Dwayne Johnson (born May 2, 1972) is an American (People of the United States) actor, former professional wrestler (Professional wrestling), and comedian, also known by his former ring name The Rock and occasionally credited as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Johnson was a collegiate football (College football) player, and in 1991, he was part of the University of Miamis national championship team (1991 Miami Hurricanes football team). He later played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League, but was cut two months into the season. This led to his decision to become a professional wrestler, like his grandfather, Peter Maivia and his father Rocky Johnson.

He gained mainstream fame as a wrestler in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), originally known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), from 1996 to 2004, and was the first third-generation superstar in that wrestling companys history. Johnson was quickly given a push in WWE, first as "Rocky Maivia", and then as "The Rock", a member of the Nation of Domination. Two years after he joined the WWF, Johnson won the WWF Championship (WWE Championship), and became one of the most popular wrestlers within the company for his engaging interviews and promos (List of professional wrestling terms#P). In 2001, he began acting and occasionally returned to the ring. His primary focus, as of 2010, is his acting career.

In WWE, Johnson was a nine-time world champion (World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)), having won the WWF/E Championship (WWE Championship) seven times (with his last reign being as the WWE Undisputed Champion) and the WCW/World Championship (WCW World Heavyweight Championship) two times. In addition to these championships, Johnson has also won the WWF Intercontinental Championship (WWE Intercontinental Championship) two times and the WWF Tag Team Championship (World Tag Team Championship (WWE)) five times. He is also the sixth WWF/E Triple Crown (Triple Crown Championship#World Wrestling Entertainment) champion and was the winner of the 2000 Royal Rumble (Royal Rumble (2000)).

In 2000, Johnson made his literary debut by publishing his autobiography, The Rock Says. It debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list and remained on the list for several weeks. Johnson is also an actor, with his first leading role in 2002, in The Scorpion King. For this film, he received the highest salary for an actor in his first starring role, earning $ (United States dollar)5.5 million. He has since appeared in movies such as The Rundown, Be Cool, Walking Tall (:Walking Tall (2004 film)), Gridiron Gang, The Game Plan (The Game Plan (film)), Get Smart (Get Smart (film)), Race to Witch Mountain, Planet 51, Tooth Fairy (Tooth Fairy (film)), and Doom (Doom (film)).