View this post on Instagram. Subscribe Sign up to our newsletter for exclusive updates and enhanced content. Subscribe Now. Subscribe Sign up to get Al Bawaba's exclusive celeb scoops and entertainment news. Often regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Johnson first got involved in acting in when he played the role of his own father in an episode of That '70s Show called 'That Wrestling Show'.
His first leading role was in the film The Scorpion King. However, it was in when he left the WWE to pursue a career in acting. Since then, the year-old has starred in a series of TV shows as well as blockbuster films, becoming one of the highest-paid and most successful actors in Hollywood.
Some of his hits include films like The Game Plan, G. As 'The Rock' is ringing in his 49th birthday today, let's take a walk down the memory lane and check out some of his rare throwback pictures. Did you know wrestling is in Johnson's blood? His grandfather, Peter Maivia and his father Rocky were both wrestling stars of their times. Even the actor's grandmother, Lia Maivia, was also a pro wrestler. She was one of the first female pro wrestling promoters.
Johnson was a promising football prospect and received offers from many Division I collegiate programs. When The Rock walked into the arena, you felt like cheering for him despite his somewhat cheesy trash-talk. His walk had that inimitable confidence and swagger, and his strength as a professional matched that well. It was a deadly combination, the likes which sent fans into a frenzy.
After all these years, what is more heartwarming and lovely to see is that The Rock is not shy of owning up that one-liner. A few years ago, while interacting with a fan on Twitter, Johnson had been asked what exactly was that The Rock was cooking?
In the early noughties, after tasting the WWE brand of success, Johnson decided to try his hand at acting. Of course, since wrestling ran in his blood his father Rocky Johnson and grandfather Peter Maivia, both were professional wrestlers in their own time , The Rock kept returning to the ring sporadically, but his focus had shifted.
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