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1 of 21Dwayne Johnson, with the University of Miami Hurricanes in 1992. The college football star won a national championship with the team in 1991.Miami/Collegiate Images/Getty Images -
2 of 21An early promotional photo of Johnson, when he made his WWF debut as Rocky Maivia in 1996.Jim Sulley—WWF -
3 of 21Topher Grace and Johnson in a promotional image for the "That Wrestling Show" episode of That '70s Show in 1999.20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection -
4 of 21Johnson, as The Rock, at a signing for his book The Rock Says... in 2000. The book debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list.Arnaldo Magnani—Getty Images -
5 of 21The Rock during his WWF days in Los Angeles, on June 12, 2000.Getty Images -
6 of 21Johnson as Mathayus in The Scorpion King, one of his first feature films, in 2001.Universal Pictures -
7 of 21Johnson as Bigfoot and Will Ferrell as Neil Diamond in a sketch while Johnson hosts Saturday Night Live in 2002.Norman Ng—NBC/Getty Images -
8 of 21Johnson as Joe Kingman and Madison Pettis as Peyton Kelly in The Game Plan in 2007.Ron Phillips—Walt Disney Pictures -
9 of 21Johnson as Agent 23 and Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart in Get Smart, 2008.Tracy Bennett—Warner Bros. Pictures -
10 of 21Johnson in Tooth Fairy, 2010.20th Century Fox -
11 of 21Johnson as James Cullen/Driver in Faster, 2010.Chuck Hodes—CBS Films -
12 of 21Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs in Fast Five, his first appearance in the Fast and Furious franchise, in 2011.Jaimie Trueblood—Universal Pictures -
13 of 21Johnson and Melina Kanakaredes in Snitch, 2013.Steve Dietl—Summit Entertainment -
14 of 21Johnson as Marvin F. Hinton/Roadblock in G.I. Joe: Retaliation, 2013.Jaimie Trueblood—Paramount Pictures -
15 of 21Johnson as Luke Hobbs and Ludacris as Tej Parker in Fast & Furious 6 in 2013.Giles Keyte—Universal Pictures -
16 of 21Johnson as Hercules in Hercules, 2014.Paramount Pictures -
17 of 21Johnson and Carla Gugino in San Andreas, 2015.Jasin Boland—Warner Bros. Pictures -
18 of 21Johnson, reprising his role as Luke Hobbs in Furious 7, 2015.Scott Garfield—Universal Pictures -
19 of 21Johnson and Kevin Hart in the 2016 comedy Central Intelligence.Claire Folger—Warner Bros. Pictures -
20 of 21Tattooed demigod Maui, voiced by Johnson in Disney's Moana, 2016.Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures -
21 of 21Johnson as Luke Hobbs in The Fate of the Furious, 2017.Matt Kennedy—Universal Pictures/AP
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a Hollywood powerhouse. He has 82.6 million Instagram followers and has starred in dozens of films — with three major blockbusters, including the upcoming The Fate of the Furious, due out in 2017. Johnson’s meteoric rise has made him one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood, with Forbes reporting his annual earnings rising to $64.5 million in 2016. He became a New York Times bestselling author with his 2000 memoir The Rock Says… and earned a plethora of championship titles in the WWE, where he is considered one of the greatest wrestlers in the company’s history. He has inspired (and endorsed) Internet memes, hosted awards shows and even called the idea of running for president “alluring.”
In 2016, when TIME named Johnson as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, he responded on Instagram with his typical optimism: “The best thing about making this list is tomorrow morning, I get to wake up, have my cup of unleaded, jump in my pick up truck, put in the hard work and do this dance all over again.”
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