Dwayne Johnson

An American and Canadian actor producer and semiretired professional wrestler signed with WWE Johnson is halfBlack and halfSamoan His father Rocky Johnson is a Black Canadian from Nova Scotia and part of the first Black tag team champions in WWE history back when it was known as the WWF along with Tony Atlas His mother is Samoan and the daughter of Peter Maivia who was also a pro wrestler Maivias wife Lia Maivia was one of wrestlings few female promoters taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husbands death in 1982 until 1988 Through his mother he is considered a nonblood relative of the Anoai wrestling family On March 29 2008 The Rock inducted his father and his grandfather into the WWE Hall of Fame As of 2014 Johnson has a home in Southwest Ranches Florida as well as Los Angeles California He also owns a farm in Virginia In 2009 Johnson gained citizenship in Canada in honor of his fathers background Though Johnson was previously registered as a Republican he voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 United States presidential elections and is now an independent voter He stated he did not vote in the 2016 US election In recognition of his service to the Samoan people and because he is a descendant of Samoan chiefs Johnson had the noble title of Seiuli bestowed upon him by Malietoa Tanumafili II during his visit there in July 2004 He received a partial Samoan pea tattoo on his left side in 2003and in 2017 had the small Brahma bull tattoo on his right arm covered with a larger halfsleeve tattoo of a bulls skull Johnson married Dany Garcia on May 3 1997 Their only child together a daughter named Simone was born in August 2001 On June 1 2007 they announced they were splitting up amicably Johnson then began dating Lauren Hashian daughter of Boston drummer Sib Hashian They first met in 2006 while Johnson was filming The Game Plan Their first child together a daughter was born in December 2015 Their second child another daughter was born in April 2018 Johnson attended the 2000 Democratic National Convention as part of WWEs nonpartisan Smackdown Your Vote campaign which aimed to influence young people to vote He also had a speaking role at the 2000 Republican National Convention that same year In 2006 Johnson founded the Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation a charity working with atrisk and terminally ill children On October 2 2007 he and his exwife donated 1 million to the University of Miami to support the renovation of its football facilities it was noted as the largest donation ever given to the universitys athletics department by former students The University of Miami renamed the Hurricanes locker room in Johnsons honor In 2015 Johnson donated 1500 to a GoFundMe to pay for an abandoned dogs surgery In 2017 he donated 25000 to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts In 2018 Johnson donated a gym to a military base in Oahu Hawaii After the 2018 Hawaii floods he worked with Malama Kauai a nonprofit organization to help repair damages caused by the floods