Rocky Johnson Rocky Johnson Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles; August 24, 1944) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. During his wrestling career, he became a National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Georgia Champion and a NWA Southern Heavyweight Memphis Champion, as well as winning many other championships. Along with his partner Tony Atlas, Johnson was a part of the first black tag team to win the World Tag Team championship in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He is the father of American actor and professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Rocky Johnson was born Wayde Douglas Bowles in Amherst, Nova Scotia, where he
Dwayne Johnson and is set to play Nick Schuyler in the drama film "Not Without Hope". In 2016, Johnson co-starred with Kevin Hart in the action-comedy "Central Intelligence" and had a lead voice role in the Disney animated film "Moana", in which he voiced the Polynesian demigod Maui. He reprised his role as Luke Hobbs in "The Fate of the Furious", which was released in 2017. Johnson starred in two other blockbuster movies that year, "Baywatch" and "" as Mitchell "Mitch" Buchannon and Dr. Smolder Bravestone, respectively. In 2018, he starred in two action films, "Rampage" and "Skyscraper". He will also produce