Photograph of Dwayne Johnson in 2013
Johnson in 2013

American actor Dwayne Johnson, also known by his wrestling ring name "The Rock", has a long career in media, appearing in films, television series and video games. His films have grossed over $3.5 billion in North America and over $12.5 billion worldwide,[1] making Johnson one of the most successful and highest-grossing box-office stars of all time.[2]

Johnson had his first acting roles in The Mummy Returns (2001), and played his first lead role in the spin-off The Scorpion King (2002). He has since starred in numerous other successful films, including The Rundown (2003), Walking Tall (2004), Doom (2005), Southland Tales (2007), The Game Plan (2007), Get Smart (2008), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Tooth Fairy (2010), Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013), Pain & Gain (2013), Hercules (2014), San Andreas (2015), Central Intelligence (2016), Moana (2016), Rampage (2018), Skyscraper (2018), and Jungle Cruise (2021). Johnson's most successful box office role has been Luke Hobbs in the Fast & Furious franchise. He first appeared as the character in Fast Five (2011) and helped catapult the film series into one of the top-grossing movie franchises in history.[3] He starred in the sequels, Fast & Furious 6 (2013), Furious 7 (2015), and The Fate of the Furious (2017), and cameoed in Fast X (2023). The character's popularity led to a spin-off film titled Hobbs & Shaw (2019).[4] Another notable franchise starring Johnson is the Jumanji franchise, as he has starred in the successful films, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), and its sequel, Jumanji: The Next Level (2019).

Johnson also starred in the HBO series Ballers starting in 2015. The show ran for five seasons and was ranked as HBO's most watched comedy in six years.[5] Most recently Dwayne Johnson has appeared in the popular videogame Fortnite Battle Royale in which he voiced the character known as The Foundation, and again on October 21, 2022, as Black Adam.

The filmography does not include his professional wrestling appearances in any form of media or featured televised productions.

Film

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2001 The Mummy Returns Mathayus / The Scorpion King
Longshot Mugger Cameo
2002 The Scorpion King Mathayus / The Scorpion King First lead role
2003 The Rundown Beck
2004 Walking Tall Chris Vaughn, Jr. [6]
2005 Be Cool Elliot Wilhelm [7]
Doom Sgt. Asher "Sarge" Mahonin
2006 Southland Tales Boxer Santaros / Jericho Cane [8]
Gridiron Gang Sean Porter [9]
2007 The Game Plan Joe Kingman
2008 Get Smart Agent 23
2009 Race to Witch Mountain Jack Bruno [10]
Planet 51 Cpt. Charles T. Baker Voice role [11]
2010 Tooth Fairy Derek Thompson / Tooth Fairy [12]
The Other Guys Christopher Danson [13]
Faster Jimmy Cullen / Driver
2011 Fast Five Lucas "Luke" Hobbs [14]
2012 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Hank Parsons [15]
2013 Snitch John Matthews Also producer [16][17]
G.I. Joe: Retaliation Marvin F. Hinton / Roadblock
Pain & Gain Paul Doyle [18]
Fast & Furious 6 Lucas "Luke" Hobbs [19]
Empire State Det. James Ransome Direct-to-video film [13]
2014 Hercules Hercules [13]
2015 Furious 7 Lucas "Luke" Hobbs [20]
San Andreas Raymond Gaines
Jem and the Holograms Himself Archive footage
2016 Central Intelligence Robert "Robbie" Weirdicht / Bob Stone
Moana Maui Voice role
2017 The Fate of the Furious Lucas "Luke" Hobbs
Baywatch Mitch Buchannon Also producer [21][22]
Rock and a Hard Place Himself Also producer; documentary [23]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Spencer Gilpin / Dr. Xander "Smolder" Bravestone Also executive producer [24][25]
2018 Rampage Davis Okoye [26][27]
Skyscraper Will Sawyer Also producer [28][29]
2019 Fighting with My Family Himself Cameo and executive producer [30]
Shazam! Teth-Adam / Black Adam
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Lucas "Luke" Hobbs Also producer [31]
Jumanji: The Next Level Spencer Gilpin / Dr. Xander "Smolder" Bravestone [32]
2021 Jungle Cruise Francisco Lopez de Heredia / Frank Wolff
Free Guy Bank Robber #2 Voice cameo [33]
Red Notice John Hartley Also producer
2022 DC League of Super-Pets Krypto / Bark Kent / Superdog,
Anubis, & Teth-Adam / Black Adam 		Multiple voice roles; also producer
Black Adam Teth-Adam / Black Adam Also producer [34][35]
2023 Fast X Lucas "Luke" Hobbs Uncredited cameo [36]
Once Upon a Studio Maui Voice role; Short film
2024 Red One † Callum Drift Post-production
Moana 2 † Maui Voice role; Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1999 That '70s Show Rocky Johnson Episode: "That Wrestling Show"
The Net Brody Episode: "Last Man Standing"
2000 Star Trek: Voyager The Champion Episode: "Tsunkatse"
2000–2017 Saturday Night Live Himself Host; 5 episodes
2007 Cory in the House Episode: "Never the Dwayne Shall Meet"
Hannah Montana Episode: "Don't Stop Til You Get the Phone"
2009 Wizards of Waverly Place Episode: "Art Teacher"
2009 Kids' Choice Awards Host; TV special
2010 Family Guy Episode: "Big Man on Hippocampus"
Transformers: Prime Cliffjumper Voice role; episode: "Darkness Rising, Part 1" [37]
2013 The Hero Himself Host; also executive producer
2014-2015 Wake Up Call Host; also creator and executive producer
2015 Lip Sync Battle Episode: "Dwayne Johnson vs. Jimmy Fallon"
2015–2019 Ballers Spencer Strasmore 47 episodes; also executive producer
2016 2016 MTV Movie Awards Himself Co-host; TV special
2017 Lifeline Episode: "In 33 Days You’ll Die"; also executive producer [38]
2019–2020 The Titan Games Host; also creator and executive producer
2021–2023 Young Rock Dwayne Johnson Narrator; also creator and executive producer [39]
2021 Behind the Attraction Himself Episode: "Jungle Cruise"; also executive producer [40]

Video games

WWE Video Games

Year Title Cover Athlete Notes
1998 WWF War Zone No
1999 WWF Attitude Yes
WWF WrestleMania 2000
2000 WWF SmackDown!
WWF Royal Rumble
WWF No Mercy
WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role
2001 With Authority!
WWF Betrayal
WWF Road to WrestleMania
WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It
2002 WWF Raw
WWF WrestleMania X8
WWE Road to WrestleMania X8 No
WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth
2003 WWE Crush Hour Yes
WWE WrestleMania XIX
WWE Raw 2 No
WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain Yes
2004 WWE Day of Reckoning No
WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw
2005 WWE Day of Reckoning 2
WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006
2006 WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2007
2007 WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2008
2009 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
WWE Legends of WrestleMania Yes
2010 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
2011 WWE All Stars
WWE '12 No
2012 WWE '13
2013 WWE 2K14 Yes
2014 WWE 2K15 No
2015 WWE Immortals Yes
WWE 2K16 No
2016 WWE 2K17
2017 WWE 2K18
2018 WWE 2K19
2019 WWE 2K20
2020 WWE 2K Battlegrounds Yes
2022 WWE 2K22 No
2023 WWE 2K23
2024 WWE 2K24 Yes

Other video games

Year Title Voice role Notes Ref.
2002 The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian Mathayus (Scorpion King) [41]
2006 SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run Alex Decker Also motion capture [42]
2021–present Fortnite Battle Royale The Foundation Also likeness [43]

Music videos

Year Title Artist(s) Role Notes Ref.
2000 "Know Your Role" Method Man Himself
"It Doesn't Matter" Wyclef Jean
2011 "Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson WWE Entrance Video" Jim Johnston
2016 "You're Welcome (From "Moana")" Himself Maui
2017 "Jumanji, Jumanji" Nick Jonas and Jack Black
2020 "The Man" Taylor Swift Tyler Swift Voice; cameo [44]
2021 "Face Off" Tech N9ne, Joey Cool, King Iso, and himself Himself [45]

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