Who is Dwayne Johnson?
A: Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known by his ring name The Rock, is an
American Canadian actor, producer, businessman, former football player, and
former professional wrestler.
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest what of
all time?
A: professional wrestlers.
He was integral to the development and success of what?
A: The WWE during the Attitude Era, an industry boom period in the late
1990s and early 2000s.
Johnson wrestled for WWF/E for how long prior to
pursuing an acting career?
A: Eight years.
His films have grossed how much in
North America?
A: Over $3.5 billion.
How much worldwide?
A: over $10.5 billion, making him one of the world's highest-grossing and
highest-paid actors.
Prior to his emergence as a top-grossing actor
beginning in the 2010s, Johnson was what?
A: An athlete.
Where was Johnson born?
A: In Hayward, California.
When was he born?
A: On May 2, 1972.
He was the son of Ata Johnson and whom?
A: Former professional wrestler Rocky Johnson.
Johnson's father was a Black Nova Scotian with a small
amount of what?
A: Irish ancestry.
His mother is of what ancestry?
A: Samoan.
His father and tag team partner Tony Atlas were the
first what?
A: Black tag team champions in WWE history, in 1983.
He credits his high school football coach with helping
inspire transformational changes in his life, which before entering sports
in 11th grade had been characterized by what?
A: Fights and petty crimes as a high-school teenager.
His football capabilities at Freedom High School led
him to be ranked as what?
A: One of the top ten defensive tackle high-school prospects in the nation,
drawing the attention of several NCAA Division I college football programs.
Johnson accepted an athletic scholarship to play where?
A: At the University of Miami, one of the country's top college football
programs.
Johnson aspired to play what?
A: Professional football but went undrafted in the 1995 NFL Draft.
Following his graduation from the University of Miami
that year, he signed with whom?
A: The Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League but was cut from
the team in his first season.
In 1996, Johnson's father Rocky and maternal grandfather Peter Maivia, both of whom were professional wrestlers, assisted in helping him secure a contract with whom?
A: The World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).
Johnson quickly rose to global prominence, aided by
what?
A: A gimmick he employed as a charismatic trash-talker.
Johnson's first film appearance was in what movie?
A: The Mummy Returns (2001).
The following year he played his first leading role as
titular character in what?
A: The sword and sorcery film The Scorpion King (2002).
He has since starred in family films The Game Plan (2007), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Tooth Fairy (2010), and Jungle Cruise (2021), as well as the action adventure films Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013), Hercules (2014), Skyscraper (2018), San Andreas (2015) and Rampage (2018).
He also starred in what action-comedy films?
A: Get Smart (2008), Central Intelligence (2016), Baywatch (2017), and Red
Notice (2021).
In 2016 he voiced whom in the Disney animated film
Moana (2016)?
A: Maui.
His role as Luke Hobbs in the Fast & Furious films,
beginning with Fast Five (2011), helped the franchise become what?
A: One of the highest grossing in film.
He subsequently starred what spin-off?
A: Hobbs & Shaw (2019).
In 2000, Johnson released his what?
A: His autobiography The Rock Says, which was a New York Times bestseller.
In 2016 and 2019, Johnson was named what by Time?
A: One of the world's most influential people.