How The Rock went from having only $7 to becoming one of the richest actors in the world

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has been on an incredible run of late and things have only gotten better. Forbes has now named him the highest-paid actor in the world with $64.5 million earned in the past year.

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Thanks to franchises like "Fast and the Furious" and "San Andreas," his lifetime worldwide box-office gross is over $6 billion, and coming up he's got a "Baywatch" movie and "Jumanji" sequel.

He's also stepping into the superhero world in the near future as he's signed on to be Doc Savage.

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That's not to mention his other endeavors like a YouTube channel, a production company, and endorsement deals.

Here we look back on the incredible career of "The Rock," from a washed-up football player with only $7 to his name to becoming the highest-paid actor in the world.

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Frank Pallotta and Mallory Schlossberg contributed to an earlier version of this story.