Dwayne Johnson Dwayne Johnson Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor, producer, and semi-retired professional wrestler. Johnson 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 the 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 Johnson "Southland Tales" (2007). He played a cocky famous American football player in "The Game Plan" (2007) and Agent 23 in "Get Smart" (2008). He presented the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 80th Academy Awards in February 2008. He was nominated for the Favorite Movie Actor award at the 2008 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for his role in "The Game Plan" but lost out to Johnny Depp in "". Johnson became known for reinvigorating film franchises after portraying Marvin F. Hinton / Roadblock in "" and reprising his role as Luke Hobbs in "Fast & Furious 6", while