The former wrestler Dwayne Johnson became the world’s highest-paid actor. Dwayne has been Hollywood’s go-to action hero after helping to create the billion-dollar Fast and Furious trilogy and driving 2015’s ‘San Andreas’ to a surprise $473 million worldwide. The muscular star’s next project is a lead role in the upcoming adaptation of ‘Baywatch.’
Dwayne Douglas Johnson, better known by his ring moniker The Rock, is an American actor, businessman, and former professional wrestler who was born on May 2, 1972. He wrestled for WWE for eight years before pursuing an acting career. He is regarded as one of the best professional wrestlers of all time. His films have grossed more than $3.5 billion in North America and more than $10.5 billion globally, making him one of the highest-paid and highest-grossing performers in the world.
Johnson was a member of the University of Miami football team that won the national title in 1991. He aspired to be a professional football player, but he was undrafted in the 1995 NFL Draft. He signed with the Canadian Football League’s (CFL) Calgary Stampeders but was released after his first season.
Johnson’s first leading role was as The Scorpion King’s titular character in the sword and sorcery movie The Scorpion King (2002), and he has since appeared in the comedies The Game Plan (2007), Tooth Fairy (2010), and Central Intelligence (2016); the action-adventure films Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013), Hercules (2014), and Skyscraper (2018); the science-fiction films San Andreas (2015).
Johnson’s book, The Rock Says, became a New York Times bestseller in 2000. He co-founded the entertainment production company Seven Bucks Productions in 2012, and he is a co-owner of the XFL, an American football league. Johnson was named one of the world’s most important persons by Time magazine in 2016 and 2019.
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