Who is Dwayne Johnson Biography

1. Birth Name : Dwayne Douglas Johnson



2. Nickname: The People's Champion, The Brahma Bull, The Great One



3. Date of Birth: May 2, 1972



4. Height: 6'4' (1.93m)



5. Spouse: Dany Johnson (Divorced - 1997 to 2007)



6. Children: Daughter - Simone Alexandra Johnson (2001)

"Those who are truly brave, shall never live in fear."

• Is a African-Canadian and Samoan descent.


• Has a fear of spiders.


• Has a wax figure likeness of himself at Madame Tussaud's museum.


• During a visit to Samoa in July 2004, he was anointed by Head of State Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II with the chiefly title of 'Seiuli, Son of Malietoa'.


• With his wife, donated USD2m to the University of Miami for the new Robert and Judi Prokop Newman Alumni Center's living, to be named "The Dany and Dwayne ' The Rock' Johnson living Room". The donation was announced at the Miami premiere of "Gridiron Gang" (2006).


• Not only was his father a wrestler, but his grandfather, three uncles, and six cousins (one adopted) have been in wrestling too.


• First ever 7-time WWE World Championship.


• Former World Tag-Team Champion.


• Was the first person to ever kick out of the "Stone Cold Stunner" while fighting Stone Cold Steven Austin (Steven Austin) at Wrestmania XV.


• A member of the elite group of wrestlers, such as Hugh hogan and Ric Flair to hold the WWF and WCW world titles on several different occasions.


• Officially proclaimed himself "The Rock" during a promo where he attacked Ron Simmons (Faarooq) in a "WWF Raw Is War (1997).


• WWF Royal Rumble (2000) winner.

• In a 2000 episode of NBC's "Saturday night Live" (1975), he proved his acting and singing abilities by performing in various skits throughout the show.


• His USD5.5m paycheck for "The Scorpion King" (2002) earned him a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records, as his salary was the highest for any actor receving top billing for the frist time.


• No athlete who ever hosted Hosted"Saturday night Live" (1975) has ever repeated for a second time, until Dwayne did so in 2002. Technically, he was promoting a firm for his second sting ["The Scorpion King" (2002)] but his college football, CFL and pro-wrestling background makes him the show's first two-time athlete-host.


• He owns the rights to name "The Rock" (including logos, phrases, etc). The rights to the name "The Rock" were previously owned by WWE Inc.


• His last match in the WWE before leaving to film "The Rundown" (2003) was against Bill Goldberg at the 2003 Backlash Pay-Per-View.


• Former WCW World Heavyweight Champion (During the WCW/ECW Alliance stroyline).


• Is the third youngest superstar to hold the IC Championship.

• Notable Title Wins Include: USWA Tag-Team Titles w/Bret Swayer; WWF Intercontinental Title; WWF/WWE Heavyweight Title (7); WWF Tag-Team Titles w/Mick Foley; WWF Royal Rumble Winner; WWE Tag-Team Titles w/Chris Jericho; WCW Heavyweight Title.


• WWE named their Thursday night show after one of Dwayne's catchphrases, "Layeth The Smack Down".


• As of 2005, "Doom" (2205) is the only R-rated film he has starred in. All of his other films have received PG-13 at the most.


• Made his WWF television debut at the "Survivior Series" (1996.


• In October 2006 in an interview with Entertainment magazine, he no longer watns to be known as "The Rock". Because of his retirement from the wrestling business, he now considers himself an actor: "I no longer am a wrestler, I am now pursuing a future as an actor and someday as a director. I am not the Rock, I am Dwayne Johnson.