{"id":3124,"date":"2021-05-02T11:17:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T11:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2021-03-14T21:22:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T21:22:33","slug":"happy-birthday-dwanye-the-rock-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2021\/05\/02\/happy-birthday-dwanye-the-rock-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Dwanye &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Jason Wieder<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson was born on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">May 2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nd<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 1972.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Johnson originally\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">began his career as a professional wrestler, but soon became <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3125 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/the-rock-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/the-rock-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/the-rock.jpg 621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/>known for his\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">acting career. Johnson generally acts in action or thriller movies; however, one notable exception to this is his performance as Maui in Disney\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Moana<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Outside of his wresting and acting careers, \u201cThe Rock\u201d is also known for being part of several<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0popular<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0memes<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Whether it be related to his nickname,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">very specific genre of movies he acts in, or the iconic 1990\u2019s-era photo pictured belo<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">w, Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson has become celebrated within pop\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">culture and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0has created a persona that last for decades to come<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here are some of Johnson\u2019s films that we have in our collection:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Tooth Fairy<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fast Five: HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 10105<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rock and a Hard Place<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Furious 6: HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 10106<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Furious 7: HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 12574<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jason Wieder Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson was born on\u00a0May 2nd, 1972.\u00a0Johnson originally\u00a0began his career as a professional wrestler, but soon became known for his\u00a0acting career. Johnson generally acts in action or thriller movies; however, one notable exception to this is his performance as Maui in Disney\u2019s\u00a0Moana.\u00a0\u00a0 Outside of his wresting and acting careers, \u201cThe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3126,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions\/3126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}