Duane Johnson is an American actor. "Rock" with Dwayne Johnson. Biography and filmography of the actor

May 2, 1972 in the family of a famous fighter without rules a child was born, now known as Duane Scala Johnson.

Sport family

The boy's father, Soulman Rocky Johnson, was professionally engaged in ketch, and the boy's grandfather was a legend in this sport. His name was Peter Maivia. The sporting life of the father and grandfather became the determining factor for young Dwayne when choosing a profession, he intercepted the baton and, like them, connected his fate with the sport. Interestingly, the mother of Johnson, Jr., a nationally Polynesian, promoted, in particular, was the promoter of her husband, Father Dwayne. And the future actor's grandmother also promoted.

Due to the frequent travel of the family, Duane studied in different schools. So, when he was in primary school, the family moved to New Zealand from America. After spending some time there, the boy's parents decided to move to Hawaii, but they did not stay there either, after returning to the US, or rather, to Pennsylvania.

University studies and sports

Future actor Duane Scala Johnson first entered the university, where he began to practice professional American football. But his injuries did not allow him to pursue a career in this sport. If it were not for the back injury, Johnson could have taken place and as an excellent football player. Back at university, playing American football, Dwayne in 1991 was able to join the national team of champions Miami Hurricanes. After that, Johnson managed to play in the composition of Calgary Stampeders, referring to the Canadian football league.

Taking a great interest in the school with American football, Duane managed to visit the sections of athletics and wrestling, which he had also been interested in since the school years. Perhaps his sports genes played an important role - in very many competitions, Johnson was the winner. Such a desire for victory, which was the actor, and, of course, his ability to ensure its relevance at the conclusion of the school. Almost all the universities wanted Duane to study with them.

First Young Champion

After graduation from the school and receiving a degree in criminology, Duane enters the International Federation of Wrestling without Rules (ketch), where he is expected to have success and achievements in sports. When Johnson was only 26 years old, he became the world champion in ketch. Before this champions of this age was not. When entering the ring of the future, the actor was introduced to the audience as the Rock or announced that Duane Skala Johnson was coming out.

Transition to professional struggle without rules and achievements

Due to the fact that he did not have a career in American football, the future actor Scala decided to go into professional wrestling, to become the same champion in this sport, like his father, like his grandfather. We can say more, even more distant relatives of Johnson showed themselves well in this kind of competition.

Debuted here Duane in 1996 and quite successfully. Actor Scala Johnson during his career in wrestling was in the International wrestling industry, was known and first appeared in the ring as Rocky Maivia. Later, he was replaced by a pseudonym on the Rock. In total, for his sporting life, actor Dwyane Scala Johnson nine times turned out to be world champion, including setting a record that seven times of the nine he was the champion of the WWE, and twice became the world championship wrestling champion. In addition to these considerable achievements, Johnson became more than once the winner in other professional competitions.

Participation in film and television

In 2001, fate linked Johnson to the cinema. His first major role was the role of the King of Scorpios in the eponymous feature film. The same film brought the champion and place in the Guinness Book of Records. The fact is that the actor Scala Johnson, whose filmography by that time consisted only of episodic and insignificant roles in the films, received for the role played an unheard of fee for beginners, which amounted to five and a half million dollars. Participation in this film made him not only recognizable to the audience, but after that the directors began to invite Duane to appear in various films.

So, the actor Scala, whose filmography is currently quite extensive, starred in the television series "Star Trek: The Voyager", "The Show of the 70's", where he played the image of his own father, Rocky Johnson. Johnson also made attempts to become a leading participant in the program "Johnny Bravo", but his candidacy was rejected. Instead, the actor took part in a show of Walt Disney called Cory in the House.

Not only in art films with a combat plot, Duane Scala was shot. The film, which would have a sense of humor, was an actor's long-standing dream, and when such films appeared in his filmography, Duane liked to appear in comedy. Among such films in his file cabinet appear comedy "Game Plan", "Treasure of the Amazon" and "Strain the Brains".

On the actor's account, a lot of participation in various television shows, programs, reality, talk shows. One of the most significant such projects is NVO: First Look, Biography, Hannah Montana, Mad TV and many others.

Awards and participation in various ceremonies

During the eightieth Academy Awards ceremony, actor Scala Johnson was invited to present the winner with the award for best visual effects. This happened in February 2008. In the same year he was nominated at the Children's Choice Awards ceremony, organized by the children's television channel "Nickelodeon", for the award in the nomination "Favorite movie actor". The film for which he was nominated was a "Plan of escape". However, Johnson in this case, no luck, the winner of the nomination "Favorite movie actor" was named Johnny Depp, who performed a remarkable role in the third part of the grandiose film "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Family life of Duane

The celebrity's wife was a girl named Dani Garcia, the wedding took place on May 3, 1997. Four years later the couple had a daughter, who was named Simon Alexander. In 2007, the couple announced the end of their relationship. However, at the same time, they noted that, in spite of everything, they will remain friends.

Many famous actors, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, can call friends Dwayne Scala. The film, which stars in a duet with Johnson, is doomed to success.

In addition to the fact that the actor Scala, Duane Johnson is a professional wrestler who has achieved a lot in sports, is engaged in filming in feature films and television programs, he is also a certified lawyer. This specialty has not once helped him in concluding various contracts in the sports past. In addition, despite the fact that Duane has long ago moved away from wrestling, he is still considered one of the greatest fighters of this sport.