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Dwayne Johnson Life & Career Timeline
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A public career spanning American football, WWE, action films and an enduring screen partnership with Kevin Hart.
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Born into a wrestling family
Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born into a family with deep professional-wrestling roots and later played college football at the University of Miami.
Why it matters: Athletics and performance became the two foundations of his public career.
Source: www.britannica.comNational championship with Miami
Johnson was part of the University of Miami football programme that won the national championship.
Source: miamihurricanes.comFootball career ends
After a brief period with the Calgary Stampeders, Johnson turned his focus toward professional wrestling.
Source: www.britannica.comWWE debut
Johnson debuted in the WWF and gradually developed the charismatic persona known as The Rock.
Why it matters: His interviews and crowd connection helped make him one of wrestling’s biggest stars.
Source: www.wwe.comThe Rock emerges
The Rock persona, combining swagger, humour and sharp interviews, transformed Johnson into a leading wrestling attraction.
Source: www.wwe.comFirst WWF Championship era
Multiple championship victories placed The Rock at the centre of wrestling’s late-1990s and early-2000s boom.
Source: www.wwe.comThe Mummy Returns
Johnson appeared as the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns, accelerating his transition into film.
Source: www.universalpictures.comThe Scorpion King
His first major starring vehicle opened, establishing him as a Hollywood action lead.
Source: www.universalpictures.comThe Game Plan
The family comedy demonstrated a warmer comic screen persona beyond action roles.
Source: movies.disney.comJoins Fast & Furious
Fast Five introduced Johnson as Luke Hobbs, adding him to one of cinema’s largest action franchises.
Source: www.universalpictures.comReality and television production expands
Johnson broadened his work as a producer and television personality alongside film roles.
Source: sevenbucks.comCentral Intelligence
Johnson and Kevin Hart co-starred in the action comedy Central Intelligence, pairing Johnson’s imposing agent with Hart’s reluctant accountant.
Why it matters: The film established a screen partnership that audiences would see repeatedly.
Connected: Kevin Hart
Source: www.warnerbros.comMoana
Johnson voiced Maui and performed “You’re Welcome” in Disney’s animated musical Moana.
Source: movies.disney.comJumanji becomes a shared world
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle brought Johnson, Hart, Karen Gillan and Jack Black together as video-game avatars.
Why it matters: The ensemble became a major franchise and strengthened the Johnson–Hart connection.
Connected: Kevin Hart
Source: www.sonypictures.comSkyscraper
Johnson led the international action thriller Skyscraper.
Source: www.universalpictures.comJumanji: The Next Level
The Jumanji ensemble reunited, including Kevin Hart, for a second adventure.
Connected: Kevin Hart
Source: www.sonypictures.comDC League of Super-Pets
Johnson and Kevin Hart voiced Krypto and Ace in the animated superhero comedy.
Connected: Kevin Hart
Source: www.warnerbros.comBlack Adam
After years of development, Johnson starred as the DC antihero Black Adam.
Source: www.warnerbros.comWrestleMania 40 return
Johnson returned to a WrestleMania match for the first time in eight years, teaming with Roman Reigns in the main event of night one.
Source: www.wwe.comMoana 2
Johnson returned as the voice of Maui in Disney Animation’s Moana 2, reuniting the central characters for a new ocean voyage.
Source: movies.disney.comThe Smashing Machine
Johnson portrayed mixed-martial-arts fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s biographical drama The Smashing Machine.
Source: a24films.comMoana in live action
Johnson reprised Maui in Disney’s live-action reimagining of Moana, extending a role closely associated with his film career.
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A public career spanning American football, WWE, action films and an enduring screen partnership with Kevin Hart.
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