Dwayne Johnson was born in Hayward, California and is best known as The Rock from his wrestling career. Johnson has been successfully making the transition to being a big Hollywood star since his major acting breakthrough role as the scorpion king in The Mummy Returns and its spinoff, The Scorpion King. Since then, Johnson has been a Hollywood star with leading roles in Walking Tall, Doom, The Game Plan, Race to Witch Mountain, and G.I. Joe: Retaliation.