American actor and professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson, also known by his ring name The Rock, is one of the highest-paid and highest-grossing actors of all time.[1] His films have grossed over in North America and over worldwide.[2]
Johnson had his first acting role in The Mummy Returns (2001) and reprised his role from that film for his first leading 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), (2012), (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 commercially successful role is as Luke Hobbs in the Fast & Furious franchise; he first appeared as the character in Fast Five (2011) and is credited with breathing new life into the franchise, catapulting it into one of the highest-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), as well as his own spin-off film Hobbs & Shaw (2019) and a cameo in Fast X (2023).[4] Another notable franchise starring Johnson is Jumanji, with the films (2017) and (2019). He also provided the voice of Maui in the Disney animated films Moana (2016) and Moana 2 (2024), as well as portraying Maui in the upcoming live-action Moana (2026).
Johnson has also ventured into television, starring in the HBO series Ballers (20152019), which ended its first season as HBO's most-watched comedy in six years.[5]
The filmography does not include his professional wrestling appearances in any form of media.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Hank Parsons | [15] | ||
| 2013 | Snitch | John Matthews | Also producer | [16] [17] |
| 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 | ||
| 2014 | Hercules | Hercules | ||
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| Spencer Gilpin / Dr. Xander "Smolder" Bravestone | [32] | |||
| 2021 | Jungle Cruise | Francisco Lopez de Heredia / Frank Wolff | ||
| Free Guy | Bank Robber #2 | Voice cameo | ||
| 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 | [33] [34] | |
| 2023 | Fast X | Lucas "Luke" Hobbs | Uncredited cameo | [35] |
| Once Upon a Studio | Maui | Voice role; Short film | ||
| 2024 | Red One | Callum Drift | Also producer | |
| Moana 2 | Maui | Voice role; also executive producer | ||
| 2025 | Mark Kerr | Post-production; also producer | ||
| 2026 | Maui | Post-production; also producer | [36] | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | That '70s Show | Rocky Johnson | Episode: "That Wrestling Show" | |
| The Net | Brody | Episode: "Last Man Standing" | ||
| 2000 | 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" | ||
| 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 | Behind the Attraction | Episode: "Jungle Cruise"; also executive producer | [39] | |
| 2021–2023 | Young Rock | Narrator; also creator and executive producer | [40] |
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Mathayus (Scorpion King) | [41] | |||
| 2006 | Alex Decker | Also motion capture | [42] | ||
| 2021–present | Fortnite Battle Royale | The Foundation | Also likeness | [43] |
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |