Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is professional wrestling's biggest crossover act of all-time. Beginning his career as a wrestler in 1996, a la his grandfather and father, he's become a world-renowned actor and the highest grossing male actor in the year 2016 earning over $64 million. However, prior to his rise to prominence on the silver screen, The Rock was the headliner for the most viewed era of Monday Night Raw in WWE history and headlined the most viewed Wrestlemania (XXVII) in history when he took on John Cena.
Not only is he responsible for boosting the viewing ratings of the WWF/E, but he also has ruled supreme in a multitude of wrestling companies. The Rock held the WWE Championship eight times while holding the WCW Championship belt twice, he's a five-time WWE Tag-Team Champion, and a two-time WWF Intercontinental Championship belt holder as well. There aren't too many wrestling personalities that can compete with The Rock and he's got the numbers to prove it.
Most of your favorite celebrities either studied acting in college or went straight from high school into a life of the arts. But, hey, not all of them. Some celebrities actually have advanced college degrees.
Turns out Mayim Bialik is just as much of a genius as the one she plays on The Big Bang Theory. She earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles, focusing on obsessive compulsive disorder among people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare condition in which the hypothalamus malfunctions.
Little known fact: Natalie Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Phantom Menace because she was studying for her high school exams. She had two papers published in scientific journals while she was still in high school, and graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Psychology.
Before he was looking for answers on X-Files, David Duchovny was just trying to find the answers for English finals at Princeton University90. David graduated from Princeton in 1982 with a B.A in English. He continued to feed his love of literature by receiving a master’s degree in English Literature at Yale University. David was an excellent writer and poet. His work consistently received praise by his fellow classmates and teachers at Yale. His writing was even nominated for a college prize by the Academy of American Poets.
Sigourney Weaver graduated from Stanford University in 1971 with a bachelor’s in Literature. It was while studying at Stanford that Sigourney realized her true passion in life was to become an actress. Shortly after graduation, she attended Yale for their well-known drama program. She would go on to receive a master’s in Acting from Yale University and become friends with fellow famous actress Meryl Streep.
Meryl Streep is considered one of the most successful actresses of all time. She is also one of the most highly educated. Before collecting an array of Oscars, Meryl collected diplomas. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in 1971. Meryl has a habit of being unsatisfied with impressive accomplishments as her acting career has shown, so she attended Yale University and earned a master’s degree in Acting.