Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2025: JOHNSON, DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’

Known as “The Rock,” Johnson shot to fame as a professional wrestler and is now one of the nation’s most popular and prolific movie and TV actors.

He’s also been a relatively quiet resident of Virginia for several years, although for its 2024 Men of the Year issue, GQ interviewed him at the Orange County horse farm that serves as his retreat from Hollywood. In addition to his movie career — including the “Fast & Furious” and “Jumanji” franchises — Johnson is a co-owner of the United Football League, a spring pro football league that started in 2024 after the merger of the United States Football League and the XFL.

His business partner and ex-wife, Dany Garcia, runs their production company, Seven Bucks Productions, which produces TV shows and movies, including the “Young Rock” and “Ballers” TV series.

Although Johnson’s known for his comedy and action movie career, in 2023 he made headlines for his philanthropy, making a seven-figure gift to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation during the writers’ and actors’ strike — a sum that SAG-AFTRA Foundation Chairman and President Courtney B. Vance declared was the largest single donation in the organization’s history.

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