Dwayne Holden
Dwayne Holden is an actor, known for Playing the Part (2007), The Flamingo Rising (2001) and Wrecked (2011).
Dwayne Hurt
Dwayne Hurt is an actor and director, known for Cedonia Avenue (2015) and Bus Line Blues (2016).
Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu Maivia) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova Scotian descent), and his mother is of Samoan background (her own father was Peter Fanene Maivia, also a professional wrestler). While growing up, Dwayne traveled around a lot with his parents and watched his father perform in the ring. During his high school years, Dwayne began playing football and he soon received a full scholarship from the University of Miami, where he had tremendous success as a football player. In 1995, Dwayne suffered a back injury which cost him a place in the NFL. He then signed a three-year deal with the Canadian League but left after a year to pursue a career in wrestling. He made his wrestling debut in the USWA under the name Flex Kavanah where he won the tag team championship with Brett Sawyer. In 1996, Dwayne joined the WWE and became Rocky Maivia where he joined a group known as "The Nation of Domination" and turned heel. Rocky eventually took over leadership of the "Nation" and began taking the persona of The Rock. After the "Nation" split, The Rock joined another elite group of wrestlers known as the "Corporation" and began a memorable feud with Steve Austin. Soon the Rock was kicked out of the "Corporation". He turned face and became known as "The Peoples Champion". In 2000, the Rock took time off from WWE to film his appearance in The Mummy Returns (2001). He returned in 2001 during the WCW/ECW invasion where he joined a team of WWE wrestlers at The Scorpion King (2002), a prequel to The Mummy Returns (2001). Dwayne has a daughter, Simone Garcia Johnson, born in 2001, with his ex-wife Dany Garcia, and daughters, Jasmine, born in 2015, and Tiana Gia, born in 2018, with his wife, singer and songwriter Lauren Hashian.
Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
Dwayne Johnson-Cochran is a writer, producer, director, and educator based in Los Angeles. Born and raised in Chicago, Johnson-Cochran trained as a geologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He found his true calling as a filmmaker and was accepted into the MFA program at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago where he learned filmmaking and film history. After working as a journalist and cameraman for local newspapers and television stations, he found a position as a writer/producer with Burrell Advertising producing numerous commercials and short films. A few years later, Johnson-Cochran joined the local PBS station WTTW-Chicago producing, writing, and directing documentaries including "Going Home to Gospel with Patti LaBelle (producer), "Babies at Risk", on infant mortality in Chicago (producer) and "School Reform-Power to the Parents", (associate producer) along with the nightly news show 'Chicago Tonight.' With the award-winning novelist An Chee Min (Red Azala, Katherine), Mr. Johnson- Cochran was invited to The People's Republic of China to create and produce "Stories from America," a 20-part television series, focused on the lives of Chinese-American students, scholars, and professionals living and working in the United States returning home for the first time. Johnson-Cochran transitioned into screenwriting and moved to Los Angeles after his very first spec screenplay 'My Tribe is Lost' sold to Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks. Johnson-Cochran is the co-creator of NBC hit series "Minor Adjustments" and also wrote and produced on "Angel Street", executive produced by John Wells. Johnson-Cochran's directing debut, "Love and Action in Chicago" (HBO) featured Kathleen Turner, Courtney B.Vance, Jason Alexander, Regina King, and Ed Asner remains in rotation on HBO. The film has sold to sixty countries around the world. He continues to write screenplays and documentaries through his company Johnson-Cochran Films. Johnson-Cochran's documentary 'Story of a Village', starring actress/producer Regina King, is in film festivals. The film 'Side by Side', a documentary about the 50/50 group of Sierra Leone, executive produced by former Secretary of State Madeline K. Albright is on National Democratic Institutes' YouTube channel. His latest documentary "Be Known", about jazz percussionist Kahil El-Zabar, executive produced by Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance, was widely released in 2016. Mr. Johnson-Cochran taught screenwriting for eleven years as an instructor at USC's Guy Hanks and Marvin Miller Screenwriting Fellowship. His passion for teaching took him to UNESCO as a lecturer/trainer, concentrating on screenwriting, directing, and documentary film making throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 2012-13, he also taught a month-long screenwriting workshop in Kenya, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Russia. Johnson-Cochran, committed to giving back to the Los Angeles community, was twice recognized as the 'Mentor of the Year" for the Fulfillment Fund of Los Angeles. He also lent his creative services to lift up racial and social justice issues in collaboration with Oxfam, Save the Children, the National Democratic Institute, and Doctor's without Borders. In 2016, his documentary, "Be Known," was nominated by the Black Reel Awards for Best Independent Documentary. "White Water," produced by Dwayne Johnson-Cochran was also nominated for two NAACP Image Awards for Best Screenplay and Director. In 2019, Johnson-Cochran collaborated with Kanye West to create the libretto and book for "Nebuchadnezzar, a Kanye West Opera," which premiered in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl.
Dwayne K. Webb
Born August 5th 1992 in the small town of New Roads Louisiana Dwayne is an active member of the arts community. He is not just an actor but also an artist as well as a model. He has been in projects such ass Badasses on the Bayou, Preacher, Queen of the south, Paradise lost, Claws and most recently Bill and Ted Face The Music.
Dwayne Kennedy
Dwayne Kennedy is a writer and actor, known for How High (2001), Martin (1992) and Seinfeld (1989).
Dwayne L. Brown
Dwayne L. Brown is known for Ride Along (2014), Die Hart (2020) and Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016).
Dwayne McLean
Dwayne McLean was born on 4 March 1940. He is an actor, known for A Christmas Story (1983), The Incredible Hulk (2008) and X-Men (2000).
Dwayne Perkins
Dwayne Perkins is a producer and actor, known for Recycled Babies (2013), Funny You Should Ask (2017) and Jesus Is My Co-Pilot (2009).
Dwayne Sample
Dwayne Sample is known for Red to Black, The Plug Dwayne Sample, Fernanda Chamorro (2016) and Losing in Love (2016).
