Dwayne Johnson – Birthdate, Personal Life, Wrestling Career, Films

Dwayne Johnson who is popularly known as “The Rock”, is one of the most popular and the highest paid actor in the world. Dwayne Johnson was born in California on May 2, 1972. His full name is Dwayne Douglas Johnson. Before beginning his acting career, he has been among the most influential wrestlers who wrestled for Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was also a football player. He has been regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers and he pursued wrestling for over eight years and then moved on to his acting career.

Dwayne Johnson – Early Life and Education 

Born in Hayward, California, Dwayne Johnson is the son of Ata Johnson and Rocky Johnson. Dwayne Johnson’s date of birth is May 2, 1972. His father was also a professional wrestler. He was born into a wrestler family as his father and his tag team partner Tony Atlas were named the first black tag team champions in WWE history, in the year 1983.

Apart from his father, his mother, Ata Johnson is the adopted daughter of Peter Maivia, who was also a professional wrestler. Although his school time was that pleasing during his school days, he was arrested by police multiple times for fighting, fraud, and theft. Later on, his school Football coach identified his athletic potential and join Johnson on the school football team, where he played defensive tackle. 

Johnson also joined the school wrestling teams. He also participated in the tournaments conducted for the school wrestling and he become the most accomplished teenage wrestler in the nation. During his senior year at high school, Johnson only concentrated on football and became one of the elite players. After his graduation, he also joined the Canadian Football League.

Wrestling Career of Dwayne Johnson

After he was rejected by the Calgary football league team, Johnson began his wrestling career in the year 1996. He was signed by the WWE and given the ring name “Rocky Maivia” which is a combination of his father’s and grandfather’s names.

In the year 1998 won his first WWE championship, later the fan following of the Rock increased, and became the most popular contestant in the WWE. He left the WWE in the year 2004 and in 2011 he again returned as a part-time contestant till the year 2013.

Dwayne Johnson: Career in Acting

In the year 2001, he acted in the movie “The Mummy Returns” which is one of the most grossed and most popular movies all around the world. Due to the huge success of this movie Rock got his second chance as a leading actor in the movie “The Scorpion King” in the following year and he is the most paid debut actor at the time.

He also acted in many family and action films, His popular movies are G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Skyscraper, Hercules, Central Intelligence, and Red Notice. He also starred in the Jumanji films such as Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level.

Dwayne Johnson: Awards and Achievements

Rock won 10 times the WWE championship, 5 times the Tag team champion, and won the Royal Rumble match in the year 2000. He also won many awards for his acting and films. According to standard sources, Johnson is the sixth most followed person on Instagram with 334 million followers.

He has also been named among the ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’ twice, firstly in the year 2016 and then in the year 2019.