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 and appear in "Fighting with My Family", a seriocomedy about WWE Superstar, Paige and her family who are also professional wrestlers. By August 2015, Johnson had signed on to star in a film adaptation of The Walt Disney Company's Jungle Cruise theme park ride. Jaume Collet-Serra signed on as director, while Michael Green was hired to rewrite the original script written by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. Emily Blunt will co-star, with Jack Whitehall, Édgar Ramírez and Jesse Plemons portraying a relative of Blunt's character, and two villains, respectively. In addition to his work on the film, Johnson will also