Dwayne Johnson Lifestyle, Biography, Age, Height, Marriage, Contact & Information

Dwayne Johnson Lifestyle, Biography, Age, Height, Marriage, Contact & Information

Who is Dwayne Johnson?

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was born into a family of professional wrestlers in 1972. An injury ended his college football career, so he entered the ring with the World Wrestling Federation. As “The Rock”, he feuded with wrestler Steve Austin and won the WWF/WWE Heavyweight title on several occasions. Johnson then turned her wrestling fame into a film career, appearing in projects like The Mummy Returns in 2001 and Tooth Fairy in 2010. Later projects include HBO’s Ballers series and starring roles in the Fast and the Furious and Jumanji franchises. and voice as the demigod Maui in Moana.

Youth and career

Johnson was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. The grandson of professional wrestler Peter “High Chief” Fanene Maivia and son of wrestler Rocky Johnson, young Johnson grew up watching his father perform in the ring. With no intention of following in his footsteps, Johnson played college football at the University of Miami, showing promise with his height and athleticism until being slowed by injuries.

Devenir ‘The Rock’

With few prospects in professional football, Johnson turned to wrestling, making his WWF debut against the Brooklyn Brawler in Texas. After a few more matches, including a tag team win with Bart Sawyer, the WWF signed him as Flex Kavana. A year later, he joined The Nation of Domination, eventually taking over and calling himself The Rock.

He then joined another elite wrestling group known as The Corporation and began a notorious feud with Steve Austin. Also known as “The People’s Champ”, The Rock has won a total of 17 WWF/WWE titles during his acclaimed career.

Films and TV

‘Roi Scorpion’

Outside of the wrestling ring, The Rock launched a successful acting career, ditching the stage name and simply going by Dwayne Johnson. He first made a splash as the Scorpion King, a supernatural villain, in The Mummy Returns in 2001. Johnson returned to that role the following year for The Scorpion King. Trying his hand at comedy, he appeared in Be Cool in 2005 with John Travolta and Uma Thurman and The Game Plan in 2007.

‘Driver’, franchise ‘Fast & Furious’

Johnson’s acting career continued to flourish thanks to his appearances in films such as Driver (2010) and Fast & Furious 6 (2013). In 2014, he starred as the titular strongman in Hercules. Johnson has also returned to wrestling on and off, including a 2014 appearance with Hulk Hogan and Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania 30.

HBO’s ‘Ballers’

In 2015, Johnson dominated the big screen with two big action films. He appeared in Furious Seven and starred in San Andreas. Johnson also launched his first comedy-drama series the same year, playing Spencer Strasmore, a retired professional footballer turned financial planner, on Ballers.

«Intelligence centrale», «Moana», «Baywatch», «Jumanji»

In 2016, after teaming up with Kevin Hart for the action comedy Central Intelligence, Johnson voiced the demigod Maui for the Disney animated hit Moana. He was a busy man in 2017, playing starring roles in Fate of the Furious, a big-screen adaptation of 1990s lifeguard series Baywatch and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.

‘Skyscraper’, ‘Rampage’, ‘Hobbs & Shaw’

The good vibes continued into 2018, with Jumanji racking up ticket sales en route to becoming the actor’s highest-grossing film to date. He also managed to stand out during the publicity blitz accompanying the Super Bowl in February, releasing a trailer for the movie Skyscraper, in which he performs death-defying stunts with a prosthetic leg.

On the same day, Johnson announced that he would host a 10-episode unscripted competition show, The Titan Games, to “create a platform that gives ordinary people the opportunity to change their lives and do something great.” extraordinary”.

Next up for the action star was Rampage, based on the popular 1980s arcade game, which hit theaters a few months before Skyscraper’s release in July.

Johnson returned to his wrestling roots by appearing as himself in Fighting with My Family (2019), based on the true story of wrestling champion Saraya “Paige” Bevis. Later that year, he was back in action with the Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw, alongside Jason Statham.

“Young Rock”

In 2021, Young Rock, a television series about Johnson’s life, premiered. The show features Johnson and other actors playing younger versions of the actor.

XFL co-owner

In August 2020, Johnson announced that he had teamed up with his wife and a sports management company to buy the XFL, which went bankrupt earlier in the year, for $15 million. “Acquiring the XFL with my talented partners, Dany Garcia and Gerry Cardinale, is an investment for me that is deeply rooted in two things: my passion for the game and my desire to always take care of the fans,” Johnson said in a statement. statement. “With pride and gratitude for all that I have built with my own hands, I plan to apply these calluses to the XFL, and I look forward to creating something special for players, fans and all people. involved for the love of football. ” 

Private life

In August 2019, Johnson married his longtime girlfriend, singer/music producer Lauren Hashian. The two are parents to daughters Jasmine Lia (born December 2015) and Tiana Gia (born April 2018).

Johnson also has a daughter, Simone Alexandra, from her first marriage. He and his high school sweetheart, Dany Garcia, married in 1997 and separated a decade later, although she continued to serve as their manager.

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