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Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson

13 films · 1,547 frames · top-billed in 11 · 20012025

Born 2 May 1972 · Hayward, California, USA

Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known by his ring name "The Rock", is an American and Canadian actor, producer and semi-retired professional wrestler, signed with WWE. Johnson is half-Black and half-Samoan. 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. Maivia's wife, Lia Maivia, was one of wrestling's few female promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husband's death in 1982, until 1988.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 13 films · 1,547 frames · top-billed in 11 · 20012025

  • Teen Choice Awards
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

How their films are shot

Measured across 1,547 frames from the 13 films we hold. This is the look of the work Dwayne takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 13 films we hold, 45% of their frames are night, 44% natural — the look of the work Dwayne takes.

Time of day

Night45%
Day37%
Interior10%
Golden hour7%

Lighting

Natural44%
Low key40%
High key13%

Shot size

Medium52%
Wide19%
Closeup17%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level77%
Low angle11%
High angle10%

Mood

Neutral46%
Tense24%
Mysterious9%
Chaotic8%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,547 frames from Dwayne Johnson's 13 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.