In middle school Dwayne Johnson became interested in rugby. In Pennsylvania, where the family lived then, the young athlete was a member of the school American football team and athletics, as well as engaged in a struggle. Recent high school years Duane passed in Hawaii, where I came from his ancestors. In Johnson's veins flows the blood of migrants from Samoa, which make up a large part of the population of the islands.
After high school, Dwayne Johnson received several offers from colleges. He chose the University of Miami, where he secured the full content and scholarship. After graduating from the institution in 1995 with a degree in psychology and criminology, Dwayne Johnson continued his career. However, a three-year contract signed with the team of the Canadian Football League, had to be canceled when Johnson suffered a serious back injury.
In 1996, Dwayne Johnson engaged in wrestling. Knowing this world is not hearsay, it is quite briskly walked into a new rhythm. Guide World Wrestling Federation WWF decided to play on the family relationship of a young fighter with his father and strongly promoted Johnson, at the time who took the alias Rocky Maive. Composed of the names of his father and grandfather, it was not too pleased to Dwayne, and the following year he cut it down to «The rock», which means "rock." Then there was his famous habit of talking about himself in the third person, from sentence with the words "Rock says." This phrase perfectly approached for the title of his autobiography, which in 2000 became a bestseller.
Over 8 years of performances in the WWF Dwayne Johnson 7 times champion of the federation, and also won the Royal Rumble in 2000. In the early 2000s, he began acting in movies. His first role was The Scorpion King from the movie "The Mummy Returns". The character proved so popular that a year later the tape was filmed with the same name. The producers were so confident of success that Johnson agreed to pay 5 $ 5 million. Because of this Dwayne hit the Guinness Book of Records as the highest paid newcomer in the title role.
Dwayne Johnson lifted a lot, and is equally good both in hard action movies ("Doom," "Walking Tall," "Faster"), and in family comedies ("The Game Plan", "Tooth Fairy"). The second genre he especially loved when my daughter was born Simone. In 2011, the actor returned to the ring and intends to participate in the Royal Rumble in 2013.