Dwayne Douglas Johnson was first seen in the 1999 American documentary film ‘Beyond the Mat’ directed by Barry W. Blaustein. The film holds an 82% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. He made his first big-screen appearance as ‘Mathayus of Akkad / The Scorpion King’ in the 2001 American adventure horror film ‘The Mummy Returns’ directed by Stephen Sommers. The film opened to a mixed reception but performed well at the box office, grossing over $435 million on a $98 million budget. In 2002, he reprised his role as ‘Mathayus of Akkad / The Scorpion King’ in the Chuck Russell-directed American sword and sorcery action-adventure film ‘The Scorpion King.’ The film, despite receiving mixed reviews, managed to gross over $180.6 million on a budget of $60 million. He next starred in films like ‘The Rundown’ (2003), ‘Walking Tall’ (2004), ‘Doom’ (2005), ‘Gridiron Gang’ (2006), ‘The Game Plan’ (2007), ‘Get Smart’ (2008), ‘Race to Witch Mountain’ (2009), ‘Tooth Fairy’ (2010), ‘The Other Guys’ (2010), and ‘Faster’ (2010). In 2011, he portrayed ‘DSS Agent Luke Hobbs’ in the American action film ‘Fast Five’ directed by Justin Lin. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and performed well at the box office, grossing over $626.1 million on a budget of $125 million.Â
He was next seen in films like ‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’ (2012), ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ (2013), ‘Fast & Furious 6’ (2013), ‘Hercules’ (2014), ‘Furious 7’ (2015), ‘San Andreas’ (2015), ‘Central Intelligence’ (2016), ‘Moana’ (2016), ‘The Fate of the Furious’ (2017), and ‘Baywatch’ (2017). In 2017, he starred as ‘Dr. Xander "Smolder" Bravestone’ in the American fantasy adventure comedy film ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ directed by Jake Kasdan. The film opened to a positive reception and was a massive commercial success, grossing over $962.5 million on a budget of $90–150 million. He continued to star in films such as ‘Rampage’ (2018), ‘Skyscraper’ (2018), ‘Shazam!’ (2019), ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ (2019), ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ (2019), ‘Jungle Cruise’ (2021), ‘Free Guy’ (2021), and ‘Red Notice’ (2021). Johnson last appeared in the 2022 American 3D computer-animated superhero comedy film ‘DC League of Super-Pets’ directed by Jared Stern. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. He will be next seen in the upcoming American superhero film ‘Black Adam’ directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.