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. Dwayne started his acting career in 2001. 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. Dwayne Johnson has also starred in at least 66 movies/films. [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.
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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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 |
Triple 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; also producer | |
Moana 2 † | Maui | Voice role; Post-production | ||
2025 | The Smashing Machine † | Mark Kerr | Filming; also producer |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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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] |
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 |
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] |
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] |