--- description: In honor of the release of Hercules, we chart the growth of Hollywood's greatest wrestler-turned-actor title: Examining the Evolution of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Examining the Evolution of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2014 9:18 PM CUT by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2014 9:18 PM CUT Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has had an extraordinary career: from wrestling champ to A-list movie star. In this graphic, take a geological journey to find his origins story.  Photos: Paramount Pictures; Getty Images (3); 20th Century Fox Graphic by Heather Jones for TIME ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3036375/dwayne-johnson-the-rock-evolution/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3036375/dwayne-johnson-the-rock-evolution/"},"headline":"Examining the Evolution of Dwayne \"The Rock\" Johnson","datePublished":"2014-07-25T21:18:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:59.940Z","description":"In honor of the release of Hercules, we chart the growth of Hollywood's greatest wrestler-turned-actor","url":"https://time.com/3036375/dwayne-johnson-the-rock-evolution/","keywords":["movies","the rock","dwayne johnson"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3036375/dwayne-johnson-the-rock-evolution/","name":"Examining the Evolution of Dwayne \"The Rock\" Johnson"}}]}] ```