Dwayne Johnson was born Dwayne Douglas Johnson on May 2, 1972, in Hayward, California, United States. His father, Rocky Johnson, was a professional wrestler while his mother, Ata Maivia, was the daughter of a wrestler. His father is of Black Nova Scotian origin, while his mother is of ...
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnsonhas always been a ladies' man. The pro-wrestler turned actor said it himself during E! News'Daily Popon March 14, describing "Young Rock," a moniker in reference to hisNBC sitcom of the same name, as "confident" even though he "didn't know anything." That...
Johnson added, "What’s crazy about that suicide attempt is that to this day, she has no recollection of it whatsoever. Probably best she doesn’t." The former wrestler previously opened up about that incident during a 2015 episode of "Oprah's Master Class" where he went into mo...
Luckily, The Rock can now find humor in those once unfortunate mix-ups. His new show, “Young Rock,” which first aired in February, follows his early life as he moves around with a father as a professional wrestler. “I have had a Forrest Gump-ian childhood growing up,” Johnson said...
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson started his career as a wrestler with WWE before turning in his belt to act full-time. From "The Scorpion King" to "Moana" to joining "The Fast and the Furious" franchise, Johnson has become a bonafide superstar and was the highest-paid actor on Forbes' Top...
Dwayne Johnson's father, Rocky Johnson, was a professional wrestler, so The Rock got to grow up around WWE fighters like André the Giant. He tweeted in 2013 that he knew the famed wrestler as "Uncle Andre." He Could Eat 12 Steaks And 15 Lobsters In One Sitting Andre The Gia...
When Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was cast as Maui in the Disney film Moana, people were pretty impressed with his vocal skills. As lovable as Johnson has become over the years in his transition from pro wrestler to an actor, he continues to surprise from time to time. Recently, someone on...
Rob DriscollHE made his name as one of the world's most famous and charismatic wrestlers, but now sportsman-turned-film-star Dwayne Johnson is dropping "The Rock" from his name on the billboards, in a bid to prove how serious he is as a big-screen performer.It's arguably a gamble,...
Johnson also starred in his own spinoff movie with Jason Statham,Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, which earned him $20 million (viaVariety). The actor didn't return forF9following hisfamousFast & Furiousfeud with Vin Diesel, which means that the former wrestler likely left another $...
Rocky Johnson married again that year to Ata Maivia, who was the daughter of another wrestler, High Chief Peter Maivia, and a promoter, Lia Maivia. Rocky and Ata by that point already had one child, a son born on May 2, 1972: Dwayne Douglas Johnson, who would one day gain internatio...