Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born on May 2, 1972 also known by his 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 championshipon 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 and his father, Rocky Johnson, from whom he inherited Canadian citizenship in 2009. Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born on May 2, 1972, in Hayward, California, the son of Ata Johnson and professional wrestler Rocky Johnso. His maternal grandfather, “High Chief” Peter Maivia, was also a wrestler, and his maternal grandmother, Lia Maivia, was one of wrestling’s few female promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husband’s death in 1982 until 1988. Johnson’s father is Canadian, a Black Nova Scotian, while his mother is of Samoan descent. His father was part of the first black tag team to win the World Tag Team Championship in the World Wrestling Federation. Through his mother, he is considered a non-blood relative of the Anoa’i wrestling family. His cousin, Savelina Fanene, is also a wrestler working for WWE. Johnson briefly lived in the suburb of Grey Lynn in Auckland, New Zealand with his mother’s family. He attended Richmond Road Primary School, before returning to the United States with his parents. He spent 10th grade at President William McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. As he entered 11th grade, his father’s job required his relocation to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where Dwayne began playing football at Freedom High School in the East Penn Conference. He was also a member of the school’s track and field and wrestling teams. Johnson was a promising football prospect and received offers from many Division I collegiate programs. He decided on a full scholarship from the University of Miami, playing defensive tackle. In 1991, he was on the Miami Hurricanes’s national championship team. When an injury sidelined him, he was replaced by future National Football League (NFL) star Warren Sapp.While attending Miami, Johnson met his future wife, Dany Garcia, who graduated from the university in 1992 and later became a member of its Board of Trustees. She also founded a Miami-based wealth management firm. In 2006, the couple donated $2 million to build a living room at the University’s Newman Alumni Center.Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Johnson gained mainstream fame in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1996 to 2004 and was the first third-generation wrestler in the company’s history. He returned to WWE part-time from 2011–13 and continues to make sporadic appearances. He is an eight time WWF/WWE Champion, two time WCW/World Champion, two time WWF Intercontinental Champion and a five time WWF Tag Team Champion. He is the sixth Triple Crown Champion in WWE and won the 2000 Royal Rumble. His autobiography The Rock Says… debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2000. Johnson’s first leading film role was in The Scorpion King in 2002. For this, he was paid US$5.5 million, a world record for an actor in his first starring role. One of his more prominent roles is Luke Hobbs in The Fast and the Furious franchise. He hosted and produced The Hero, a reality competition series and has since continued to produce TV shows and films through his production company Seven Bucks Productions. In 2013, Forbes listed Johnson No. 25 in the Top 100 Most Powerful Celebrities and has been in the top twenty every year since. He was the world’s highest-paid actor of 2016. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016. In 2015, Muscle & Fitnessnamed him “Man of the Century”.
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| Name | Dwayne Johnson |
|---|---|
| Born Name | Dwayne Douglas Johnson |
| Nick Name | The Rock, Flex Kavana, Rocky Maivia, The People’s Champion, The Brahma Bull, The Great One, The Corporate Champion |
| Sun Sign | Taurus |
| Birth Place | Hayward, California, USA |
| Date Of Birth | May 02, 1972 |
| Age | 45 Years |
| Height | 6'5" |
| Weight | 119 Kg |
| Body Measurement | 50-35-20 Hair Color Dark Brown Eye Color Dark Brown Build Athletic Sexual Orientation Straight Distinctive Features His signature moves (listed below) Eyebrow trademark Shoe Size Dwayne wears a shoe of size 14 (US) |
| Profession | Retired professional wrestler, actor |
| TV Serials | Unknown |
| Movie | Beyond the Mat |
| School | Unknown |
| College | Unknown |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Nationality | American |
| Home Town | Hayward, California, USA |
| City | Hayward, California, USA |
| Marital Status | Unknown |
| Fathers Name | Rocky Johnson (Professional wrestler) |
| Mothers Name | Ata Johnson (née Maivia) |
| Siblings | Curtis Bowles (Brother), Wanda Bowles (Sister) |
| Girlfriend/Boyfriend | Dany Garcia Lauren Hashian |