Yep. The guy has a crapload of roles, from silly to more action-hero serious. I’d also toss Bautista out there, he’s pretty good and has had a good variety of roles, but Johnson wins I think just by having way more screen time.
Dwayne Johnson has definitely improved as an actor. I thought he was absolutely shit in The Mummy Returns but great in the more recent Jumanji reboots.
Dave Bautista mirrors Arnold Schwarzenegger's path from sports to cinema, where he got action movie roles because of his physique. And like Schwarzenegger, Bautista's transition into diverse acting roles showcases his versatility beyond that.
Yeah. I feel like The Rock in terms of overall success, but John Cena more in that Cena's career seems more willing to take the career risks that Schwarzenegger did.
Lots of media theory was aimed at the depictions of men on screen in the 80s. I’d say a modern equivalent might be (hear me out….) Ryan Gosling. Start with La La Land, where he establishes himself as a guy who can sing and dance, then go through to Barbie. Sure, it’s not the muscle men of the ‘80s, but it’s a new male archetype.
If I'm understanding your question right, the 2010s were fairly dominated by marvel's movie machine, and RDJ was probably the stand out lead of those films, though Samuel L Jackson is the highest grossingactor of that decade i think. RdJ has now garnered the critical acclaim in the 2020s that was missing, so there's a reasonable chance RDJ could be the man you're looking for.
Leo DiCaprio is the most revered critically over the same period I think, of leading men in highly rated films.
Though Tom Cruise, for whatever reasons, is really the last of the real Moviestars, but his career spans over the earlier period too of the 00's and even 80s, & 90s.