. Along with Dr. Bravestone's father who was slaughtered by Jurgen the Brutal.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Beyond the Mat | Himself | Documentary |
2001 | Longshot | Mugger | |
The Mummy Returns | Mathayus / Scorpion King | Won - Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain | |
2002 | The Scorpion King | Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Action Movie Actor | |
2003 | The Rundown | Beck | Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Fight |
2004 | Walking Tall | Chris Vaughn | |
2005 | Be Cool | Elliot Wilhelm | |
Doom | Sgt. Asher "Sarge" Mahonin | Nominated - Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Bloodiest Beatdown (Best fight scene) (shared with Karl Urban) | |
2006 | Gridiron Gang | Sean Porter | |
2007 | Reno 911!: Miami | Agent Rick Smith | Cameo |
Southland Tales | Boxer Santaros | ||
The Game Plan | Joseph "Joe" Kingman | Nominated - Kid's Choice Awards for Favorite Movie Actor | |
2008 | Get Smart | Agent 23 | Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Villain |
2009 | Race to Witch Mountain | Jack Bruno | |
Planet 51 | Captain Charles "Chuck" T. Baker | Voice role | |
2010 | Tooth Fairy | Derek Thompson / Tooth Fairy | Nominated - Kid's Choice Awards for Favorite Movie Actor |
Why Did I Get Married Too? | Daniel Franklin | Uncredited cameo | |
The Other Guys | Detective Christopher Danson | ||
You Again | Air Marshal | Uncredited cameo | |
Faster | James Cullen / Driver | Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Action | |
2011 | Fast Five | Luke Hobbs | Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Action Movie Actor |
2012 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Hank Parsons | Also co-producer Won - Kid's Choice Awards for Favorite Male Buttkicker |
2013 | Snitch | John Matthews | Also producer |
G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Marvin F. Hinton / Roadblock | Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Action Movie Actor Nominated - Kid's Choice Awards for Favorite Male Buttkicker | |
Pain & Gain | Paul Doyle | ||
Fast & Furious 6 | Luke Hobbs | Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer Movie Actor | |
Empire State | Detective James Ransome | Straight-to-DVD | |
2014 | Hercules | Hercules | Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer Movie Star |
2015 | Furious 7 | Luke Hobbs | |
San Andreas | Ray Gaines | Nominated - People's Choice Award for Favorite Action Movie Actor Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Action Performance Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Hero Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer Movie Actor | |
Jem and the Holograms | Himself | Cameo | |
2016 | Central Intelligence | Bob Stone / Robbie Weirdicht | Kid's Choice Award for Favorite Best Friends (with Kevin Hart)
People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedic Movie Actor |
Moana | Maui | Voice role
Teen Choice Award for Choice Fantasy Movie Actor
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – (Television or Film) | |
2017 | The Fate of the Furious | Luke Hobbs | Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Action Movie Actor |
Baywatch | Mitch Buchannon | Also executive producer Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Comedy Movie Actor | |
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Dr. Smolder Bravestone (Spencer Gilpin) | Also executive producer Won - Kid's Choice Awards for Favorite Movie Actor | |
2018 | Rampage | Davis Okoye | Also executive producer |
Skyscraper | Will Sawyer | Also producer; | |
2019 | Fighting with My Family | Himself | Also executive producer |
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | Luke Hobbs | Also producer; Post-production | |
Jumanji: The Next Level | Dr. Smolder Bravestone | ||
2021 | Jungle Cruise | Post-production | |
Red Notice | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | That '70s Show | Rocky Johnson | Episode: "That Wrestling Show" |
The Net | Brody | Episode: "Last Man Standing" | |
2000, 2002, 2009, 2015, 2017 |
Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | 5 episodes |
2000 | Star Trek: Voyager | The Champion | Episode: "Tsunkatse" |
2007 | Cory in the House | Himself | Episode: "Never the Dwayne Shall Meet" |
Hannah Montana | Episode: "Don't Stop Til You Get the Phone" | ||
2009 | Wizards of Waverly Place | Episode: "Art Teacher" | |
2010 | Transformers: Prime | Cliffjumper (voice) | Episode: "Darkness Rising, Part 1" |
Family Guy | Himself | Episode: "Big Man on Hippocampus" | |
2013 | The Hero | Himself (host) | 8 episodes; also executive producer |
2014 | Wake Up Call | ||
2015–present | Ballers | Spencer Strasmore | 30 episodes; also executive producer |
2017 | Lifeline | Himself | Episode: "In 33 Days You’ll Die" |
2019 | The Titan Games | Himself (host) | also creator/executive producer |
Video game
Year | Title | Voice role |
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2006 | Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run | Alex Decker |
Theme park ride
Year | Title | Role |
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2008 | Disaster! | Himself |
2015 | Fast & Furious: Supercharged | Luke Hobbs |
Videos
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Jumanji Stars | ||
1995 | Robin Williams • Bonnie Hunt • Adam Hann-Byrd • Laura Bell Bundy • Kirsten Dunst • Bradley Pierce • Jonathan Hyde • Patricia Clarkson • David Alan Grier • Bebe Neuwirth | |
2017 | Dwayne Johnson • Kevin Hart • Jack Black • Karen Gillan • Nick Jonas • Alex Wolff • Ser'Darius Blain • Madison Iseman • Morgan Turner • Tim Matheson • Bobby Cannavale • Rhys Darby • Marc Evan Jackson • Missi Pyle | |
2019 | Dwayne Johnson • Kevin Hart • Jack Black • Karen Gillan • Nick Jonas • Awkwafina • Alex Wolff • Ser'Darius Blain • Madison Iseman • Morgan Turner • Colin Hanks • Rhys Darby • Danny DeVito • Danny Glover • Rory McCann | |
TV | Bill Fagerbakke • Debi Derryberry • Ashley Johnson • Cam Clarke • Sherman Howard • Tim Curry • William Sanderson • Charles Napier • Richard Allen • Dabney Coleman • Alan Oppenheimer • Edward Asner • Charlie Schlatter • Cathy Moriarty • Jim Cummings • Melanie Chartoff • Tony Jay • Pamela Adlon • Eileen Brennan | |
Crew | Chris Van Allsburg • Joe Johnston • Jake Kasdan |