Long before he was a wrestling superstar or a movie headliner, Dwayne Johnson was just a kid growing up across several cities, and this comedy series leans into exactly that stretch of his life.
What is Young Rock about?
Framed as Johnson looking back on his own upbringing, the show moves between different stages of his childhood and teenage years, tracing the family, friends and setbacks that shaped him well before fame arrived. Rather than a single timeline, episodes jump between eras to draw out how ordinary moments, a family dinner, a school problem, a summer job, fed into who he later became. The tone stays comedic throughout, treating even hard stretches with warmth rather than melodrama, and the show frames its subject as someone whose path was far less certain than the eventual outcome suggests.
About the cast
Uli Latukefu, Bradley Constant and Adrian Groulx each play Johnson at different ages, handing the role between them as the story moves through his life, while Joseph Lee Anderson, Stacey Leilua and Ana Tuisila fill out the family around him. Fasitua Amosa completes the main cast. The structure of multiple actors sharing one role across timelines is central to how the series is built.
Context & significance
Young Rock is a joint Australian and American production from 2021, built entirely around comedy rather than drama, with each episode running a light 23 minutes. That runtime keeps the show closer to a sitcom pace than a biographical drama, and the format of hopping between childhood, adolescence and young adulthood gives it more variety than a straight chronological account would.
Watching Young Rock on Ktime
Young Rock is available on K-Time with a free account login, complete with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles for viewers who prefer either option. The platform's Farsi-first design makes the show easy to find and follow for Persian-speaking audiences, with the same account unlocking the rest of K-Time's catalogue.