Dwayne Douglas Johnson is an American-Canadian actor, producer, businessman, retired professional wrestler, and former American football and Canadian football player. He rose to prominence after developing the charismatic, boastful, trash-talking Rock persona. His films have grossed over USD 3.5 billion in North America and over USD 10. 5 billion worldwide, making him one of the world’s highest-grossing actors. He is the co-owner of the American football league, the XFL.
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Dwayne Douglas Johnson is an American-Canadian actor, producer, businessman, retired professional wrestler, and former American football and Canadian football player. He was a college football player for the University of Miami, with whom he won a national championship in 1991. In 1996, Johnson secured a contract with the WWF and was promoted as the first third-generation wrestler in WWF history. He rose to prominence after developing the charismatic, boastful, trash-talking Rock persona. He won his first WWF Championship in 1998 and helped usher in the Attitude Era, an industry boom period in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2004, he left the WWE to pursue an acting career. His films have grossed over USD 3.5 billion in North America and over USD 10. 5 billion worldwide, making him one of the world’s highest-grossing actors. In 2008, Johnson was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. In 2012, he founded the production company Seven Bucks Productions, which has produced several films and other entertainment projects. He made the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World list in 2016 and 2019, and is the co-owner of the American football league, the XFL. He is a two-time Intercontinental Champion, a five-time tag team champion, a 10-time world champion, and Royal Rumble match winner, and WWE’s sixth Triple Crown champion. Johnson is half-Black Nova Scot and half-Samoan. His mother is Samoan and the daughter of Peter Maivia, who was also a pro wrestler.
His father was a Black Canadian, from Nova Scotia, and part of the first Black tag team champions in WWE history along with Tony Atlas. Johnson’s wife, Lia, was the first female pro wrestling promoter, taking over Polynesian Pro Wrestling after her husband’s death in 1982, until 1988, until her death in 1988. He has three children with his wife, who is also a former pro wrestler, Lia Maivia. He will retire from professional wrestling at the end of the current WWE season. He also has a successful acting career, having starred in Fast & Furious, The Game Plan, and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Johnson has also produced and starred in the HBO series Ballers, which ran for five seasons and was ranked as HBO’s most-watched comedy in six years. His first leading film role was in The Scorpion King. He has since starred in many successful films, including Tooth Fairy, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, G. I. Joe: Retaliation, Hercules, San Andreas, Central Intelligence, Moana, Rampage, and Skyscraper. He also stars in theJumanji franchise, appearing in Jumanjis: Jumanjo: The Next Level. Johnson was arrested multiple times for fighting, theft, and check fraud before the age of 17. He decided on a full scholarship from Miami University where he played on the defensive Division I Division of football.
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