John Cena, 47 years old, had a shaky childhood, was unemployed, lived in his car, and ate free pizza every day before becoming a celebrity.

The actor attracted attention with the presentation of the Best Costume Award in an almost nude state on the Oscar stage today, November 3 (Hanoi time). The video capturing the funny moment attracted more than three million views on YouTube and a series of interactive likes on platform X.

Cena was born in 1977 in Massachusetts (USA), the second child in a family of five brothers. Before becoming a Hollywood star, John Cena was a bright name in the American wrestling industry. He has won 25 championship belts, including 16 WWE World Championships, five United States Championships, and four Tag Team Championships. He was the representative face of WWE in the period 2000-2010.

According to The Street, John Cena receives an annual salary of $8.5 million from WWE, pocketing $500,000 for each appearance at major events. Currently, he is still in the top paid athletes in WWE despite being inactive, and is in the group of individuals who sell the most company merchandise (artist-related products). Artists receive 5% of profits from sales. In 2016, Forbes announced that John Cena topped the list of the highest-earning wrestlers, with a total income of 9.5 million USD.

Providing information about the problem to everyone in July 2021, the artist said that he practices bodybuilding to protect himself, who was once a victim of school violence. “Because I was so tired of being beaten, I asked my dad to buy a set of weights so I could practice bodybuilding on my own when I was 13 years old. From then on, I constantly trained myself,” said John Cena.

In a conversation with comedian Kevin Hart at the Hart to Heart show in August 2023, John Cena said he lived in his car and garage for many months, having just moved to Los Angeles, sometimes driving a limo to make ends meet. experience. Cena said: “A local store where I live has a customer challenge program. If you finish one pizza, you don’t have to pay. I eat like that every night.” Cena kept winning until the owners agreed that if he stopped, they would give him free cake.

According to John Cena, when times were difficult, he could return to Massachusetts to help his family but decided not to give up. A year after moving to the new city, he joined the professional wrestling company Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW), debuting as The Prototype and winning the UPW Heavyweight Championship. The achievements of the new wrestler WWE noticed. They decided to recruit John Cena in 2002, turning him into one of the legends of American wrestling.

John Cena Hoang’s career took a turn when WWE directors wanted him to star in the 2006 action movie The Marine, produced by the company. The content revolves around the main character John Triton (played by John Cena) fighting a diamond bandit to rescue his kidnapped wife. The project has a budget of 15 million USD and achieved a revenue of 30 million USD. Money Nation said John Ceno received about $280,000 for the role.

After The Marine, he continued to participate in many large and small projects such as Bumblebee (2018), The Suicide Squad (2021), Fast & Furious 9 (2021), Peacemaker (2022), Freelance (2023). There is currently no official information about the artist’s salary, but many sources believe that he received 500,000 USD for the main role of Peacemaker.

Currently, John Cena has 18 years of experience, becoming a familiar face in the action comedy genre. Mashable assessed his ability to play the role in this category, commenting that the actor was able to reveal his natural humor with the rules of the role, proving his ability to be more than just basic. Pierre Morel – director of Freelance (2023) talked to Bleacher Report, John Cena is a natural comedian.

John Cena’s latest work is the comedy Ricky Stanicky (2024) produced by Amazon, starring actor Zac Efron. CNN commented that Ricky Stanicky is not as good as expected, but at least Cena’s role is suitable for a career-changing wrestler actor.

Along with his acting and wrestling career, the 47-year-old actor used to be a rapper. He released his first album titled You Can’t See Me in 2005, ranking at number 15 on the US Billboard 200 chart. John Cena is the only wrestler to perform on BBC Two’s Top of the Pops stage.

In addition, the forum is also an active philanthropist. In 2022, he established a Guinness World Record after granting 650 wishes for children with serious illnesses through Make-A-Wish since 2002. He participates in the Love Without Labels movement that provides diversity equality, equality and inclusion of people of all colors, religions, genders, sexual orientations, ages and abilities by 2016.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, John Cena is a millionaire with a fortune of 80 million USD, owning many super cars and valuable real estate.