MOVIES - Uninhibited

THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP

• The Rock's first on-screen feature was a documentary titled Beyond The Mat, which was a behind-the-curtain look at professional wrestling. It was primarily focused on Mick Foley (Mankind, Cactus Jack), Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and Terry Funk, but featured The Rock in a climactic, all-time "I Quit" match between he and Mick Foley.
• The "I Quit" match won 1999's Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Match Of The Year award. 
• The first step he took on his own out of wrestling and into Hollywood stardom took place when he hosted Saturday Night Live in 2000.
• Hilarious episode. Epic performances - SNL Debut
• He’s hosted two more episodes, being the only WWE star to have hosted more than one. Charles Barkley is the only other athlete to have hosted 3 SNL episodes.

• He had some fantastic guest spots on TV before going to films. On That 70’s Show, Dwayne played his father, pro wrestler Rocky Johnson, and claimed that his son would be “...the most electrifying man in sports entertainment.” 

  

• A year later, he was featured in Star Trek Voyager, giving 7 of 9 the Rock Bottom.

• He first appeared in The Mummy Returns in ’01. The following year, a spin-off film, The Scorpion King, garnered him $5.5M, setting the curve as the largest initial payday for a first-time feature actor.

• The next few years, he starred in mature, gritty roles, playing to the masses that knew him. 
• The Rundown - Alongside Stiffler (Seann William Scott), he plays hero to a village in the Amazon.
• Walking Tall - Following the same sort of plotline as The Rundown, he fights for his hometown against money-hungry bad guys.
• Gridiron Gang - Coached a group of delinquent teens in one of his better-written roles.
• Southland Tales - A confusing almost-apocalyptic film directed by the guy who did Donnie Darko.
• In Be Cool, he showed off his comedic chops in his small role.
• He also led the way in Doom, a movie based on the first-person shooter video game, which he says hurt the genre and wishes was better. He was nominated for Razzie awards for both The Scorpion King and Walking Tall, and won Worst Actor for his role in Doom.

• He used the moniker “The Rock” one last time for the film The Game Plan, which was a more adolescent movie.
• This trend of taking roles in movies branded for families has been something that Dwayne has almost taken over his film career. Here’s a list of movies that fit the description which he’s starred in:
• Get Smart - his role was severely held back in the TV show remake
• Race To Witch Mountain - cab driver for kids that need to get to a UFO convention
• Tooth Fairy - a hockey player who becomes a tooth fairy, literally
• Planet 51 - a voiceover role as a human astronaut which lands on an alien planet
• He’s also appeared in multiple children’s TV shows, like Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place.
• It’s worth mentioning that, though these appearances and films may not have been “manly,” they cleaned up, financially. Tooth Fairy grossed over $111 million worldwide, Witch Mountain grossed $106 million, and Get Smart did $130 million, domestically. Say what you will about “keepin’ it real,” the guy knows how to pick money-making roles.

• As of late, the movie-pendulum has swung back to his alpha-persona, where he’s been prominent bad ass characters in Faster, The Other Guys, and Fast Five. Faster received weak reviews but made its money back, and the other two movies were box office successes.

• He’s currently filming Snitch, playing a DEA agent alongside Berry Pepper and Susan Sarandon. He’s in the G.I. Joe sequel, Retaliation, as one of the main characters, which is slated to release later this year, and his new film, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, another kid-focused film, will be released February 10th.
• There are reports that he's going to star in a biopic of country music singer Charley Pride in Variety
• He's voiced an interest in being a villain in a James Bond film, seeing as his grandfather was actually a villain in You Only Live Twice.