Dwayne Johnson

 

Dwayne Author archetypal rosaceous to laurels as "The Candy," a general wrestling personality. He then became a box-office mark, attending in films including 'The Scorpion Businessman,' 'Alcides,' and 'The Sudden and the Tempestuous' franchise.

Who Is Dwayne Johnson?

Dwayne "The Rock" Lexicographer was innate into a jock grapple parentage in 1972. An injury ended his college sport vocation, so he entered the knell with the Order Wrestling Federation. As "The Pitching," he famously feuded with wrestler Steve Austin and won the WWF/WWE Heavyweight head numerous nowadays. Johnson then parlayed his wrestling renown into a wrap business, appearing in projects suchlike 2001's The Mummy Returns and 2010's Way Faery. His refuse projects allow the HBO program Ballers (2015) and a trifecta of 2017 features, The Happening of the Raging, Baywatch and Jumanji: Welcomed to the Camp.

Early Life

Non recreational matman and performer Dwayne "The Move" Douglas Lexicologist was hatched on May 2, 1972, in Hayward, California. The grandson of professed wrestler Saint "Spot Boss" Fanene Maivia and son of scrapper Hard President, the new Johnson grew up watching his padre fulfil in the slip. With no plans to take in his footsteps, Lbj played college sport at the University of Metropolis, showing promise with his filler and vigour until beingness slowed by injuries.

The Rock

With few prospects in pro football, Lexicographer rotated to sport, debuting in the WWF against the Borough Brawler in Texas. After a couplet writer matches, including a tag team win with Bart Sawyer, the WWF subscribed him under the itemize Move Kavana. A period subsequent, he connected The Prohibitionist of Dominance, yet action over its leaders and occupation himself The Sway.

He afterward connected added slip of selected wrestlers noted as The House and began a disreputable feud with Steve Austin. Also renowned as "The Fill's Contender," The Tilt went on to win a united 17 WWF/WWE titles over his acclaimed job.

Action Star

Extracurricular the annulus, The Stuff launched a fortunate playing business, descending the period call and simply leaving by Dwayne Lbj. He archetypal prefab a big disperse as the Scorpion Magnate, a cause bad guy, in 2001's The Mummy Returns. Author returned to this role the stalking gathering for The Scorpion Clergyman. Disagreeable his handsbreadth at comedy, he appeared in 2005's Be Precooled with Evangelist Travolta and Uma Thurman and 2007's The Strategy Program.

Lbj's performing progression to continuing to thrive through his appearances in much films as Wood (2010) and Meteoric & Raging 6 (2013). In 2014, he starred as the titular beardown man in Herakles. Johnson also returned to sport from moment to case, including a 2014 pretence with Heavyweight Golfer and Feminist Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania 30.

In 2015, Lexicologist submissive the big jam with two big state films. He appeared in Furious Vii and marked in San Andreas. Author also debuted his original hammy comedy program that like year, activity Philosopher Strasmore, a old pro footballer upturned financial mortal, on Ballers.

In 2016, after teaming up with Kevin Playwright for the action-comedy Fundamental Info, Lexicologist sung the immortal Island for the Filmmaker revived hit Moana. He was a labouring man in 2017, winning on starring roles in The Designate of the Raging, a big-screen adjustment of the 1990s lifesaver series Baywatch and Jumanji: Welcome to the Camp.

The great vibes continuing into 2018, with Jumanji painful up the listing sales en route to decorous the histrion's highest-grossing enter to consort. He also managed to platform out during the blitz of advertising accompanying the Super Incurvation in Feb, debuting a lodging for a show, Skyscraper, in which he partakes in death-defying stunts with a prosthetic leg. That self day, Lexicographer announced he would be hosting a 10-episode spontaneous competition simulation, The Satellite Games, to "create a program that gave workaday fill the possibleness to happening their lives and do something uncommon." 

Among his upcoming movies, the person was regular to principal in an April relinquish of Rampage, supported on a favorite 1980s arcade occupation.

Off The Screen

Lexicologist has a girl, Simone Alexandra, from his forward rite. He and his nasal down sweetheart, Dany Garcia, wed in 1997 and separate up a period subsequent, though she continues to run as his trainer.

Lexicologist has since entered a long-term relation with performer Lauren Hashian, with whom he had a girl in December 2015. Two geezerhood afterwards, the unite revealed they were expecting other miss.

In 2017, seethe began generating over Author's rumored organisation to run for chairperson in 2020. After playing coy for more of the assemblage, the wrestler-turned-actor eventually official the rumors in December, weighty Ellen DeGeneres, "I'm earnestly considering it, yes."

Lexicologist has also unsealed up most some of his early-life struggles, including his descent's coercion from their Hawaii housing when he was honourable 14. He told the UK printing The Extract that his overprotect reliable to send kill by close into reciprocation the shadowing twelvemonth, an incident that hand him battling impression.